Still Waters House
Our Story So Far...

Serving God - Loving People

Still Waters House is a ministry from Birmingham Central Baptist Church, Springhill (BCBCS). The church has a history spanning over 150 years, and throughout that time has run many social action projects in the community.

In 2012 BCBCS joined a number of other churches to found the Birmingham Churches Winter Night Shelter. These churches opened their doors during the coldest winter months to provide a warm safe space, food, and a bed for some of the city's most vulnerable rough sleepers. Sadly, the night shelter's work ended after 7 amazing years, leaving BCBCS wondering how else they might serve the Birmingham's homeless community.

In 2019 BCBCS was contacted by national charity, Green Pastures. Green Pastures invited us to explore an opportunity by where we could adapt our homelessness ministry to provide accommodation and support. Green Pastures offered to obtain a house for us, help us set it up, and enable us to build the necessary structures and procedures to effectively deliver this ministry.

In March 2020 we opened our doors and welcomed our first resident. Since then we have gone from strength to strength, continuing to welcome men who have found themselves in the most difficult of times and playing our part as they travel a journey towards wholeness and independence.

In September 2022 Still Waters House became a registered charity in its own right, it is still firmly a ministry of Birmingham Central Baptist Church though and we are delighted by the support of other local churches and organisations.

2024 has seen a huge amount of change for Still Waters House. We have over doubled our bed space capacity. We have employed a Housing Support Manarer, as well as a Resident Support Worker. So much of this has been enabled through our relationship with Green Pastures.

Still Waters House has many organisations and individuals to thank, all of whom have helped us on our journey...

Green Pastures - The amazing team

Thrive Together - Sarah Turner

The Outcome Hub - Carol Hebden

St John's & St Peter's Church, Ladywood

And all who have donated financially and with household set-up items.

THE TEAM

Our team at Still Waters House are a dedicated bunch. We've added a couple of recently appointed staff members to our bunch of dedicated volunteers who use their time, skills and experience to ensure our residents get the very best support and that our

project is run properly.

It's not a secret,

we just don't have a pic yet!