The 2012 Julian Trust Sleepout is now available for registration. It is taking place on Friday 2nd March-Saturday 3rd March, if you’re interested in taking part please download the registration form and sponsor form. This is a great fundraiser for Julian Trust so grab your thermals and your cardboard get down to PipNJay!
Julian Trust Night Shelter, also known as the Bristol Night Shelter, is located in premises in Little Bishop Street, on the edge of St Pauls in Bristol. Click here for map.
The premises were converted to fulfill the specific purpose of a Night Shelter; the money being raised by public donation. Click here for History.
In the Night Shelter the facilities for guests comprise a large dormitory with up to eighteen beds, a dining area, bathrooms with toilet and shower facilities. There is also a kitchen, stores, laundry and offices. There are separate facilities for volunteers that include a lounge, bedroom, toilet and shower facilities.
The Night Shelter is open five nights every week throughout the year where a warm welcome and a hot meal awaits homeless people and rough sleepers. On most nights it is used by between 80 to 100 guests who are served dinner between 9.30pm and 10.30pm. Guests who have secured a bed are served breakfast at 6.30am and the shelter closes at 7.30am. We launder clothes overnight and try to provide clean alternative clothes where needed (depending on donations); other services available include a regular weekly visit from St John’s Ambulance volunteers and Outreach representatives.
This site aims to provide visitors with an insight into the Trust which is wholly staffed, managed and financed by volunteers and voluntary donations of food and funds. Julian Trust Nightshelter currently costs around £1,200 per week to run (2008/2009).
Noel Edmonds visits Julian Trust
TV Presenter Noel Edmonds recently visited Julian House to spring a special suprise on Julian Trust Chair Meg Grimes. He organised a revamp of our blanket store and then returned with the tv cameras to record Meg’s reaction to the work……click here to view the clip.
Our new Julian Trust T Shirts are now available to buy. Made from 100% cotton and featuring our new logo, they are available in sizes S/M/L/XL, priced £8 each. To place your order phone 07989681274
As well as emergency accomodation and meals, the Night Shelter provides some additional services from time to time:
Provided by Volunteers Provided by External Agencies Clothes and shoes Contact with visiting outreach workers Laundry service Health screening and influenza vaccinations by Avon Health Authority Takeaway sandwiches Chiropody Information on other homeless agencies in Bristol First Aid provision (St John’s Ambulance, Wednesday evenings) During the Christmas period, the Night Shelter is taken over by Caring at Christmas. It opens the Christmas Shelter for 24 hours a day for five to seven days. During this time, seasonal food and entertainment are provided. Special permission is granted by Bristol City Council for approximately fifty guests to stay overnight. Caring at Christmas is also the landlord of the Night Shelter premises.
Please see the tribute to Meg Grimes at the following link:
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MEG-GAVE-RESPECT-SHELTER-LOVE/story-12474968-detail/story.html
