The Jigsaw project reaches out to the homeless in Matlock and meets on Wednesday afternoons and early evenings at The Riverside.

What is Jigsaw?

Our call has to be rooted in God’s heart for the lost but in particular the poor, those afflicted and those in need. We live to bring those whose lives we touch closer to the kingdom of God, to demonstrate his love and grace, to impact this world with prophetic acts of kindness and service. Jigsaw exists for this purpose.

Some of the things we do

1. Mentoring and Befriending.
In a world falling apart never has there been a greater need to rebuild relationships, restore trust and heal broken lives. The core of our work is about building relationships. If we want to see lives changed we must be willing to walk a journey with those that we meet, to model something different to what people see in the world, to support people through change and stand with them in difficulty.
Jigsaw aims to provide a place where people can come as they are and not be judged, be accepted and not rejected.

2. Sign posting and Advice
People often struggle to get the information they need or the specialist help they require, part of our work focuses on sign posting and referral to other agencies appropriate to the needs of the individual. It will mean building partnerships with others to make the help that is needed more accessible.

3. Food Bank
The food bank initiative provides practical help with a purpose, the taking donated goods, in particular canned food, dried goods and household sundries and providing support to people in a variety of circumstances, including:

A. Support during a crisis
One off packages of food provided to people unable to provide for themselves due to loss of income, employment or benefits.

B. Support for people being rehoused but with no means of providing themselves with meals or household sundries, in the initial period of settling in their new home.

C. Debt Relief, providing regular support over a 3 –6 mth period in order to release cash for payment of debts.

Drop in and talk to us over tea or coffee.

Open: Wednesday 12-3pm and 6-7pm at The Riverside, Matlock.

If you would like more information on Jigsaw and other Social Action Projects, please have a look at our latest Social Action Newsletter.
You can also contact admin@churchinthepeak.org.uk or telephone 01629 814 813.