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I would like to lose my virginity on this forum in order to promote my volunteer work over Christmas. I am regular volunteer in a homeless centre over the Christmas period run by the charity Crisis. Contrary to popular belief, these centres are more than just soup kitchens but provide food, accommodation, services we all take for granted such as

doctors, dentists and hairdressers that a lot of the homeless don't have access to throughout the year. There's counselling for those who need help with drink or drug addiction and educational and IT facilities. But most importantly the volunteers provide companionship to the most vulnerable in society when they are probably feeling at their most isolated during the Christmas period. Throughout the year though Crisis provides educational and training facilitates to the homeless to help them get their self respect back and re-integrate back into society


This year to help raise funds this year Crisis has produced a recipe book edited by Nicholas Lander, the restaurant correspondent of the FT, with recipes from well known chefs such as Heston Blumenthal, Rowley Leigh and Rick Stein and essays on wine by Jancis Robinson. The cost is just ?5 with ?3 going to Crisis and is available from M&S or Amazon. See link below for further details.


http://www.crisis.org.uk/media/display.php?id=298



I hope you will all think about buying one.


In addition Crisis are still looking for volunteers especially for the period 27th to 30th Decemeber so if you can spare the time, think about volunteering as well.


If you have any questions about Crisis then don't hesitate to ask.


Discoboy

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I like hearing about things like this because when you actually work with the sort of people most members of society just ignore, you realise that they are not just sleeping lumps in doorways, they are real people and once had dreams and aspirations like the rest of us until things in their lives became too difficult to control.


I hope you will give us a report to let those of us unable to volunteer this year a glimpse of what we are missing out on.

My friend Chav is absolutely right. The homeless are human beings too and when you speak to them you realise that once they had dreams and aspirations. If by talking to them and providing companionship in the centres we may be able to restore their hope and self esteem and help them on the path to recovery and being able to take control of their lives again.


Someone once said that most people are only one pay cheque away from being homeless, they're were absolutely right.

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Hi, I tried the link and got a screen saying 'fatal error'.. If I can get my partner to babysit (Im having xmas off work but not sure she is yet)then I'd be happy to volunteer a day of my time to somewhere London based (pref local as possible if you get me).. thanks!

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