Newark Emmaus Trust celebrates support worker’s 25 years of service helping homeless young people of Newark

A senior support worker has received an award for 25 years of service to help homeless young people in Newark.

For two and half decades, Louise Rumble, has played a key part in Newark Emmaus Trust’s success in providing accommodation, support and training for homeless young people aged up to 25, including pregnant teenagers, young parents and their babies.

In honour of her long service, charity chief executive Nicola Burley her with a certificate and £100 gift card.

She said: “I am delighted to be able to present Louise with this gift and certificate on behalf of the Trustees with all our thanks, and in recognition of her service to the Trust.

“She has seen the lives of many of Newark’s young people be turned around during their stay with us. She is a highly valued colleague and member of the team and can often be found helping out with the Trust’s fundraising events.”

Louise started work at the charity 25 years ago as a part time project worker, while splitting her time as a special needs assistant at Bishop Alexander Primary School.

Not long after she began working with the Trust full time as a senior project worker, taking responsibility for running the City & Guilds education courses in the Trust’s training HUB for the residents.

Louise said that the favourite part of her role was preparing the residents to ‘’move on’ and seeing them successfully transition from leaving supported housing to independent living in their own tenancies.

“I love it when ex-residents pop in to say ‘hello’ or ask for advice,” she said.

“It is wonderful to see how well they are doing and it is a privilege to meet their children and to see them doing well.’

When she first started, there were just 11 young people and 5 staff at the Newark Emmaus Trust, and has overseen a lot of change making it possible for the charity to help even more young people in need.

Over the years, she has taken young people on residential visits over the years to places like London, Dublin and Wales, travelling on ferries and trains to seeing the sights and providing them with experiences and memories which they might otherwise not have had.

Anyone needs help or know someone who does, is urged to get in touch with the Newark Emmaus Trust.