Staff Stories

  • Lesley Corner - Project Manager, Emmaus Colchester

    When I first read about Emmaus, I thought 'well you can't argue with that'. Everything about the project made sense - housing homeless people, giving them a job and training, getting them off benefits and working to support themselves, helping others, saving the environment, providing low-cost furniture … and that was for starters. And if I couldn't argue with it, then funders and other supporters shouldn't want to do so… Read full story

  • Dave Perry - Community Manager, Emmaus Bristol

    I spent 24 years in the Avon Ambulance Service NHS Trust, retiring as a Paramedic Station Officer due to knee injuries at work. I then spent just over a year working as a Project Worker in one of the three main hostels for homeless people in Bristol. It is from this background that I bring my experiences to Emmaus Bristol. I am 50 years old, my wife is an ordained… Read full story

  • Anna McKay - Assistant Coordinator, Emmaus Leeds

    I am one of 3 Assistant Coordinators at Emmaus Leeds. I have been here since August 2007 after spending just over a year as Deputy Coordinator at Emmaus Greenwich, moving up to Leeds after a family tragedy. As an Assistant Coordinator we tend to be the frontline in supporting Companions and managing the social enterprise on a day-to-day basis. The content of each day can be quite varied and depends… Read full story

  • James McFaul (Leeds)

    ‘I came to Leeds in the September of 2005 as a companion’, I had been evicted out of my property which meant I was living rough and sleeping on the streets for a few months. I went to St Georges Crypt and they referred me to Emmaus Leeds’ ‘Emmaus helped me to find a place of my own, and they let me drive the van when I was here as… Read full story