LIVING LIGHTS OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY PATRICK AND ELIZABETH MCDO0NNELL. WE REACH OUT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OFFERING PRACTICAL ,EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT.WE RUN A MOBILE FOOD BANK,HOME VISIT SERVICE AND DROP IN CENTRE ITS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE SEE. SO HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HELPED THROUGH TIMES OF CRISIS AND SUPPORTED TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

M HAD RECENTLY BEEN DIVORCED AND HAD TURNED TO ALCOHOL.HE HAD LOST HIS JOB,HIS HOME AND CONTACT WITH HIS CHILDREN LEAVING HIM DEPRESSED AND CLOSE TO DEATH.WE FOUND HIM SLEEPING ON A FRIENDS SOFA .HE HAD BEEN OFFERED SOCIAL HOUSING BUT WAS TOO SCARED TO START TRYING TO REBUILD HIS LIFE ALONE.WE STEPPED IN TO OFFER FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP.WE FURNISHED HIS FLAT,GAVE HIM FOOD AND OFFERED DAILY SUPPORT UNTIL HE FELT SAFE.M THEN BECAME A VOLUNTEER FOR LIVING LIGHTS.HE GOT HELP FOR HIS ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND GREW IN HEALTH AND CONFIDENCE.M HAS BEEN ALCOHOL FREE FOR 3 YEARS,HAS A FULL TIME VOLUNTEER ROLE AND IS REBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS FAMILY.

L WAS LIVING IN APPALLING RENTAL ACCOMMODATION WITH 2 YOUNG CHILDREN.WHEN WE VISITED WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE DAMP RUNNING DOWN THE WALLS AND ALL THE FAMILIES BEDDING WAS BLACK WITH MOLD WE PROVIDED ALL NEW BEDDING AND HELP WITH EXTRA HEATING UNTIL L COULD BE REHOUSED.L SAID MY BABY HAS ASTHMA,IF LIVING LIGHTS HAD NOT HELPED ME SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

S HAS BEEN MOVED INTO TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION WITH HER SON WHO HAD SPECIAL NEEDS.WHEN WE VISITED WE WERE APPALLED AT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS.THERE WAS RUBBISH PILED HIGH AROUND THE FLAT ENTRANCE.WHICH LED ONTO A RESTAURANT KITCHEN WITH THE DOOR PROPPED OPEN WHICH WAS A SERIOUS FIRE RISK.THERE WERE RATS RUNNING UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS AND S FELT INTIMIDATED BY THE WAITERS WHO WOULD STAND OUTSIDE HER DOOR WHICH HAD NO LOCK.WE HELPED THEM STRAIGHTAWAY WITH FOOD AND BEDDING AND SUPPORTED S TO MOVE TO SAFE HOUSING.

J WAS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ABUSE FROM HER PARTNER.HER THREE CHILDREN ARRIVED AT SCHOOL ONE DAY HUNGRY AND DISTRESSED.WE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED THE FAMILY WITH FOOD AND HEATING WHILST OTHER SERVICES CAME ON BOARD.

R WAS AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WITH A FRACTUED LEG.ONE FRIDAY EVENING,HE GAVE HIS BANKCARD TO SOMEONE HE TRUSTED TO BUY HIS SHOPPING AND TOP UP HIS UTILITIES.THE PERSON DID NOT RETURN.WE PROVIDED R WITH FOOD AND HEATING FOR THE WEEKEND AND ONGOING SUPPORT.

WE SUPPORT PEOPLE LIKE THIS EVERY DAY.WE TAILOR OUR RESPONSE TO PEOPLES INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THEREFORE HELP WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT US TO CONTINUE OUR WORK,PLEASE DONATE VIA THE PAYPAL LINK BELOW OR GO TO OUR HOW YOU CAN HELP PAGE.THANK YOU.