Argos Kings Lynn (Inside Sainsbury's)

The King’s Lynn Night Shelter is a partnership between churches, charities and agencies in King’s Lynn who are motivated by a common concern for the plight of the homeless in the borough. The project aims to provide a safe, warm place overnight for those who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets or in unsafe accommodation. We believe in providing a high quality and compassionate service to our guests, some of whom are likely to have a range of support needs, such as alcohol dependency and mental health issues. The shelter ran as a pilot project on Friday and Saturday nights in the winter of 2017-18 and following the success of this scheme expanded to a 7 nights a week, 5 month winter shelter for the winters of 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21. We are currently in our seventh season and are operating as a 24-hour shelter. all of our guests are accommodated in single rooms, which they can access throughout the day, and are offered 1-to-1 support work, tailored to their specific needs. We are dependent on the generosity of our benefactors, donors and volunteers and would love to hear from anyone who is able to support us or would like to be involved in this project.

All food given out by foodbanks is donated. Supermarket collections are one of the main ways that food is donated. Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, Citizens Advice and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. Foodbank clients bring their voucher to our foodbank where it can be redeemed for three days emergency food.