Searchers cafe is apparently set to close at the end of February. For those if you who have never heard of Searchers, it is a small venue, just off Shaftbury Square, right in the heart of the city ran by Belfast City Mission.
Cafe by day, venue by night, this wee gem has been touching the lives people from Belfast for years, but the use of the venue is pending review, and they plan to close the cafe from the end of February. This place has been a long term place of refuge for the homeless, a few of whom I have had the priviledge to meet in my short experience of Searchers, and it would be a crying shame for them to lose such a place, where there has been great opportunities to cross the social divide.
If you feel called to act, please write a letter to David Kennedy, Belfast City Mission, 1st Floor Glengall Exchange, Belfast, BT12 5AB.
2 comments:
HI CHris
As an ex employee of St George's Crypt which is a Christian outreach for the homeless, I am disappointed with you about the closing down of this important work.
I have seen the benefit that this work can do - it is literally life saving for many!
Praying for a satisfactory outcome with this.
Neil
Chris
Just to clarify - it is not you that I am disappointed with - just the news of the closure - it should read: 'like you, I am disappointed ...'
Neil
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