Links to partner agencies/organisations are found on the "Who is involved?" page. Here are some useful links for church/homelessness resources for people wishing to get involved in similar work...

http://www.communitymission.org.uk/resources/ 

http://www.communitymission.org.uk/resources/links_to_other_organisations/default.aspx

The above are very good for theology and training of Community/Church Project Management and Evaluation

http://www.faithworks.info/Section.asp?id=153  A good set of principles to act by and also helps in obtaining funding from certain providers. Some funding bodies regrettably see some Christian led initiatives as exclusive and/or judgemental - this can help to allay fears and is increasingly used.

http://www.cuf.org.uk/resources-projects/ready-to-go/winter-nightshelters

http://www.housingjustice.org.uk

http://www.coldweathershelter.org/settingupashelter    (We used their referral form as a template - many thanks!)

We hope that you have been inspired to get involved with this work whether here or somewhere else. If you are interested in setting up a shelter, we suggest you read the report summary followed by the main report. It is lengthy but the intention is to act as a full overview from start to finish as to how to set up a shelter and some of the issues and difficulties which may be encountered along the way or during operations. Many faith based homelessness organisations openly share information/procedures and this is the intention here. This scheme has developed work/systems/documentation obtained (with permission) from other schemes and FCWS would like to openly support other such schemes in a similar way. If you require any advice on models/operations of church based shelter set up, please contact micah6v8@ntlworld.com


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