Homeless clients accessing the Basement Advisory Centre support services are being offered free flu jabs throughout the winter period. According to NHS Choices, for most healthy people, the flu is just an unpleasant illness that we can usually recover from within a week. However, certain people are more likely to develop potentially serious complications of flu, such as bronchitis […]
Join The Basement in the Liverpool Santa Dash 2014 on Sunday 7th December. On busy evenings the Basement staff can see up to 40 homeless people a night who visit our Centre on Parr Street to access advice on accommodation, benefits and health matters. While gaining support for these issues, individuals can utilise the wash […]
The Big Fun Run is a 5k run set in the scenic route of Sefton Park. If you are up for a race with no times, no pressure, no sweat – just some easy moves and lots of laughs this is the event for you! Get involved as part of Team Basement and we will […]
Circo Roll Up to support The Basement! Circo Bar and Restaurant have pledged to help The Basement with a series of fun events and fundraisers throughout 2014. The Basement Advisory Centre works with adults who are homeless and those with substance misuse issues. Many of these people are sleeping rough on the very streets we […]
On Sunday the 20th April, The Basement together with Sugar Cupcakes Bakery and Circo Bar and Restaurant, will be holding Liverpool’s first ever Cheesecake Challenge! The Challenge… 20 tasty and tantalising cheese cakes V’s 20 hungry and courageous contestants The Rules… Each contestant will have 10 minutes to devour as much cake as possible Every one must […]
Come and join us for a celebration of life, recovery and even a few carols this Christmas! The Basement will be holding a festive ‘Time To Shine’ event on Thursday, December 12, 10am-3pm. Top class entertainment from the Recovery and Homeless community – and a hearty hog roast for lunch. Everyone welcome! Download the poster […]
Seven service users recently brushed up on their culinary skills and enjoyed a taste of life around the world during a new cookery course at The Basement. The ‘Taste of Life’ cooking sessions gave the group the opportunity to prepare healthy food, including stews, breads and freshly squeezed juices, from the Punjabi, Ethiopian, Arabic […]
Basement volunteers recently made hay while the summer sun shone, celebrating their achievements over the past year, with a party in Sefton Park. More than 25 volunteers were treated to a sizzling BBQ feast, prepared by Basement staff, as a special thank-you. The celebration event, which coincided with National Volunteers’ Week (June 1-7), gave […]
Time to shine is an event hosted by The Basement which was originally inspired by the talented and numerous homeless buskers on the streets of Liverpool. It was designed to give those people the opportunity to ‘shine’ through their chosen talent in a safe, non-judgmental environment with people who share and understand their individual and complex needs. […]
On Thursday 27th March The Basement co-hosted a networking event with Ubiquity PR in the stylish surroundings of Malmaison Hotel in Liverpool City Centre. The venue, a far cry away from the world that staff and volunteers at the Basement work within, helped to illustrate the massive divide in the city between some of the […]
