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Charity opens doors to showcase 50 years of support

A charity in Worcestershire which has been helping homeless people to get back on their feet for more than 50 years will open its doors to the public on Friday (28 October).

Fry Housing Trust’s service in Bromsgrove provides vital support and housing to vulnerable and homeless people who are at risk of offending.

As part of the National Housing Federation’s Supported Housing Month, the charity will welcome local officials and organisations to their base to hear about the work that they do.

Martin Wright, Senior Support Worker at Fry Housing Trust, said: “We have been providing support and housing to vulnerable and homeless people at risk of offending for more than 50 years now.

“To mark this, and the National Housing Federation’s Supported Housing Month, we wanted to share the work that we do and the excellent outcomes that we achieve in helping people to move on with their lives.”

The National Housing Federation’s Midlands Supported Housing Month 2011 takes place throughout October and is an awareness-raising campaign to showcase the work of the sector and promote the impact services are having throughout the Midlands.

The Federation represents 1,200 independent, not-for-profit housing associations in England and its members provide affordable homes to more than five million people.

Fry Housing Trust was set up in memory of social justice campaigner Margery Fry in 1959. The Trust works with a host of other organisations to offer choices and chances to people experiencing an unsettled way of life.

It is part of the Accord Group, a family of seven organisations which work together to provide 11,000 homes and a of range services, including care and support, to about 40,000 people across the Midlands and beyond.