ALDI SHOREDITCH

Are you looking for a fresh challenge that makes a positive difference to the lives of Young People throughout the UK? At Childline we are actively recruiting new volunteers. Please contact childlinelondonengagement@nspcc.org.uk for further details. What will I be doing? • Your weekly shift will consist of 3hrs30mns counselling, sandwiched between a 15mns brief before your shift and a 30mns debrief post shift. This is to ensure that you can start and finish your shift with any support you require from your Supervisors. • On shift you will take contacts from Young People who rely on the service that Childline offers. Childline is not there to solve problems, we are a listening service for Young People and in each contact your role is to engage the Young Person, explore their situation and to support them in deciding their next steps. • The contacts you would take from Young People can come in 3 ways. Traditional phone call contacts, live chats via instant response typed messaging or less commonly via 'PIBS' which are essentially emails sent by Young People in the knowledge the response will not be 'live' and instant. What impact will this have? • Childline is a unique service, valued greatly by the Young People who contact us. • It provides a safe place for Young People to talk confidentially to our Volunteer Counsellors, an option that many of them do not have elsewhere. • Young People rely on us being there for them 24/7. In an average month, Childline London takes approx. 1,500 live chats, 900 voice calls and 300 PIBs. • However, the demand for the service often outstrips the supply as Young People who desperately need our service cannot always get through. • That is why we are actively recruiting new volunteers to be able to meet the need of all Young People who are in distress and need the support that Childline provides. Training • Childline offers a full 12 week online training programme to new volunteers. This consists of one 4 hour session per week, which is similar to the shift commitment we ask for post training. • During the training, you will meet other Volunteers in your cohort and have access to your 2 dedicated Childline Trainers. • As part of the training, you will also go in person to the London Base for observation and mentored shifts which give you a face to face insight into how the Counselling Room works. • You will also have access to a dedicated Volunteer Coordinator to give you a London Base tour (optional) and generally be on hand to answer any questions or queries you may have - big or small, if they matter to you they matter because you are giving your time to volunteer and Childline wants to offer you every level of support. • Once you pass through training and become a qualified Childline Volunteer Counsellor, the development opportunities do not stop

Community Food Hub is a project started by Hackney charity Children With Voices in light of COVID-19 to support the vulnerable, homeless, struggling families and the elderly in our community in this difficult time. We collect donation surplus food to feed and support our community. We support families and children who face holiday hunger, and who, now more then ever, are having a difficult time due to lack of food, lack of access to benefits or difficulty accessing the right support. We need volunteers to help run our Community Food Hubs – dropping of food to the vulnerable and the self isolating, collecting our food donations from various locations, and in the day-to-day running of our hubs. We run 2 hubs around Hackney and are providing 60+ packages weekly, some for large families with small children. These families need our support and are the most at risk and vulnerable in our community – those with children who are carers to their parents, those whose first language may not be English, those who are self-isolating, those with mental health problems. We help by providing them with what they need to survive. We support our local communities.

We are a grassroots community organization that provides hot nutritious meals and food parcels and other items to those in need in our community in Hoxton , Haggerston, at a local hostel and to those referred to us by Hackney Borough Council. We build relationships with our guests so that we can signpost them to other support. The objects of the Charity are the relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding area or in other parts of the United Kingdom; for example by providing hot meals, emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and for distribution by charities or other organizations working to prevent or relieve poverty. Idia's also provide support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services. We believe no person should go hungry. Idia's C K does its bit to redistribute otherwise wasted food by collecting sold food from branches of Co-Op, Tesco, Pretty a Manger, other businesses and restaurants often via Hackney Foodbank, who also donate short-dated items that they cannot distribute to their beneficiaries. Anything we don't use to cook with is made available to community members via donation tables. We believe it is possible to create a space where everyone can be themselves without fear of judgement or injustice. Our core values are kindness, respect and acceptance for all, and we regard everyone who joins us in any capacity and from whatever background as a member of our family. Welcome to one and all! Everything we do is in memory of Tina's late daughter Idia, who sadly passed away from Typhoid fever ate the young age of 11. As a family, they used to feed the community in any way they could. Tina founded this charity in her memory, to continue to feed, support, and inspire the local community. We are an organization that has grown organically . We started by volunteering a t a Drop In on Monday mornings, realizing very quickly that dood brought people together and that the social connection forged was something very special. Once a week did not seem to be enough, so we began collecting sandwiches and pizzas from local businesses and retailers and distributing these to people on the streets with the support of Ashwell House and the students there. We also organized showers with the help of the Salvation Army and collected and redistributed clothes and other items. From there, our founder and chef, Tina Omo- Bare began cooking hot meals and serving them on Hoxton Street outside the post office. Before the pandemic struck, Shoreditch Trust, allowed us to use the kitchen and outside space at their Wellbeing Centre on Pitfield Street, then Hoxton Square, then St. Chads and Fellows'. - General charitable purposes - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other charities or voluntary bodies - The general public/mankind - Provides services