Up and Coming Projects for TiB!

We have 2 new exciting projects in development… well, newish.

We are in the process of setting up another Hotel Project. If all goes well, this will start in October 2021. Unfortunaly, due to Covid-19, we still aren't able to run the normal night shelter as we did before. So, we are aiming for another Hotel Project as the last allowed us to provide accommodation for people experiencing homelessness for an extended period of time. We hope this one will be as successful as the last one!

We have also nearly completed a brand new mentoring and befriending project!

This project has been designed to add an extra layer of emotional and practical support for people experiencing homelessness. People experiencing homelessness will go through a lot emotionally, mentally, and physically. Living without a stable environment can make it difficult to achieve a sustainable route out of homelessness. This project has been designed to help facilitate this and facilitate getting their lives back on track.

The project itself is a hybrid of a mentoring and befriending project. Befriending projects typically aim to support client’s emotional health by offering them support in the form of someone to talk to on a regular basis. Mentoring projects typically aim to support clients practically by improving their life skills or by helping to support their educational or career goals. Our project hopes to have the flexibility to provide both. Volunteers and clients can either choose to go down the befriending side of the project, or the mentoring side of the project, or a combination of both. Our hope is that this will cater to all individuals.

The clients we will be supporting will all be coming from HAB initially, and will be screened by them to make sure they will be suitable for the project. The mentors for the projects will be our fabulous volunteers. Volunteers will also need to be interviewed and trained to make sure they are prepared for the task at hand. We will then match clients and volunteers based on preferences and background to ensure a successful pairing.

If you want to know more, or are interested in being one of the mentors, please contact amanda@togetherinbarnet.org

We will be sending out emails in due course when the project is ready to go!