Welcome Home

We often get asked about the collection of Cargo homes at the top of Bute Street. Originally designed as temporary accommodation for families in housing need, they never fulfilled that aim.

Instead, from 2020, they provided accommodation for those in homeless provisions who had tested positive for Covid during the pandemic time, and then as emergency overnight accommodation.

The site allowed the Local Authority to have a safe space to house people with Covid to try to prevent the spread of the virus amongst their provisions and keep more people safe. In the end, they managed to make 377 placements to 293 people.

Now, over four years later they are returning to their original aimed purpose.

They currently stand empty whilst awaiting a refurbishment to bring them up to standard. Then the homes will be transferred into the Council’s Homeless Leasing Service (HLS) scheme which provides Temporary Accommodation within the community.

Welcome gifts

When the facility was due to welcome families over four years ago, members of the congregation at St Mary’s generously donated welcoming gifts although the gifts eventually made their way to service users of Ty Gobaith in their supported living projects they support.

Over the next few months, working with children of St Mary’s School and their Sanctuary Committee, and with funding from St Mary’s Church and items bought by members of the congregation, the children will help to package and present the parcels in readiness for when the first families arrive.

We are particularly concentrating on domestic items such as washing up liquid and kitchen cleaner, cloths, dusters and tea towels, fabric detergent and toilet cleaners as well as a few personal items such as deodorant, shower gels and toothpaste, along with coffee and tea.

Get in touch if you’d like to donate or simply sign up and pledge using the list in St Mary’s