We have a skilled staff team that offer basic Welfare Services as well as Skills for Living to promote wellbeing and independence.  Every aspect of the Centre aims to improve clients’ wellbeing and to encourage independence.

St Wilfrid’s Centre is a dry centre. There is strictly no admittance for those under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Everyone referred to St Wilfrid’s Centre is seen by our in-house Welfare Team.  

Clients are referred to St Wilfrid’s from across the city or clients can self-refer if they are in need of emergency support.

The Welfare Workers give support, advice and let clients know what assistance can be given and provided by St Wilfrid’s Centre and offer support for the duration of a client’s time with us.

Some people come for our basic services: hot meals, showers, laundry, sleeping bags, finding accommodation, having a haircut or food and clothes parcels.

Others want somewhere safe to come regularly to meet other people and join our wide range of daily activities.

We can support clients to liaise with other agencies or advise them on which agencies are best placed to help with their particular concern.

Our main hall is well stocked with snooker table, pool table, darts, table tennis, board games and TV.  These give clients the chance to take part and interact with others.

This helps to build self-confidence, feel accepted and valued.

The Welfare Team organise events such as our Christmas party, parties to mark special events, annual sports day and BBQ and Yorkshire Day.

They also organise our annual schedule of trips and outings including trips to the seaside.

We offer all of our clients a bespoke Skills for Living Programme to help them re-engage with community, learning and employment.

On a weekly basis we offer over 35 activities and events that are organised by our Skills for LivingTeam.

All of our activities are half-day sessions and are well structured and run by staff and volunteers. Many of the groups regularly benefit from trips out using our minibus.

We run a Skills Workshop Monday to Thursday, morning and afternoon and provide training and mentoring for clients in woodwork, print-work and laser-work. We also produce items to order and for sale to raise money for the Centre.

Skills Workshop sessions are led by skilled and experienced staff and volunteers. Clients work with the team to produce items to sell or things for themselves.

Sessions are adapted to suit and develop client ability.  

St Wilfrid’s Centre provides a support service all year round for rough sleepers during the Centre’s opening hours. Each person is warmly welcomed and is met by someone from the Welfare Team who will assess the individual’s needs and see how the Centre can best provide support. This can range from provision of a hot shower, food, sleeping bag and clothes to sign posting the individual to the relevant support agencies.

If you would like to support this service there are a number of ways that you can help, including donating items or funding a rough sleeper pack.