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Housing Justice UNLEASH network
This section is for Unleash members to tell others about their projects, advertise their needs and share news. Please send any information you would like posted on this page into the Unleash office.
Job vacancies
Sorry – there are currently no job vacancies available at the moment. Please keep checking back as we post details of vacancies as and when they become available.
If you are an Unleash member looking to recruit then please send details of your current vacancies into the Unleash office.
Requests for help
Volunteers
If you are a Christian organisation or a charity and would like to post a request here for free here please email the Webmaster
Volunteers needed
Download a list of year-round projects that regularly recruit volunteers.
Volunteering England
Volunteering England have a volunteer centre in every borough across London each with a large database of volunteers prepared to give up their time to assist a good cause. If you are in urgent need of volunteers or need a large number, this could be a good place to start. Michelle at the Westminster centre contacted us especially to inform us that she has a database of over 1000 people interested in volunteering in the homeless sector.
Please click on the following link for the contact details of your local volunteering centre Volunteering England website
In Kind Direct
www.inkinddirect.org
In Kind Direct distributes new goods donated by some of Britain’s best-known manufacturers and retailers to hundreds of voluntary organisations. Charities can bulk buy new items for great discounts e.g. 1000 sachets of Shampoo for £10 or 240 bottles of Conditioner for £12. As well as toiletries they offer clothing and shoes, cleaning supplies, household appliances, toys, office supplies, tools and computer equipment. Their latest catalogue is available to order or download from their website.
Notes from meetings
You can download the notes our Key Note speakers used at some of our members’ meetings.
Members' Meeting: 16th November 2005
"Befriending" by Pete Lumsden from the CWS
"Because befriending, unlike friendship, is concerned with overcoming inequality the involvement of a third party makes it different from friendship, an element of oversight or supervision is necessary..."
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Members' Meeting: 10th October 2005
"The Capital Renewal Programme" by Maff Potts (ODPM)
"This project is putting £90 million over 3 years into improving hostel provision. A lot of hostels are still based in Victorian buildings and have people stacked up in 7 x 4 cells. The worst examples are in..."
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Ex Chair Ken Leech's last speech to UNLEASH - AGM 2004
"Ministry, Marginality and Mammon - Some reflections on the church's preferential option for the rich"
"On the 26th June 2004 the New York Times ran an article entitled 'When faith and duty collide'. Police Officer Eduardo Delacruz had refused to arrest a homeless man in November 2002, and, as a result, had been suspended from duty. Soon his fate in the police force will be decided..."
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