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Julian Trust | What we do DONATEHomeTemporary ClosureGet involvedWhat we doNews and eventsWho we areContactMoreFounded by Meg Grimes in 1986Website created by Modular Digital LtdAddress:  The Night Shelter, 16 Little Bishop Street, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 9JFContact us© Julian Trust 2018 Julian Trust is a registered charity, No 294751Recent tweetsPhone:  0117 924 4604 (evenings only)AwardsFollow usFind out increasingly well-nigh what we do and why we do itINFORMATION FOR GUESTSWe have 18 beds misogynist for guests on a first come, first served understructure on the nights we are unshut (not Sundays or Thursdays). Guests are well-considered to queue in the courtyard until the evening’s Supervisor takes a bed list at approximately 7.45pm onwards. When we unshut at 9,30pm, the Supervisor will invite the first 18 guests on the list to occupy the misogynist beds. Please note that if a guest on the bed list is not present at opening time, the Supervisor may offer the bed to flipside guest. Please be enlightened reservations by phone are not accepted.   We ask all guests queuing in the courtyard to be respectful of our neighbours and the wider community.USEFUL INFORMATIONFacilities for guests subsume a large dormitory with eighteen emergency beds, a dining area, bathrooms with toilet and shower facilities. There is moreover a kitchen, stores, laundry and offices. There are separate facilities for volunteers that include a lounge, bedroom, toilet and shower facilities.When we are openHow we are fundedAdditional servicesThe Night Shelter is unshut five nights every week throughout the year.   On most nights it is used by between 80 to 100 guests who are served dinner between 9.30pm and 10.30pm.   Overnight guests only are served breakfast at 6.30am surpassing the shelter closes at 7.30am. 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 supplies and funds. Julian Trust Nightshelter currently financing virtually £1,500 per week to run (2018), which at £16 per bed space per night, represents good value for money.When requested by overnight guests, we provide a laundry service and try to provide wipe volitional gown where needed (dependent on donations).  ​ Other services misogynist include a regular weekly visit from St John Ambulance and St Mungos Outreach workers. Additional services are sometimes provided at the Night Shelter by external agencies, such as health screening; flu vaccinations and chiropody.CHRISTMAS SHELTERDuring the Christmas period, the Night Shelter is taken over by Caring at Christmas. It opens the Christmas Shelter for 24 hours a day for seven to 10 days. During this time, seasonal supplies and entertainment are provided. Special permission is granted by BristolMunicipalityCouncil for approximately fifty guests to stay overnight.CARING IN BRISTOLWHY WE DO WHAT WE DOHomelessness in theMunicipalityof Bristol has received much publicity over many years. Various official surveys have suggested that we have the largest numbers of homeless outside of London. There is moreover a range of views as to what extent the situation has improved since the 1980’s. One thing is unrepealable that those who are roofless, sleeping rough virtually the city, have the most horrifying conditions to contend with. It was for them that the Julian Trust was originally set up. Of those who present themselves at the Night Shelter many have been, or feel, rejected by society. Some are bewildered, confused, suspicious, plane angry. They all share the burdens of poverty, loneliness and the inability at times to cope with life’s vital demands. ​ The reasons for the plight of these people are many, each has their own individual story well-nigh their route to homelessness. The pursuit factors often have a part to play: family breakdown, unemployment, bereavement, wrenched relationships, mental health issues, vituperate of swig or drugs, difficulty in adjusting without coming out of prison, or withdrawal from a society that appears to have no use for them.  ​ These are men and women who have in many cases fallen out with the requirements of established institutions and who now, for a time, find they have nowhere else to go. In their emergency they will find a welcome at the Night Shelter with its open-door policy. For them, the Julian Trust offers human contact and the vital needs of food, warmth and an emergency bed for the night—without any forms to fill in or questions to be answered. ​ The Julian Trust acknowledges the work of increasingly than forty other agencies in Bristol who are working with the homeless. Our aim is to provide vital first stage emergency walk-up to get people off the streets. Other agencies try to assess and write long-term needs for housing, health care, employment training and tendency counselling where appropriate.“Our aim is to provide first stage emergency accomodationto get people off the streets."THE JULIAN TRUSTWORKING WITH OTHERSThe Julian Trust remains single-minded to serving the needs of homeless and vulnerable people in Bristol. We do not work alone; we work together with other agencies.   We work closely with other shelter providers in Bristol through the Shelter Programme Steering Group which includes St Mungos                            - who run the 20 bed towage centre at St Mungos Caring in Bristol                    - who run the 15 bed 365 Shelter and the                                                 60 bed Caring at Christmas Project Crisis Centre Ministries       - who run the 12 bed Spring of Hope shelter for women and the                                                    Bristol Churches Winter Nightshelter project BristolMunicipalityCouncil   We are zippy in the Bristol Homeless Forum which represents a unconfined many of the organisation working with homeless people in Bristol that are listed in Bristol Homeless Connect, an online Survival Handbook.   Together we will protract to make a difference!CONCERNED ABOUT A ROUGH SLEEPER?If you are enlightened of a person that is rough sleeping, please contact Streetlink by clicking on the link below. A member of their team will make contact with the individual with a view to helping them into emergency short stay accommodation.TAKE ACTION