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Current Needs
Introduction
This is a partial list of the current needs we have. We do our best to keep this page up to date, but please check if you think you can help us in one of these ways, just in case.
People
We need volunteers to help in all areas of the ministry. At present, the biggest needs are as follows.
LITE Course
- The most urgent need is for a female volunteer to help on Monday afternoons from 8 September, 2 - 4:30pm. But we also would appreciate two more volunteers to help on Monday and Thursday afternoons, 2 - 4:30pm. If you can only manage one afternoon a week, that would be fine. We ask for a commitment, if possible, for the whole course. We appreciate that an absolute commitment is not possible, but it would be good for volunteers to expect, where possible, to continue for the whole course.
Coffee Shop
- We need daytime volunteers to help Monday to Friday, if possible betweeen 10:30 am and 3 pm, and on Saturday mornings between 9 am and 12 noon.
Client Care
- We need people who are willing and able to visit some of our longer term clients in their homes, and provide a combination of practical and emotional support.
Trustees
We are looking for people to join the existing team of trustees. Apart from being a committed Christian, we are looking for people who can contribute in specific ways. At present, we are particularly looking for people who can contribute in the areas of:
- Setting targets, monitoring and evaluation of performance and programmes.
- Financial management.
- Fundraising.
- Understanding of the voluntary sector.
- Publicity and public relations.
- Information technology.
The board is particularly keen to recruit Trustees who have been part of our client group, who are young, disabled, female, and from black and ethnic minority communities.
Money and Things
Publicity
- We need help to create and maintain our display boards.
- We need help to update and restructure our web site.
Coffee Shop
- Home made cakes are always appreciated!
- Sugar.
- Dried pasta.
- Rice.
- Tea bags.
- Tins of:
- Meat of any kind
- Ham
- Corned beef
- Salmon
- Tuna
- Spaghetti
- Baked beans
- Tomatoes
- Soup
- Chick peas
- Fruit
- Washing up and cleaning materials.
LITE Course
- Training DVDs: Effective CVs (£44 + VAT); Interviews (£44 + VAT).
Subscriptions and Training
- Subscription to Drugs and Alcohol Today (£155 for one year, £248 for two years)
- Subscription to Community Safety Journal (£195 for one year, £312 for two years)
- Purchase training material: Psychosis Revisited (£105)
- First Aid training for remaining staff at £95 plus VAT (£111.62 each, or £669.72 for everyone)
- 'Intelligent Church' published by Faithworks: book and DVD. Useful background and promotional material.
- Recent book by John Bird (founder of the Big Issue) "How to change your life in 7 steps".
- Working With Drug Users (training materials from Pavilion: £155 + 10% p&p)
- Crossing Frontiers (background and research in helping drug users, also Pavilion: £25)
Old Building
- We need to address the problem of the sagging brickwork on the front of the building. The cost of this work is currently estimated to be around £20,000.
New Building
There are various bits of work remaining on the new building. This is a reasonably complete and up to date statement of the outstanding work.
Computers
We have a mixed network with both Windows and Linux machines linked to a Samba fileserver. There is always work needing to be done. We have one very helpful volunteer, but he has limited time available and cannot always respond to problems when they arise.
- General computer support would be helpful - either on the phone or through a visit if that is needed.
- We need to set up a spare machine or two so that when the server or another machine fails, we can plug in another one and keep working.
- We would appreciate help in setting up a more robust (and automatic!) system for off-site backups.
Telephones
We have recently upgraded our phone system. For reference, this is what we advertised as our needs in this area.