Volunteer...
Registerd Charity Number 1088245
If you are interested in volunteering there are many roles in which people can offer their support. We have volunteers involved in street outreach work, the soup-run, the breakfast club, the peer support group and fund raising events. To learn more about what these roles involve please click.
If you decide to go ahead and volunteer you will need to fill in an application form and return it to us. Following this you will be invited for an interview. If successful you will need to complete a training programme (three sessions) prior to completing any work.
As the people we support are vulnerable adults all volunteers have to CRB checked.
Please download the forms and information below.
If you decide to go ahead and volunteer you will need to fill in an application form and return it to us. Following this you will be invited for an interview. If successful you will need to complete a training programme (three sessions) prior to completing any work.
As the people we support are vulnerable adults all volunteers have to CRB checked.
Please download the forms and information below.
Application Form
Volunteer Policy
Disclosure Statement
Further Information
A large proportion of the people we support have issues with drugs and/or alcohol. They tend to be at the more chaotic end of substance use.
· There were 40,872 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2006-7 with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol consumption
· There were 6,743 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2005-6 with a primary diagnosis of drug related mental health and behavioral disorder.
· The total number of drug related deaths in England and Wales in 2006 was 1,573.
· The total number of deaths directly linked to alcohol in England in 2006 was 6,517. The Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England estimates there are up to 22,000 premature deaths per year associated in some way with alcohol misuse.
All information taken from the NHS Information Centre.
Substance use can start as a coping mechanism. We know that behind the issue is a person, and we aim to give them the support to access the right services
· There were 40,872 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2006-7 with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol consumption
· There were 6,743 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2005-6 with a primary diagnosis of drug related mental health and behavioral disorder.
· The total number of drug related deaths in England and Wales in 2006 was 1,573.
· The total number of deaths directly linked to alcohol in England in 2006 was 6,517. The Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England estimates there are up to 22,000 premature deaths per year associated in some way with alcohol misuse.
All information taken from the NHS Information Centre.
Substance use can start as a coping mechanism. We know that behind the issue is a person, and we aim to give them the support to access the right services
