Bradford Nightstop
— As the New Year dawns, Chordiality is pleased to announce that its new adopted community organisation is the charity, Bradford Nightstop.
Bradford Nightstop has been operating for 30 years in the Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas.
The charity’s emergency homing scheme provides accommodation for homeless young people in the houses of vetted, trained volunteers.
One night at a time, the young homeless are offered a place of safety with a room of their own, transport, meals, basic essential supplies, washing facilities and support towards their next step and an improved situation.
Sadly, the need is great. A year-on-year comparative study in 2023 showed that, per night, from 12 ‘rough sleepers’ recorded in Bradford in 2022, the figure had increases threefold to 40 by 2023, and the situation hasn’t improved.
Bradford Nightstop has become an oasis in a bleak world, indeed a platform for a young person to restart their lives. Many just need a toehold to take stock and start again. Through Nightstop, homeless people are prevented from rough sleeping until their longer-term solution is resolved.
Click here to read more about the work of Bradford Nightstop.
New concert programme for 2026
A string of concerts is on the blocks for the new year and the Chordiality singers will resume their rehearsals this weekend to start on their new programme.
The first concert of the year is in Otley in April with others planned soon after. Full details of all this year’s concerts will be announced soon on the choir’s website.