Barnabus is a Manchester-based Christian charity that offers support to homeless and vulnerable people through its drop-in centre.
[1] Barnabus began in 1991, as founder Peter Green took to the streets of the city with a bag of sandwiches and a thermos flask, meeting the homeless and giving out food to those in need.
[3] In 2014 Manchester nightclub Sankeys teamed up with Barnabus, donating unclaimed items from the club’s cloakroom to the charity.
[2] It is open five days and five evenings, offering food, clean clothing, blankets, hot showers and dignity/toiletry packs for the homeless community.
[5] In 2005, Barnabus and Manchester City Mission came together to establish the Street Soccer initiative, which offered homeless men a chance to get involved in organised football activities.