Our Partners

What?

Emmanuel House is a faith based project in Hockley that exists to support homeless, vulnerably housed and isolated adults in and around Nottingham. They do this by providing meals, access to clothes, support into housing, addiction recovery and employment. Heart Nottingham hosts a monthly evening meal for their service users. This includes preparing and serving a meal, and hosting a great evening for the Emmanuel House service users.

When?

4thTuesday of every month.

Roles and required commitment:

Volunteers are involved in preparing and serving the meal and there is opportunity to play games and chat with the service users.

What?

Open Homes provides temporary emergency accommodation for 16-25 year olds facing homelessness by utilising spare rooms in the homes of trained volunteers. This provides early intervention in a crisis for young people who have been made homeless by family breakdown, have left home because they don't feel safe or are victims of domestic violence, and bridges the gap between street homelessness and hostel or supported accommodation, keeping them in education and employment.

When?

Placements take place every day of the week and are arranged entirely to fit around your existing commitments, offering you a way to change a life without having to change your life.

Roles and required commitment:

If you have a spare room, you can volunteer as a host; all training is provided. You can also volunteer as a driver.

What?

The Jericho Road Project aims to bring hope and restoration to those affected by the sex industry in Nottinghamshire.

Roles and required commitment:

The Jericho Road Project have volunteering opportunities across all areas of their work, including outreach (both on street and off street), befriending and prison visiting as well as help with IT support, driving the outreach minibus, prayer team and traybake team. Please be aware that all direct contact roles are open to females only; non-direct contact roles open to both male and females.

What?

Safe Families and Home For Good offer hope, belonging, and support to children , families and care leavers. They hope for a society where no family feels alone and every child has a home where they can flourish. They believe the Church is central to this vision and empower families , equip churches, and influence systemic change.

Roles and required commitment:

There are four key volunteer roles within Safe Families and Home For Good,  each with differing levels of required commitment. These are Foster Caring, Host Family, Family Friend, Resources.

What?

Inspiring people to consider the joy of getting involved in fostering and adoption. There are over 1500 children in the care system in Nottinghamshire and the Church has an incredible opportunity to play our part in bringing transformation to these young lives. The 100 Homes Campaign is a city wide, church led initiative in partnership with Nottingham City Council, working together to recruit 100 new foster families.

When?

There are regular information and Q&A evenings throughout the year.

What?

Visiting local prisons, primarily HMP Nottingham and Foston Hall, to run chapel services and support the inmates.

When?

For HMP Nottingham we meet on the first Sunday of every month. Meeting at 8.15am for briefing, ready to start the service at 9am. This will conclude at 10am.

For Foston Hall, we meet 3 times a year during Easter,  Summer and at Christmas.

Roles and Required Commitment

Volunteers will be involved in running the services; praise and worship, praying, reading scripture and preaching as needed.  There will usually be an opportunity to engage with the in mates at the end of the service.  Current roles include musicians, singers and volunteers who are comfortable sharing a Word from the Bible.  Prior prison ministry experience is not a requirement as a full induction will be given by the ministry leaders.

No minimum commitment is required as you will join a pool of volunteers and can attend when you are available to do so.