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Read about some of the formerly homeless people who have benefitted from Emmaus Leeds and the people who support our charity.

Dave's Story 

Dave's Story 

"The advice I would give someone joining Emmaus Leeds now is to get on your feet as soon as you can. See it as a temporary stop gap."

Amanda's Story

Amanda's Story

"I was one of the founding trustees of Emmaus Leeds way back in 1999. I’ve done all my charity work in Leeds. I am very much someone who supports the city and wants to see it succeed."

Dean's Story

Dean's Story

"From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for letting me come to Emmaus Leeds and letting me rebuild my life."

Sam's Story

Sam's Story

"I have learnt to relax, as whilst living on the streets, I always had my guard up. My behaviour has changed too. Before I used to react instantly but now, I am more relaxed."

Katrina's Story

Katrina's Story

"Seeing companions rebuild their lives and reconnect with family, children and friends is a heart-warming and humbling experience."

Dumitru's story

Dumitru's story

"I do believe that everyone has the opportunity to change their life. Emmaus gives you a respite and a chance to get the things that matter in life."

Doug's story

Doug's story

"The support and guidance at Emmaus were second to none."

Simon's story

Simon's story

"For the first time, I’ve got the ability to be able to take stock, slow down and make the most of the opportunities that Emmaus offers."

Nick's story

Nick's story

"Emmaus has given me that opportunity to be able to push myself to break the stereotype of homelessness."

Phil's story

Phil's story

"Being at Emmaus Leeds has given me an optimism, a feeling of wellbeing, stability and the time to settle."

Peter's story

Peter's story

"I don’t know of any other organisation that comes close."

Darren's story

Darren's story

"I have very fond memories of my two years at Emmaus such as climbing Snowdon and Scafell Pike."

Richard's story

Richard's story

"Emmaus is not just a place to live, it’s helped me sort my life out, big time."

David's story

David's story

"I had never been given this much support and help before and opportunities to better myself."

Peter's story

Peter's story

"My time at Emmaus has enabled me to gain an insight into other people’s way of life."

Mike's story

Mike's story

"Before I joined Emmaus I was homeless. The firm I worked at stopped paying my wages and I lost my job. This meant I couldn’t pay my rent or bills so I became homeless."

Alistair's story

Alistair's story

"Hand on heart, the work aspect though was most important to me – something to get me teeth into each day."

Jacek's story

Jacek's story

"From my own perspective it has helped loads, my health has improved massively and I don’t want to think where I’d be without Emmaus. It has given me opportunity."

Alfie's story

Alfie's story

"I’ve been retired now for quite a number of years and volunteering is a great way of putting something back into the community."

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Our Secondhand Superstore on St Mary’s St is open from 09.30am – 4.45pm on Tuesdays and from 09.00am – 4.45pm from Wednesday to Saturday. Please note our Secondhand Superstore is closed on Mondays.

Our Kirkgate Market Stall is open Monday to Saturday from 9.00am – 4.30pm

We offer furniture collections, furniture deliveries and house clearances. If you have furniture to donate and would like to use our FREE collection service, please complete our Book a Collection form.