Chairperson’s Award
At Sanctuary Trust, we are always proud to recognise people
who go above and beyond in their service to others…
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 and came to a point where I couldn’t carry on doing what I was doing and decided I needed to try something different. I went into a recovery house and some of the other lads were involved with sanctuary trust and thought I’d like to get involved. I started to volunteer in the café, as I’d learnt to cook in prison which I really enjoyed and gave me something to get up for. I then got offered my first ever bit of paid work as part of the AGCF food network. This has helped massively in my recovery and gave me hope for the future.
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