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This page allows Volunteers within Feed the Homeless Bristol to provide information on their availability to "Walk" on a particular night that the charity operates. The charity operates around central Bristol feeding the homeless people who look to our support for a hot meal, produce, fruit, snacks and a hot or cold drink. It allows the walkers to see fellow volunteers and what equipment may be needed that evening. Once a desired amount of volunteers has been reached, you may be added to the "reserve list" and if willing, contacted should circumstances change and someone has to drop out. Please red the guideline at the following link to give a better understanding and also Like and share our facebook page which is updated weekly. https://www.feedthehomeless.org.uk/walkguidelines/ https://www.facebook.com/fthBRISTOL/

At One25, we support women who are street sex-working or at risk of street sex work in Bristol. We support women to courageously make changes in their lives to move from crisis and trauma towards independence in the community. We meet each woman where she is, working at her pace, without time boundaries or targets. Our vision is of a world where all women are safe, feel loved and can thrive. We work with over 200 women each year who face extreme trauma and multiple disadvantage, including domestic and/or sexual violence (93%), poverty (81%), addiction (73%), chronic mental ill-health (85%), physical ill-health (66%), and homelessness (53%). They are incredibly brave and resilient women who can and do recover with the right support. The first step to recovery often begins with One25’s night outreach van. The van goes out every night meeting women who are street sex-working to support them with their immediate needs. On the van, a team of 2-3 staff and volunteers provide food, hot drinks, gloves, and umbrellas for women to keep warm and dry. They provide hygiene packs with clean needles and condoms to keep women safe. The van provides women with practical support at a critical time, it provides a confidential space where women can report violent perpetrators or seek further support. On the van, women are signposted to our health hub, a sanctuary where women can access healthcare, practical assistance, and therapeutic support three afternoons a week. It is a unique space within Bristol, allowing women to drop-in throughout the afternoon, without any expectations or judgement. Women can see the GP, specialist nurse, or sexual health nurse. They can be prescribed opioid substitute treatment, get help with wounds and infections, access food and clothes, or just have a listening ear. The women we work with often face barriers to accessing mainstream healthcare due to restrictive appointment systems and stigma from professionals. The health hub is a safe, trauma-informed space led by professionals that women know they can trust. From the van, health hub, and external agencies, women are referred to one of our seven specialist caseworkers who provide intensive one-to-one support. They support women to tackle the life-controlling issues they face. They help women to navigate often inflexible and challenging pathways to support, including securing safe housing and/or benefits; getting treatment for addiction; accessing physical health or secondary mental health services; making safety plans around domestic violence and reporting sexual violence. They work intensively, building relationships and advocating for women.  We partner with 65+ agencies to tackle complex needs. Through these partnerships we are uniquely placed to deliver holistic support, with the varied and developing needs of each woman in mind. We use our platform to amplify their voices, reduce stigma, and advocate for positive systemic change in Bristol.

Off the Record (Bristol) provide free mental health services to young people in Bristol. Our projects are a variety of different mental health care, from direct 1-1 counselling, through education around resilience, to specialists youth work with, for example the LGBT community in Bristol. However, one of our core and award winning projects is 'Mentality'. Mentality project is run by young people tasked with campaigning to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce stigma around seeking support. The project gives young people a voice to fight the stigma they face everyday and provide a support network. Mentality has 25 members who meet weekly to discuss and strategise campaigns. This year in partnership with the local university's art department they were able to produce a number of videos for their campaign, 'my mental health is not an adjective'. The campaign was launched on world mental health day in October with the target of challenging people's derogatory usage of words such as 'OCD', 'Schizo', etc. The campaign is mainly focused on videos written, produced and presented by Mentality project members. Funding for the project would help us expand our work with more young people taking part and the ability to increase the number of campaigns run.