Volunteering
Volunteers are central to every aspect of our work. There are lots of different opportunities to get involved with. We hope to provide structured and supportive volunteering opportunities that suit all interests, skills, availability and levels of experience. Some roles require a regular commitment each week, whereas others can be more flexible or occasional.
Under our volunteering programme, we can help people learn new skills and gain experience in different areas or use their existing skills and knowledge to give back and help others.
Volunteers receive an induction and safeguarding training, have regular peer-support meetings with their team, receive ongoing support and supervision from their Project Coordinator, and can attend further training and development opportunities in relevant areas.
Get in touch to find out about our current volunteer roles and for a volunteer application form.
Hosting Scheme
The hosting scheme matches a volunteer with a spare room in their house with an asylum seeker or refugee who have nowhere to stay.
Volunteer hosts provide a warm, safe environment for someone in need by opening up their home to a guest for an agreed time period. The terms of the hosting placement are negotiated between the host and guest on an individual basis.
Ongoing support is provided to hosts and all guests receive support from the destitution service and casework to resolve their problems and move their situations forwards.
If you are interested in becoming a host or would like to find out more please get in touch with the Housing Programme Coordinator.
Befriending
We are developing a befriending service for people who are isolated, have additional needs that make it difficult for them to access our core services, or would simply benefit from some friendship and extra support.
Get in touch with the Support Programme Leader if you are interested in being part of the Befriending Project.
Donate
Donating to the Centre couldn’t be easier – just access our page at give.net and you can make either a one-off payment or a monthly donation.
If you donate to St. Augustine’s Centre you can be certain that we will use your donation wisely in our work supporting the vulnerable. By making a financial contribution (big or small!) you can ensure that someone gets what they need, such as uniform for their children or travel expenses to important Home Office interviews.
Thank you for your support.
Donate Items to the Clothes Hangar
One of our volunteers has recently opened the ‘Clothes Hangar’ here at the Centre. Using a voucher given during one of our advice drop-in’s or appointments, individuals will be able to pop in on Friday mornings to choose the items that they need.
Due to limited space we are asking that anyone who would like to make a donation to our ‘Clothes Hanger’ please check with us first. You can email info@staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk or speak to a member of staff by calling 01422 352 492.
We will also be posting updates on our website here, and on our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Partner with Us
We are always very interested to hear from organisations who would like to explore joint projects or funding opportunities with us! Please contact the Centre to arrange a meeting.