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What it's all about
I am very interested in helping homeless people, in particular giving them food and drink, and having tried to find charities to work with without luck I have decided that there must be more that can be done.
What's needed to make it a reality
A connection! If anyone knows any way that I can help the homeless that'd be great. I volunteered with Crisis over Christmas but I don't fancy doing any of the stuff they offer for the rest of the year round...any ideas appreciated!
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It's a shame that you've not had any luck finding a charity to work with, but fear not help is at hand to guide you through and find somewhere for you to help out! Where abouts are you based? If you let us know that then we can help you to see if there's a local project that's already running :)
Things for you to think about are...
Do you want to volunteer regularly (ie once a week or once a month etc)?
Would you like to volunteer in the day time, evenings or weekends?
Are there homeless people in the area that you live in and do you think there is already help out there for them?
Would you like to organise a fundraising event to raise money for a related charity?
A very good website for resources and info about the issues surrounding homelessness is www.shelter.org.uk
I hope that helps!
Feel free to post more questions or requests for information :)
Zoë Report Abuse
I just saw your post about working with the homeless, and thought I'd mention a project I worked with during my year abroad in LA. It's called 'Food Not Bombs', and they work on the basis that 'food is a right, not a privilege'. I was really impressed with the way they worked, with only about 6 students per week. Basically every Thursday around 5.30pm we would go into town and pick up food from bakeries, cafes and also the local farmers' market, that had not been sold that day (so it was perfectly fresh, good food that would otherwise have gone to waste!) - then they met back at someone's house, cooked it all (usually we made a big soup dish, big rice/pasta dish, and also lots of bread) and then drove back into town to a regular spot where we would set up tables and serve the hot food to the people who were living on the streets there.
I then heard they actually have FNB groups here in England! Including London - www.londonfnb.org/. There's also the worldwide FNB site www.foodnotbombs.net
I wonder if any of the universities have a similar group? It's such a great idea I'm sure it would work anywhere.
Anyways, hope that helps!
Helen. Report Abuse
At the moment I'm not aware of any Junction49 projects at universities who run something like this. Perhaps, this is something you could always look into setting up yourself at your university if you wanted to? It's such a worthwhile project, using unwanted food to go to people who need it the most. I'm sure lots of students would want to get involved.
Sarah Report Abuse
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