Team HAVEN (Homelessness and Vulnerability Ends Now)
Belfast, UK
Team HAVEN is a non-funded Voluntary Community Organisation which provides help and support to the homeless, vulnerable and those experiencing food poverty in Belfast and the surrounding areas. We set up a static feeding station outside Blinkers in Bridge Street six nights a week, providing hot food and drinks to those less fortunate than ourselves. Each night we can have 50 people or more calling to the table. There are people of all ages, backgrounds, parts of the country and world. Some are rough sleepers, others have a hostel bed or some are just vulnerable, in need of company and support ~ we never judge. Our Outreach Volunteers cook hot meals, make sandwiches and snack packs, and give out a never-ending supply of tea, coffee, hot chocolate and bottled water. We also have a food bank from which we distribute food parcels to anyone who is struggling, for whatever reason. We can provide a minimum of three days' emergency food supplies, and we work alongside and support other food banks and charitable organisations in North Belfast. Any donations we receive help us to continue our outreach work and keep the shelves of our food bank stocked to help anyone in need.
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