Volunteer for Crisis at Christmas
We will start recruiting volunteers for Crisis at Christmas 2010 in October 2010 – watch this space.
If you are homeless or living in hostel accommodation, Christmas can be a lonely and depressing time. For the past 39 years, Crisis at Christmas has helped alleviate that loneliness. We provide Christmas Centres across London from 23-30 December that offer vital companionship, hot meals and warmth, and a wide range of essential services that homeless people often miss out on.
In 2009 more than 8,000 volunteers gave up their time over the Christmas week to support our work.
See below for the five different ways you can help out Crisis at Christmas:
As a General Volunteer
This role gives you an opportunity to take part in a variety of tasks which ensure the safe and effective running of the Centre. Tasks include welcoming guests, serving food, washing hair and sorting bedding. We need most volunteers to carry out this role.
As a Support Volunteer
Join the team that makes Crisis at Christmas happen. From logistics and operational roles to driving vehicles, coordinating food deliveries to being a translator, we need key people to help deliver the event.
As a Service Volunteer
Use your specialist skills to help deliver the variety of services we provide our guests – medical professionals, advice practitioners, hairdressers, massage therapists, chefs and many more.
As an Activities Volunteer
Help us inspire and entertain our guests by running workshops and sports activities or performing live in the centres
As Set-Up and Close-Down Volunteers
Help get the centres ready for our guests before 23 December, and put them back the way they were after 30 December.
How do I apply?
The applications for 2009 are now closed. The applications for Christmas 2010 will open in October 2010.
Who do I contact if I have a question?
Download our Essential Information sheet, which lists all of the commonly asked questions for potential volunteers.
Last year we received more than 16,000 telephone enquiries. As a charity with limited resources it is hard for us to meet this demand.
Please help us by ensuring that you have read all of the information on this website and read the Essential Information before you telephone us with your query.
Once you have applied and we have allocated you your shifts, you will be able to access Crisis Community – our volunteer online secure area.
This holds all the most up-to-date information about Crisis at Christmas, including detailed information about your individual placement.
