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Role Detail

SWEP Night Shelter Volunteer

NOAH Enterprise

Night shelter volunteer providing a warm space for rough sleepers during the colder winter months.

Detailed Description

SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol) night shelter volunteer will assist staff in providing a warm space for rough sleepers in the colder winter months. This includes the soup kitchen which runs from 7pm till the clients arrive around 10pm. Noah also requires overnight staff ranging from 7pm - 8:30am, the full 12 hour shift is not required and can be broken up into parts. Depending on location of the night shelter, you will provide breakfast at the shelter or in our welfare centre. Our outreach team are normally back in the centre by 7/8am who can take over breakfast along with our welfare team who begin at 8:30am and can also assist.

Activities you will be doing

Advice, Information & Support,Community Work,Employee & Group Volunteering,General & Helping

What skills are required for this role

Language Skills, Managing People, Organising & Planning

Why these skills are required

Soup Kitchen 7 pm- 10 pm. Serving a meal for rough sleepers at our Welfare Centre. Breakfast 7 am- 8:30 am. Providing breakfast for rough sleepers at either the Welfare Centre or the Salvation Army Church. Overnight staff who help support rough sleepers, 7 pm- 8:30 am. Shifts can be split into parts or 12-hour shifts.

What is in it for you

An insight into homelessness during the cold months and the struggle rough sleepers face in and around Luton. Providing care to rough sleepers and a meal when the temperature drops to 0 degrees or below.

Time Commitment

Maximum 12 hours in one night. Noah will provide this service whenever the temperature drops to 0 degrees or below (or feels like 0).

LU1 3HG

Noah Welfare Centre (141 Park Street, Luton, LU1 3HG) Salvation Army Church (1 Vicarage Street, Luton, LU1 3HZ)

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Application Process
Support you will receive
Role Type
Suitable For
18 and over
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