Real stories
Read about some of the people Launchpad has helped across Reading.

Stephen’s Story
Stephen’s story Stephen has lived in Reading his whole life and has strong family connections across the town. Stephen started working as soon as he

Bob’s story
Bob’s story When 57-year-old Bob’s marriage broke down and he lost his business – he turned to drink to numb the pain and soon found

Dave’s story
Dave’s story Dave was at rock bottom when he came to our drop-in service. He’d suffered a nervous breakdown and left his job, and was

Jing’s story
Jing’s story Jing came to the UK from Guangzhou, China 36 years ago. She lived with her husband and extended family in Birmingham and had

Sam’s story
Sam’s story When I first went to Launchpad 135, I was quite broken. I was in my mid-30s and had just been diagnosed with Autism.

Hayley’s story
Hayley’s story After going through the emotional trauma of losing the right to care for her children, mum of four Hayley became homeless.

Tom’s story
Tom’s story Things really started to change for me, when I was introduced to Zoe from Launchpad, she’s really helped me over the last six

Levi’s story
Levi’s story Levi came to see our team at drop-in a few years ago after finding himself sofa surfing and unable to find suitable accommodation.

Frank’s story
Frank’s story After confusion and lack of support with his benefits, Frank became street homeless when he was in his 60s. Within 24 hours, Launchpad
* To help protect the privacy of those we help names have been changed
