Medway Cyrenians - support a gardening project with local single homeless people! Newsletter editor and contributors
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Green Fingers? Enjoy spending time outside? Like working with people? Support a fantastic project working with homeless people in Medway!
When we need you:
- Mar 2012
- Weekdays, Weekends, Evenings, and Flexible
Address
Commissioners Road, Strood, Kent
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Medway Cyrenians is a fantastic organisation that supports people aged 16+ who are single and homeless in Medway. Volunteers, aged 18+ are needed to support projects different projects with the Cyrenians including;
A gardening project at an allotment near Pier Road, Gillingham, Kent. Your role as a volunteer will be primarily to support the garden, although no specialist knowledge about horticulture is necessary!
Fundraising! If you feel passionately about supporting organisations like the Cyrenians, why not organise a fundraising event? A focus group for this project will meet monthly, if you think you could support this within your school/college/ university/ connexions group (etc!) get in touch!
Newsletter! Interested in journalism? Get some experience writing articles about what's happening with the Cyrenians, editing and putting together the newsletter with staff from the charity.
Interested in any of the opportunities? Get in touch! Contact Kate Dickinson for more information on 01622 762 510 or email kate.dickinson@vsuinkent.org with your name, contact numbers, date of birth and which opportunity you'd like to help with.
More information about Medway Cyrenians:
Medway Cyrenians is a registered charity whose aims and principal activities are to provide accommodation and support to single homeless people in the Medway towns and the surrounding area.
In order to be eligible for Medway Cyrenians support, an applicant must be a single, homeless person aged sixteen years plus with support needs. People come to Medway Cyrenians with an obvious need for accommodation, but this often masks other underlying needs, including emotional, psychological and/or mental health difficulties, drug or alcohol issues, poor physical health and/or a low level of basic skills. This multiplicity of need makes independent living harder to achieve and maintain than for most. Medway Cyrenians aims to identify the needs of each individual and work with them towards becoming active and engaged citizens in the community.
The charity provides four accommodation-based services and an outreach service to a maximum of 48 clients at any one time. There are always more people trying to access the services than can be supported. Clients are referred via statutory agencies, other voluntary organisations or crucially, they can approach the charity direct.
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