Post by cgg on Mar 19, 2013 11:47:28 GMT
*The night shelter is moving!*/ /New volunteers needed!/
Unfortunately building work at the church we’'ve been using means the Glasgow night shelter for destitute asylum seekers has to move out of the space we have been in since 1^st April last year.
All of us involved with the shelter wish to say a huge thank you to
everyone at the Lansdowne church at Kelvinbridge for all of their help, support and the warm, warm welcome they have given to us over the last year. We could not have found a better place to be in, in the first year of our existence as an all year-round project.
Since we first moved to the Lansdowne church the number of men staying everynight has grown from 7 or 8 to 13-15 every night. At the same time the number of volunteers in the project has also grown and we now have about 25 volunteers involved in the project providing emergency temporary accommodation for destitue asylum seeekrs and non EU migrants.
Over that time a real community has grown up with volunteers and people staying at the shelter providing support for one another. Although like any other community there have been issues and difficulties, the night shelter continues to have a profound, positive impact on the lives of the people, mainly men, who have stay there, many of whom have little English and are strangers in a foreign country.
We are waiting to hear whether that we can move to another church closer to the city center. (We should find out in the next day or so.) But we’re feeling confident that we will get a positive agreement so are starting to make plans for the big move.
/Can you help?/
The new premises for the night shelter are much larger than the space at the Lansdowne so we need more volunteers to help each night. We are looking for for more volunteers who can stay over night at the shelter at least once a week to help look after the destitute asylum seekers staying there.
Duties at the shelter include: welcoming and registering new guests,
supervising the TV room, helping to prepare food, supervising meal
times, clearing away and washing up, setting up the sleeping space,
supervising the quiet space over night and then tidying and cleaning up before the shelter closes in the morning.
As part of the team staying overnight you will be responsible for the
safety and well being of the people staying at the shelter as well as
making sure the building and its contents are looked after. An overnight shift at the shelter runs from 8.00pm to 8.15am. Ideally you will be able to stay the whole night though people who can only help in the evenings are also welcome.
We’re also looking for volunteers who have food hygiene certificates who can supervise the food preparation for two hours or so one or two evenings every week.
If you can help at the night shelter please get in touch by emailing
glasgownightshelter@gmail.com <mailto:glasgownightshelter@gmail.com>
Thank you!
The UNITY Centre
30 Ibrox Street
Glasgow
G51 1AQ
0141 427 7992
www.unitycentreglasgow.org <http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org>
info@unitycentreglasgow.org <mailto:info@unitycentreglasgow.org>
The UNITY Centre is run entirely by volunteers and funded completely by donations from our supporters. We need your help! If you would like to help by making a donation or by volunteering you can find more details on our website. Thank you! UNITY!
Unfortunately building work at the church we’'ve been using means the Glasgow night shelter for destitute asylum seekers has to move out of the space we have been in since 1^st April last year.
All of us involved with the shelter wish to say a huge thank you to
everyone at the Lansdowne church at Kelvinbridge for all of their help, support and the warm, warm welcome they have given to us over the last year. We could not have found a better place to be in, in the first year of our existence as an all year-round project.
Since we first moved to the Lansdowne church the number of men staying everynight has grown from 7 or 8 to 13-15 every night. At the same time the number of volunteers in the project has also grown and we now have about 25 volunteers involved in the project providing emergency temporary accommodation for destitue asylum seeekrs and non EU migrants.
Over that time a real community has grown up with volunteers and people staying at the shelter providing support for one another. Although like any other community there have been issues and difficulties, the night shelter continues to have a profound, positive impact on the lives of the people, mainly men, who have stay there, many of whom have little English and are strangers in a foreign country.
We are waiting to hear whether that we can move to another church closer to the city center. (We should find out in the next day or so.) But we’re feeling confident that we will get a positive agreement so are starting to make plans for the big move.
/Can you help?/
The new premises for the night shelter are much larger than the space at the Lansdowne so we need more volunteers to help each night. We are looking for for more volunteers who can stay over night at the shelter at least once a week to help look after the destitute asylum seekers staying there.
Duties at the shelter include: welcoming and registering new guests,
supervising the TV room, helping to prepare food, supervising meal
times, clearing away and washing up, setting up the sleeping space,
supervising the quiet space over night and then tidying and cleaning up before the shelter closes in the morning.
As part of the team staying overnight you will be responsible for the
safety and well being of the people staying at the shelter as well as
making sure the building and its contents are looked after. An overnight shift at the shelter runs from 8.00pm to 8.15am. Ideally you will be able to stay the whole night though people who can only help in the evenings are also welcome.
We’re also looking for volunteers who have food hygiene certificates who can supervise the food preparation for two hours or so one or two evenings every week.
If you can help at the night shelter please get in touch by emailing
glasgownightshelter@gmail.com <mailto:glasgownightshelter@gmail.com>
Thank you!
The UNITY Centre
30 Ibrox Street
Glasgow
G51 1AQ
0141 427 7992
www.unitycentreglasgow.org <http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org>
info@unitycentreglasgow.org <mailto:info@unitycentreglasgow.org>
The UNITY Centre is run entirely by volunteers and funded completely by donations from our supporters. We need your help! If you would like to help by making a donation or by volunteering you can find more details on our website. Thank you! UNITY!