Kolkata News

Volunteer with HOPE in India

You can make a difference as a HOPE volunteer and experience a truly rewarding time working with street children in India. HOPE welcomes a large number of volunteers and visitors to our projects every year. Join the HOPE Volunteer programme and you will be working to change the lives of the poorest street and slum children in…

TV review: “The Ganges with Sue Perkins”

  Last week saw Sue return to Kolkata, the “City of Joy”, in the final episode of her documentary series “The Ganges” – navigating the holy river from the highs of the Himalayas, through India and out into the Indian Ocean at the Bay of Bengal. Sue previously visited Kolkata and The Hope Foundation two…

Theresa Godly’s Journey

Theresa Godly was adopted from Kolkata in 1975. Inspired by Saroo Brierley and the film LION, Teri has started her journey back to Kolkata. Teri supports the work of The Hope Foundation. Listen also to Teri’s interview on BBC Radio London or read the article written HOPE ambassador Andrea Catherwood on The Telegraph.

The Duke of Edinburgh`s Award – Residential Trips in Kolkata for Gold Award participants

The HOPE UK team is extremely pleased to announce that we can now offer Residential placements in Kolkata for young people completing their Gold DofE.

The Kolkata Residential trip will allow young people to play an active role in supporting our work across our education and protection projects in a safe and supervised way.

The Competitive Cycle for HOPE

A huge thank you to Dassi Bikes , Employees from HSBC & Virgin Money and the cycle team from London Business School for participating at The Competitive Cycle for HOPE. It was a great race at Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf generously donated the venue. There were many winners, HSBC Team 1 won overall. Virgin Money…

Teresa Browne RIP

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Maureen Forrest CEO of The Hope Foundation and to her extended family on the death of her beloved mother Teresa Browne.

May she rest in peace.

Sue Perkins

We are overwhelmed by the response to the BBC Documentary with Sue Perkins. People have so generously called, donated, sponsored children, reached out… Thank You! Each £1 donated will make a huge difference to the lives of some of the children whom Sue walked the streets of Kolkata with. From them, for them, our gratitude.…

Sixth Form Kolkata Experience

We believe that ‘Education is the greatest gift that you can give a child’. For many years, we have been working with sixth form students through the curriculum and believe that this is one of the best ways of raising awareness of the street children in Kolkata. Understanding and witnessing the reality of poverty inspires young people…

Over 12,000 Families Fed, Help Us Reach 60,000

Since operations began around 6 weeks ago our Emergency Response Teams in Kolkata and surrounding rural areas have distributed food packs and daily provisions to over 12,000 families, which equates to approximately 60,000 individuals.

New COVID-19 Live Tracker

We know that these are very difficult and uncertain times, at home in the UK and for our friends, colleagues and beneficiaries in India. We need to remember that we’re all in this together and by playing our individual parts we’ll come out the other side sooner rather than later and we can all be…

Message of Appreciation

  A message of appreciation from our Hon. Director Maureen Forrest and her family.   I would like to thank everyone most sincerely for all your support and kindness following the recent death of my beloved husband Dick which was so sudden and heartbreaking. I now begin the journey to try and get my life…

Meet Alifa – a Lifeskills Centre Success Story

We all have a dream for our lives and dreams for our children. Here is Alifa’s story, this is her dream in her own words. By giving people training, skills and trades, we are giving them power. The power to take control and change their lives forever, and to help others do the same. Thank…

Maureen Forrest in Yours Magazine

Read the latest article about Maureen Forrest and her life from the September 2016 edition of Yours Magazine. WONDER WOMAN Hope foundation founder Maureen Forrest 16 45 43

Maureen Forrest in Forbes

Read the latest article about Maureen Forrest and The Hope Foundation in Women@Forbes  HERE.

London Lunch a Huge Success – Thank You!

The Hope Foundation would like to thank everyone that made our London Lunch such a resounding success!
 
Thank you to everyone that made generous donations to our auction, raffle and gift bags. 

Likeskills Tailoring Unit Graduates

Everyone at HOPE is incredibly proud of our most recent Likeskills Tailoring Unit graduates! We wish you all the very best of luck for the future. We are delighted that HOPE Lifeskills Training Institute has helped you gain qualifications to further your careers. Thank you to Kolkata crop nutrition brand, Indorama, for their support on…

Keep HOPE Alive a Big Success

We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us and creating our very own sangha to support ‘KEEP HOPE ALIVE’ via Zoom on Saturday 9th May. Our theme of ‘Connection’ reflected beautifully the sentiment of the day and linked our practice with our hearts and minds and all those in…