Rise 61 are a youth work charity working on the Bemerton Heath estate, Salisbury. Lauderdale Trust funding has increased the hours of youth work they can provide, to invest in the lives of young people and their families on the estate.
We were thrilled to have around 100 local people at our Christmas event and nearly 200 at our Easter party where we shared how our faith in Jesus and the Christian story inspires our work on the estate. After this event we had discussions with a local mum who wanted to come to church. We’ve also been excited to see that some people from the estate have started coming to a local church sporadically, with some attending regularly and encountering Jesus personally – one of whom is a lady with over 40 direct descendents many of whom still live on the estate.