Wycombe Winter Night Shelter Christian Trust (WWNS)
is a registered charity based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The charity was established in 2007 to provide shelter and support to those who find themselves homeless during the winter months of the year. Operating between January and March the charity manages seven teams of volunteers at seven different venues for seven nights a week, which collectively provide the one resource which is Wycombe Winter Night Shelter. Each night of the shelter guests receive a hot evening meal, a bed for the night and a cooked breakfast in the morning. As well as providing for the most basic of needs that many of us take for granted there also comes conversation, friendship and the offer of support to begin help solve the problems faced by our guests.
How do I get involved?
If you would like help with the Night Shelter, we are always grateful for offers of help. You could serve on the night as an assistant or cook, you could help us with laundry, you could get involved with publicity, fund raising or you could commit to praying for the Shelter and its guests. If you want to help, read on...
If you want to help, you can fill out a form online to register your interest. It takes about five minutes to fill the form in. Before filling in this form, please have the following details to hand
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Personal details, such as phone number, email address, postal address
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If you wish to serve at the Shelter itself on the night and have not done so with the Wycombe Winter Night Shelter before, you will need the names and addresses of two people who would be able to provide you with a personal reference.
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An enhanced CRB check for working with Vulnerable Adults if you have one (we can obtain one for you if you don't have one but need one). Such a check is only required for people who are going to serve as mentors shift leaders or overnight assistants at the shelter.
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Your most recent Food Hygiene Certificate if you have one and want to serve as a cook
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Your most recent First Aid Certificate if you have one
If you are volunteering to help at the shelter as a volunteer , please also consider
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Which evenings (6pm-10pm), nights (9:45pm - 7am) or mornings (6:45am - 9am) you would prefer to do (if you are going to assist at the Shelter).
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Which shifts (evening, night or morning) you might be willing to do occasionally.
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How often you would be willing to be involved (weekly, monthly...)
Personal details, such as phone number, email address, postal address
If you wish to serve at the Shelter itself on the night and have not done so with the Wycombe Winter Night Shelter before, you will need the names and addresses of two people who would be able to provide you with a personal reference.
An enhanced CRB check for working with Vulnerable Adults if you have one (we can obtain one for you if you don't have one but need one). Such a check is only required for people who are going to serve as mentors shift leaders or overnight assistants at the shelter.
Your most recent Food Hygiene Certificate if you have one and want to serve as a cook
Your most recent First Aid Certificate if you have one
Which evenings (6pm-10pm), nights (9:45pm - 7am) or mornings (6:45am - 9am) you would prefer to do (if you are going to assist at the Shelter).
Which shifts (evening, night or morning) you might be willing to do occasionally.
How often you would be willing to be involved (weekly, monthly...)
LATEST NEWS
For the latest WWNS Newsletter and all the latest news and guest updates please go to the following:
Download the latest fundraising news here:
and get up to date with current events .
In this short video, a Winter 2008 guest talks about the Night Shelter.
- "Many of them don't have a drug or alcohol problem, they've just ended up on the streets because of a breakdown in a relationship, a job or finances."
- "We can give homeless people the simplest help like giving them access to a phone, help filling in forms or accompanying them to a service for moral support. We will learn more about what people need as we go along. It will evolve and grow organically."
- "Many of them don't have a drug or alcohol problem, they've just ended up on the streets because of a breakdown in a relationship, a job or finances."
- "We can give homeless people the simplest help like giving them access to a phone, help filling in forms or accompanying them to a service for moral support. We will learn more about what people need as we go along. It will evolve and grow organically."