The Winter Night Shelter has Opened it’s Doors!

The Winter Night Shelter is now up and running. Christ Church, Kings Church and TRINITY Southover have opened their doors on three of the coldest nights of the year so far.  It continues at Westgate Chapel, before rotating across the four locations weekly.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered either overnight or for early morning pack up crew.  We were delighted to have Lewes Mayor, John Lamb volunteer on Sunday night. He got stuck in washing up and making cheese rolls!

“It was great to meet volunteers and clients at King’s Church on Sunday. I learned a great deal from David Griffiths, our leader, about the number of homeless people in Lewes and the problems and dangers they face. He also dispelled some of the myths that surround homeless people who beg on our streets. With the nights growing colder it is great there is somewhere some of our most vulnerable people can find a warm bed for the night. Keep up the good work.”

More volunteers are still required, so if you can offer a couple of nights or mornings per month we would love to hear from you. 

The night shelter costs around £1100 per month to run and so we are now actively fundraising to make sure we can stay open until the spring.  https://www.gofundme.com/f/lewes-open-door-winter-night-shelter