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 development of the charity.

Like lots of Sanctuary Trust staff I have lived life experience and have experienced many of the same issues the people we support across the charity experience. I am a great believer that you should not enable people but empower people to have choice. There is a fine line between support and keeping people in a position of being marginalized by society.

Change is possible when you give someone knowledge, information, choice, and support, in my experience with these 4 things it is then possible to facilitate change for people when they are ready and on their terms and in their time. People can not be fitted into a box and everybody’s journey is different.

Chairperson’s Award

At Sanctuary Trust, we are always proud to recognise people
who go above and beyond in their service to others…

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. He stayed in Halsall house receiving support and staying drug free for several months. He completed “The Way Out” course alongside Narcotics Anonymous meetings and was doing well. Around November

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 other people and spent a lot of time considering my options for when lockdown was over. I decided to email John Wigley to ask if I could volunteer in the

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 most of my life. I progressed to harder drugs and became institutionalized towards the last few years of my addiction. I was either on the streets, homeless or in 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 get access to more. At 36, I got a long term prison sentence, and I lost contact with my family and basically had no one. I was released from prison

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 they could to provide the best for us. Before addiction I was into sports, swimming, golf, pool, and football. I often think if I could of have a career in