From 24th December 2018 to 1st January 2019 we took over the Trinity Centre and the Julian Trust Night Shelter to run our annual Caring at Christmas project, supporting hundreds of people experiencing homelessness in the city this Christmas.
In its 31st year, Caring at Christmas provides shelter, food, warmth, company, activities and entertainment alongside medical and emotional help and support for nine days over the Christmas period.
Sticking true to one of our core values of transparency and accountability we have produced a Caring at Christmas Impact Report as a downloadable PDF for everyone to see the impact the project had themselves.
Caring at Christmas Report 2019 Downloadable PDF
Last Christmas over 700 volunteers came together to give hundreds homeless and vulnerable people in Bristol food, warmth, company and shelter.
Over the ten days that our Caring at Christmas 2018 project ran, we provided day support to an average of 84 people each day, bed spaces for an average of 47 people each night and served 3,902 meals.
We are currently beginning to plan our 2019 Caring at Christmas project and volunteer registration will open in October time, until then please sign up to our mailing list to be kept up to date.
We have many volunteering opportunities with Caring at Christmas. Volunteers can choose to be ‘guest-facing’, where they spend time with people staying at the shelter, chatting, playing board games, helping with laundry and providing support. Alternatively volunteers can choose to be ‘non-guest-facing’ where they can help in the kitchen or with other duties.
Applying for a volunteering role is a two-step process:
1. First click below to sign up to our Caring at Christmas mailing list.
2. You will then receive an email with details about volunteering and a link to apply via our Volunteer Portal