Hackney Winter Night Shelter

Hackney Winter Night Shelter operates from January to March
Our Shelter closed on 1st April and will re-open next winter

Our Link Worker continues to be available on 07702 799543
Link Worker email: link@hwns.org.uk

Hackney Winter Night Shelter Open Meeting 7:30pm, Monday 11th June 2012 at St Mark's Church Hall St Mark's Rise Dalston Next winter we plan to open the Night Shelter in November. We need to find more halls in which to run the shelter, and more volunteers to help. Could you help? Come along to find out about the work of Hackney Winter Night Shelter, and how you can get involved. All welcome As you face the church, the hall is to the right beside the car park Short walk from all buses going down Kingsland Road and close to number 236 bus stop Click here for a larger map More information about HWNS

Our Shelter was open from 30th Dec 2011 to 1st April 2012
In that time, we accommodated up to 25 people each night, a total of:
2341 suppers
2191 beds for the night
2191 breakfasts
76 different people stayed at the shelter, including 13 women
We helped 45 people to find stable accommodation, and we continue to work with others
Over 500 volunteers from the Hackney community made this possible

Our Link Worker and Support Workers are continuing to work with people
to help them get off the streets, and providing continuing support
for those who have moved into accommodation.

For more details, read our Annual Report 2011

More information:
Annual Report for Winter Jan-Mar 2011
HWNS on BBC Radio 4, Jan-2011 (click to listen)
More information about HWNS

Downloads (click right and select "Save Target As..."):
About HWNS leaflet (pdf)
Volunteer Training Course Manual 2011 (pdf)

Do you cook for the Night Shelter?

You can download recipes and advice on cooking
for the Night Shelter by clicking here.
We are collecting recipes for Night Shelter cooks.
If you have recipes to share, please send them to info@hwns.org.uk

Support Hackney Winter Night Shelter

Although most of the work is done by volunteers,
it costs about £70,000 a year to run our shelter.
We would be very grateful for financial support.

Donations can be sent to our office address below,
or you can donate online via the Charities Aid Foundation

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@HackneyWNS)

Contact details:

Office address (for correspondence only, do not call):
Hackney Winter Night Shelter
53 Mapledene Road
London E8 3JW

Hackney Winter Night Shelter
email: info@hwns.org.uk
web site: http://www.hwns.org.uk

Hackney Winter Night Shelter is run by a partnership
of Hackney churches and the Hackney Doorways charity
Hackney Doorways is Registered Charity number 1139183