Community Connector (Tower Hamlets)
Housing Justice
Do you believe that everyone deserves the right to a safe, secure and settled home? You can help an individual, both emotionally and practically, in making the move to safe and secure housing. This can include helping them to find and settle into a new home, setting up utilities and bills, sourcing furniture and decorating. You will also help them to connect and engage with relevant support providers and networks to help ensure new tenancies are a success.
Do you believe that no one in Tower Hamlets should have to call the streets ‘their home’ and that everyone deserves the right to a safe, secure, and settled home? If so, we have the volunteering opportunity for you! Citadel Community Connectors London is a community-based, volunteer-led support service, designed to help end homelessness and make a real difference to the lives of those who need it most. Our volunteers help individuals both emotionally and practically in making the move to safe and secure housing. This can include finding and settling into a new home, setting up utilities and bills, sourcing furniture and decorating. Volunteers also help individuals to connect and engage with relevant support providers and networks to help ensure new tenancies are a success. Our support can be as simple as having a coffee, providing a listening ear, and letting an individual know that someone cares. Our volunteers also bring ideas and experiences to shape how we make a difference. You will be matched with a person living within your local community, or within a short travelling distance. The project is running in North and East London Boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Havering, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Islington, Camden, Barnet, or Enfield.
Advice, Information & Support,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring
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No particular experience needed, as a full induction, and training will be provided.
This is a great opportunity to make a real difference in the community while connecting with like-minded, caring individuals. Volunteers will have the opportunity to develop communication and organisational skills, and to gain a broader knowledge of community-based activities and provision in their local area. Reasonable travel and refreshments costs will be reimbursed.
We ask that you commit to volunteering for at least an hour a week, for up to six months, and participate in our induction, training, and ongoing support. The actual times of meeting will be negotiated between you and the individual that you are supporting.
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You will meet up with the supported person in a local community setting in Tower Hamlets.
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