{"id":119,"date":"2026-08-26T13:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:41:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vision for Hope House emerged in 2017 when St Thomas&#8217; Church in Brampton realised there was a gap in homeless provision in Chesterfield. However we believed that a the answer to homelessness isn&#8217;t just a bed for the night but a home -a place where someone truly belongs.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/the-hope-house-family\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"136\">Read more about the Hope House Family<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A run down lodging house then came available to lease and Hope House was established. With a lot of generous donations and support from St Thomas&#8217;, other churches, individuals, local businesses and organisations we were able to renovate the building to the standard it is at today. In 2011 we took in our first residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accommodation now consists of twelve individual bedrooms, a communal lounge, dining room and kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/whos-who\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"67\"><strong>Board of Trustees<\/strong><\/a>, who are all volunteers, has the overview of the operation of Hope House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House is run and our residents are supported 24\/7 by our faithful and hardworking <a href=\"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/our-staff\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\"><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not take direct referrals, but work through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathwaysofchesterfield.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pathways of Chesterfield<\/strong><\/a>, a support and advice service for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vision for Hope House emerged in 2017 when St Thomas&#8217; Church in Brampton realised there was a gap in homeless provision in Chesterfield. However we believed that a the answer to homelessness isn&#8217;t just a bed for the night but a home -a place where someone truly belongs.Read more about the Hope House Family. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopehousechesterfield.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}