Supporting Children & Adults in Eastern European Institutions

Holding out Hope has been involved in numerous projects, supporting children and adults in Romanian & Bulgarian institutions since 1991. We believe that we have a duty of care and must counter discrimination or abuse in the care and treatment of the residents we are trying to support.

Pete Brady, the founding member and chairman of the charity first went out to Romania in 1991 with Bristol Mencap, having seen horrific films of some of the institutions and the deprivation suffered by the inmates. The charity became registered in 1999 and has always consisted of a small core group of volunteers, however new volunteers are always welcome as there is an endless need for help.

All of our volunteers contribute towards their own international flights, enabling more of the fundraised money to go directly to the people that it is destined for. Holding out Hope have no administration costs and is made up of volunteers who offer their time to running the charity at no cost.

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