UNLEASH - Church action on homelessness in London|

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London NW1 5QT
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Member Organisations

This section is for UNLEASH members to tell others about their projects, advertise their needs eg. staff, resources, premises and share news.
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  • Job Vacancies|
  • Volunteering|
  • Assistance to organisations|
  • How to: Fundraise|
  • Meetings: Key speaker notes|

  • Job Vacancies|


    The following UNLEASH members are currently advertising vacancies:

    The Cardinal Hume Centre

    The Cardinal Hume Centre is looking for a Fundraiser, a Basic Skills Coordinator and a female Project Worker. For more details please visit their website:

    http://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/.

    The Passage Day Centre

    The Passage Day Centre based near Victoria station currently has vacancies for a Locum Project Worker. For more details please click on the following link:

    http://www.passage.org.uk/about_us/vacancies.shtml.

    Thames Reach Bondway

    TRB are currently advertising several vacancies in various locations across London. Please click on the link below for more details:

    http://www.thamesreachbondway.com/jobs/vacancies.htm.

    Turning Point

    Turning Point are currently advertising several vacancies based in Soho in London. Please click on the link below for more details:

    http://www.jobs-at-turning-point.co.uk/opportunities.asp.

    If you are a charity or a Christian organisation and would like to advertise for free here please email the Webmaster

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    Volunteering|


    The Manna Centre (SE1)

    Volunteers Urgently Needed

    Volunteers are needed to help with the frontline operation of this busy day centre. Please click on the following link for more information:

    Manna Advert for volunteers

    For further information please ring Paddy Doyle on
    020 7357 9363

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    The American Church in London

    Looking for experience in administration? We are looking for volunteers to help in our busy office.

    Please ring Miranda Bell MacDonald on 020 7580 2791 or email: churchsecretary@amchurch.fsnet.co.uk

    Please mention UNLEASH when you apply.

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    Assistance to organisations|


    Volunteering England volunteer database

    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

    http://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 Eg. 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.

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    How to...fundraise|


    Fundraising is essential for any voluntary organisation, but it can be a daunting and time consuming exercise for smaller, volunteer led organisations with few resources. UNLEASH therefore offers training in this area for project managers and committee members. New training dates will be displayed on our training page shortly. We have also compiled a resources pack aimed at helping small London based homeless organisations or those new to fundraising. This is available from our download page.

    The resources pack includes a list of grant making trusts who may be sympathetic to applications from homeless organisations, but for more inspiration please click on the following link to a page on the London Housing Foundation's website that many of our members have found helpful:

    The London Housing Foundation
    This page on the London Housing Foundation's website has links to the websites of 46 charitable grant making trusts who give grants to homeless projects or those tackling related issues.

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    Meetings: Key Speaker notes|


    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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    UNLEASH - Church action on homelessness in London
    Registered address : 209 0ld Marylebone Road , London NW1 5QT
    Registered Charity Number : 1041822
    Email : alastair@unleash.org.uk|