Depaul UK was founded by Cardinal Basil Hume in 1989 as a response to the growing number of homeless young people on our streets. From a single 14 bed hostel at Willesden in North West London, Depaul UK has grown to become the largest youth homelessness charity in the country, working with more than 3,000 young people every year from Newcastle to London.

Depaul UK now run 21 accommodation and resettlement schemes and 20 other initiatives to prevent youth homelessness. They also manage Depaul Nightstop UK, the authorising body for the 45 nationally spread Nightstop schemes, which offer emergency overnight accommodation for young people in the homes of volunteers. In 2009, Nightstop services provided over 6,800 nights of accommodation to over 1,000 young people.

Please would you consider supporting the Depaul UK Lent appeal? Fundraising and worship resources are available from www.depauluk.org/lent who hope that in these financially strained times, as well as concern for the developing world, there will be some sympathy for those who are most vulnerable in our own country.

Thank you for considering Depaul UK.