12/12/2025
Changing Future (Bridge the Gap) won the People’s Choice Award last week 🎊
Heather Adams from Catalyst Support is part of this service, she describes the work they do and what the award means to the team:
“Bridge the Gap is a service made up of several charities across Surrey. We support people with Multiple disadvantage including homelessness, addiction, mental health, involvement in criminal justice system, domestic abuse. To qualify for support potential clients must have at least three of these. The referrals come through Surrey County Council and from High Impact team at RSCH and ASPH. The work with these clients is challenging but also extremely rewarding.
We are privileged to work with the client group who are often ignored by the community and slip through the cracks of systems which are meant to help. They have often been referred hundreds of times to services they never engage with because the barriers are just too much for them. Building a meaningful relationship which brings a sense of purpose, insight and potential change has enabled me to learn so much, about the people I help but also about myself. We are all very proud to be part of this service and to be acknowledged for the work we do was truly amazing!
Being nominated for People's Choice Awards was very unexpected and then to win it was a big surprise! It is very much a team award, and my thanks go to Colette Le Van Gilroy, Lisa Byrne and Keely Glithero at Surrey County Council for putting us forward for the award and for their ongoing support, and also to all my colleagues across the charities.”
