On 14 May The Cathedral Archer Project premises in Sheffield city centre had a break in that resulted in a fire that was started in one of our main rooms. The fire brigade responded quickly and it was extinguished. It has resulted in significant smoke damage. The intruder has subsequently been arrested and thankfully no one has been hurt.

This has put part of our centre out of action for the foreseeable future, possibly many months.

Following the COVID-19 lockdown we needed to raise money to provide meals for an increasing amount of vulnerable people and now we also have the post fire challenges to our operations.

This means that whilst we have funds to help us in this short term we will also need to continue to fundraise to keep the project going and to provide our additional services as weve lost our space for workshops and storage following the fire.

At present we are supplying 200 meals a day plus lunches and breakfasts from our centre. We are also working on how we can now open our premises for breakfasts whilst adhering to government guidelines rather than passing food through our gates. We will continue to deliver food as required working alongside the other agencies.

But we need your help in order to be able to do this.

We are so grateful for any support that you can provide at this time and will continue to provide more information as it becomes available.