Welcome to Our Room,

I love coming here, especially Wednesdays, I’m not going to lie. It’s just funny, we just have banter and I just love it.

I started coming here before Covid. I’ve changed a lot since then… my confidence…. I talk to a lot more people. I’m not shy to speak to people. I’m not scared to talk about my life and stuff.

All I’ve known all my life is hostels… and hostels… and hostels and prison. At the moment I’m in the hostel, surrounded by idiots. Coming here gives you space to get away from where all the trouble is. You chill out, de-stress. It stops my mind from wandering.

Now I’m getting my own flat in three weeks. You’ve helped build me up, ready to move into my own space. I’d be lost without you all. 

The process of transitioning gets me down sometimes. There are long waiting lists. And financial issues get me down, even the weather.

Coming here on a Wednesday evening – meeting familiar friends and faces – that’s the most exciting. We carry on where we’ve left off, you become known to the group, it’s like our own family. It makes me feel a sense of belonging, as if you are wanted. I find that very moving.