Refugee Week, 16–22 June

Yousef is a refugee from Syria.

Now safely housed and supported by LATCH he is able to practice his faith and give back, helping other refugees.

Today is the first day of Metal Health Awareness Week ( 12 - 18th May)
Mental Health is intertwined with homelessness and mental health wellbeing and services play a huge part of our support service
#MentalHealthAwareness

✨ Ta Da ✨ A house to a home !

🛠️ Since 1989 LATCH have renovated over 111 empty and derelict houses in Leeds.

🤝 Creating much needed supported housing for homeless people.

👍 If you like what we do please consider donating www.latch.org.uk/donate

Could you buy a bed for a baby in Leeds?

Five homeless mums and their babies are moving in to LATCH homes over the next two weeks.

Could you buy 1 of 5 much needed cot bed and mattresses? www.argos.co.uk/product/5023...

Or make a donation towards one? latch.org.uk/donate

10 VOID Properties! This is what the white board in our office looks like and we're equal parts thrilled and horrified.

🌷 The sun is shining in Leeds and it feels like spring is upon us and so is 'moving season'! There have been a flurry of tenants ready to move on and just as many new move ins. So there are a lot of new beginnings happening but it feels very seasonally appropriate!

LATCH is 37 years old but as we did back then we still ...
🏡 Create homes from empty houses
🤝 Support homeless people
🛠️ Give Training Opportunities

The work continues, with 4 more homes in the next 18 months, if you want to see this work continue please donate www.latch.org.uk/donate

How do you feel about Valentine's Day? A lot of people don't like it, because of the commercialisation and overconsumption associated with it . . .

No.42 was derelict for upwards of 20 years, a local eyesore, antisocial magnet, and blight on the community. There are 4000 empty houses in Leeds your support can help us tackle this and create supported housing for homeless people www.latch.org.uk/donate

And this is what we did with it ... Empty houses into homes for the homeless ... www.latch.org.uk/donate

We've done it, our biggest derelict house to home for the homeless is complete .... this is what we started with ...

📢We are hiring!
Full Time Office Administrator, Chapeltown, Leeds.

Hello to our new followers! We have an exciting few weeks coming up, with huge renovation projects completing, and new ones beginning, we'll be sharing more updates, progress pictures and positive stories from our work creating homes and changing lives on here, say hi so we know to follow back

LATCH creates homes for homeless people from derelict and empty houses in Leeds ... but we do so much more than just offer shelter. Please consider donating if you can to help more people like Rosie www.latch.org.uk/donate

Progress! No.42 is a house that was abandoned for over 20 years. Full of pigeons, rats and damp. We're turning into a lovely, good quality, supported home for a homeless family ... we think it's starting to look good what do you think so far?

Sometimes it has to get worse before it can get better ... and we need to remember that when looking at how the bathroom at this renovation is "progressing" half a wall out but a 24 year old toilet roll still hanging out un bothered on the window sill ...