The Vineyard Project

The Vineyard Project occupies the church crypt Mondays to Fridays and is an open-access drop-in centre for those in need of support. The Project is run by Richmond Borough Mind with full time staff, and volunteers from the churches and local community.

The Project provides practical help in many ways:      Affordable food; clothes store; showers and laundry; health advice; chiropody; massage and hairdressing; drama therapy; help with housing, benefits, homelessnes; and substance abuse.

The Poject has an adjacent charity shop selling good quality clothing and goods which opens to the public on Fridays. 

In summer the large church garden is well used as a place of quiet refuge.

Opening times:

Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 9.30 to 4.00pm.

Wednesday/Fridays: 9.30 to 2.30pm

Contact:

The Vineyard Project,                           The Vineyard Church Crypt,               The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10 6AQ.

Tel: 020 8940 2965.   

Manager: Brian

A poem from a Vineyard Project visitor:

"I walk among the lonely- drink coffee with the lost.                                I have feelings of affinity with those society has tossed-                     yes, tossed upon the scrap heap, with their roblems and their pain,       seeking solace at the Vineyard-finding confidence again.                      You get a feeling of belonging-Yes, someone knows your name,              and though laughter only masks the pain, it's laughter just the same.      The memory of it lingers on, when life seems hard to live,                        for there is always someone there, a caring word to give."

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