Changing Lives

At Sanctuary Trust we take our responsibility in helping people to take control of their lives very seriously. We have had the great privilege of seeing many people make positive and committed changes in their life.

Here are a few that wanted to share their story …

Y life saved after RSI intervention

Y was found rough sleeping by RSI and accepted into Halsall House in summer 2021 due to being homeless in Rochdale with no local connection. ...

Adam gets a Job!

My Journey with Sanctuary Trust began after the covid lockdown ended in November 2020. I had spent lockdown bored and depressed like a lot of...

Steven have hope for the future

I started smoking cannabis at the age of 10 and crime became a daily thing, this resulted in me being in and out of prison...

My life turned around

I was very young when I started experimenting with drugs, this led to being in and out of prison because of offenses in trying to...

My journey from deaths door to seeing the light and coming back to life.

My name is Allan Wood and this is my story. I grew up in Chadderton, Manchester. I had a good upbringing my parents did everything...

Sanctuary gave me opportunity to work with them and progress with them

I used to wake up and think, do I drink or do I kill myself? It was a very depressing time, felt like this for...

Thanks to the Pass it on Scheme, Ian is on Track

Hi, my name is Ian Beasley and I work on the RSI team for the Sanctuary trust, I started out as a Pass it on...

People can change

My name is Rob I am the Development Manager at Sanctuary Trust. My Job consists of the development of all Sanctuary Trust projects and future...

Tony’s Story

From the age of 14, I always saw the lifestyle of drugs and crime as exciting, lots of money and recognition which appealed to me...

Albert’s Story

Albert was street homeless after losing his tenancy due to debt problems. He could no longer deny his gambling had become a problem; Albert needed...

Stairway to success

Brian's Story I was just 12 years old when I started using cannabis. It wasn't long before I was addicted to heroin and committing shop...

John Priestly

The Sanctuary Trust opened new doors for me" John Priestly, Former resident at The Sanctuary Trust John Priestly first sought the help of the...

STEP Move-on

Below are four short stories about people that came into our emergency accommodation and have moved on. All these anecdotes have been anonymised. CR was...

Homelessness Prevention

'We have supported a service user move into a private tenancy in Ashton and hooked him up with a local floating support service to help...

John Philips

Here is an extract of a Conversation Dave Lackner-Smith had with former resident John Phillips on a social media website. John stayed at Sanctuary Halsall...