NIGHTSTOP DEVON (DEPAUL TRUST)

Depaul Nightstop UK

The Early Days
The first Nightstop service originated in Leeds as an initiative by local Christian Churches responding to the challenges highlighted in the Archbishop of Canterbury's report 'Faith In The City' published in 1985. The service was two years in development and became operational in October 1987.

From 1987 to 1991 the vision for Nightstop spread to communities in Durham, Birmingham and Leamington Spa where further services were developed.

Entertaining Angels
In January 1992 the BBC broadcast a television documentary, 'Entertaining Angels' - the story of Leeds Nightstop; and within two years the number of local Nightstop services had grown to ten.

National Development
National development was undertaken jointly by the charity Barnardos and the Nightstop National Network (made up of local Nightstop services). Barnardos funded the post of the National Nightstop Co-ordinator and provided office space in Leeds.

During the mid to late 1990's there was a rapid growth in the number of communities exploring the possibility of establishing a Nightstop service. In 1999 the decision was taken to set up a new independent registered charity and company limited by guarantee, Nightstop UK.

Nightstop UK moved to a national office in Shipley, West Yorkshire on October 2000.

In 1999, a representative from Nightstop UK spoke at an International Conference on Homelessness in Hungary and in April 2004 was keynote speaker in Queensland, Australia, on the work of Nightstop; and there have been expressions of interest in the work from Germany and the USA.

In December 2007 after consultation with and support from local Nightstop's, Nightstop UK became a service of Depaul UK to become Depaul Nightstop UK.


Depaul UK helps young people around the United Kingdom who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvataged. We are passionate about what we do, working in the heart of local communities.

Depaul Nightstop UK as a service of Depaul UK since December 2007, supports a network of Nightstop services throughout the United Kingdom, each providing safe emergency accommodation for homeless young people aged 16-25 in the homes of approved volunteers.

NightStop offers a safe and secure environment for vulnerable young people, whilst solutions are found to their housing problems.

Below is a link which contains stories from young people who have been helped through the Depaul trust.
www.depaulnightstopuk.org/content/storiesfromyoungpeople


The link below takes you to the NightStop Devon page where you can read how you can get involved locally.
www.depaulnightstopuk.org/content/nightstopschemes/scheme/7

The two links below will take you to two short films about the work of NightStop Devon and Devon Community Foundation.
www.youtube.com/user/NightStopDevon
www.youtube.com/user/devonfoundation