Last Wednesday, we had our last briefing and training session for new volunteers before we open in December, once again held at the fantastic YMCA North Staffs. About 20 folk came along to find out more about volunteering which was fantastic and we are looking forward to them joining our ever-growing volunteer team.
Sarah, one of our wonderful volunteers, has organised for the night shelter to be included in the Co-op’s ‘Local Causes’ scheme. If you are a Co-op member you can go to their website, log in and choose to support us as your local cause. 1% of anything you then spend in the co-op will be donated to the night shelter project. It’s such a quick and easy way to support us so please get involved if you can. You can find the link here.
We have had lots of generous donations of clothing and bedding from a range of organisations and individuals over the past fortnight. In particular, a huge thank you to Inknit Together for their very generous donations of socks and hand warmers and also to Liz’s Slimming group in Clayton for donating a range of much-needed items. Donations can be accepted on Monday nights between 6-8pm at Wesley Hall Church in Sneyd Green.
It is now less than 2 weeks to go until we open for the winter on Friday 1st December. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we ramp up our preparations before opening and if you are a person that prays, please consider joining our prayer network.
Thank you so much for your continued support. Our next update will be after our first weekend open for the winter.
Stoke-on-trent churches community night shelter 