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The Lighthouse Group
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Loan Amount: £955,000
Date: October 2011
A national education charity based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, it aims to support vulnerable young people at risk or in crisis, within a caring Christian environment. It has borrowed a number of times, most recently a £955,000 loan towards buying a two-acre site and building a purpose-built National Support Centre. Loans totalling over £1million allowed the charity to expand its services by funding the purchase and refurbishment of a new property in Bradford and financing the development of facilities for the Creative Arts.
"The journey that Charity Bank has walked with us is astounding"
Tim Morfin, Chief Executive, The Lighthouse Group
"If I hadn’t come to TLG, I’d probably be looking at a life sentence in prison... I’ve achieved so much here and I thought I’d never achieve anything"
Luke, Student, The Lighthouse Group