Partners
St Vincent’s Centre, Bradford
St Vincent’s Centre, Bradford is based in the Barkerend area of Bradford offering a wide range of free services including ESOL, debt, benefits, housing and immigration advice services, food support, wellbeing activities and projects such as: upcycling and sewing, gardening, and outreach advice service in the south of Bradford.
The centre also runs a superstore offering low-cost, high-quality recycled household items including white goods and furniture, alongside a community café.
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west yorkshire community chaplaincy
West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project was established in 2005 as a response from the multi-faith chaplaincy within HMP Leeds to the need for a mentoring service to help offenders to change their lives.
The Justice & Peace Commission have been significant supporters of this project from its initial development. Currently there are two Commission members on the Management Committee.
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cafod
CAFOD is the official overseas aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, part of Caritas Internationalis and works with parishes and schools in Leeds diocese to inspire catholic communities to pray, raise funds, and advocate for justice, so that together we can support vulnerable people and fragile communities around the world, as they strive to find practical, sustainable ways to live with dignity as God intended for all.
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St Monica's Housing
Since 2016 St Monica's has offered accommodation to several dozen destitute women seeking asylum in the UK whose initial application to remain had been refused.
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St Vincent's Centre, Leeds
The Justice and Peace Commission is proud to support the the work of those working locally to address issues of Social Justice.
St Vincent’s Support Centre in Leeds has been transforming the lives of disadvantaged people in Leeds through practical and emotional support since 1996.
St Jude’s furniture depot was established in 1982, and is the central point for collection and distributing furniture to 9 community shops in the Leeds area as well as providing emergency furniture to families in need throughout West Yorkshire.
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Caritas Catholic Care
Caritas Catholic Care is a network providing practical resources that support and enable social action initiatives across the Diocese to be safe and to follow good practice. Prior to its integration into Catholic Care, Caritas Leedsproduced a number of resources which can be accessed via this link
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West Yorkshire Citizens
The Commission is a member of Leeds Citizens and actively supports its work.
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