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Tensions between night–shelter volunteers and guests exposed in Theos study

Tensions between night–shelter volunteers and guests exposed in Theos study

Theos’s report Volunteering After the Pandemic features in the Church Times. 29/09/2023

Tensions between what volunteers and guests prefer when it comes to night-shelter models are an example of the “uncomfortable or even painful” conversations that may need to take place in the voluntary sector, a new report from Theos suggests.

Volunteering after the Pandemic: Lessons from the homelessness sector, commissioned by the Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice and published earlier this month, includes a study of the shift in the model for night shelters since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Hannah Rich

Hannah Rich

Hannah joined Theos in 2017. She is a senior researcher working on theology and economic inequality. She is the author of ‘A Torn Safety Net’ (2022).

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Posted 29 September 2023

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