The House of St Barnabas' Culture V1
This book was created by The House of St Barnabas and our friends at agency B+A to share the story of our culture as it stands today. It includes stories from the many people who contribute towards our purpose; supporting London's homeless back to employment.
This book was created by The House of St Barnabas and our friends at agency B+A to share the story of our culture as it stands today. It includes stories from the many people who contribute towards our purpose; supporting London's homeless back to employment.
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TELL US A STORY THAT YOU THINK SUMS UP<br />
WHAT HoSB IS ALL ABOUT…<br />
I was sitting in the garden room when<br />
suddenly I struck up a conversation<br />
with a man in front <strong>of</strong> me. We spoke<br />
for over an hour about his skill <strong>of</strong><br />
negotiator in crisis situations. It was<br />
fascinating and refreshing! I took his<br />
card and lost it. That’s ok, I am sure<br />
I will bump into him again.<br />
This is less <strong>of</strong> a story but an<br />
observation. HoSB is like a venn<br />
diagram <strong>of</strong> an extended family.<br />
It is like an object <strong>of</strong> trust that you<br />
are happy to connect yourself and<br />
your closest people to.<br />
What sums it up best for me is the<br />
feeling I had when I first walked into<br />
the empty building in 2011. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
were very few staff there, no club, no<br />
Employment Academy. Yet it felt like<br />
an incredibly happy place to be and<br />
I knew it was something I wanted to<br />
be a part <strong>of</strong>; that here was some as<br />
yet unknown opportunity being<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered for the taking.<br />
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