How to get involved
Homed has a training evening at the start of each academic year. However, if you miss this then please contact us to find out how you can get involved. Anyone registered as a volunteer needs to sign up to Medsin on the Newcastle Students union societies page.
Our Projects
Storehouse
- Every Saturday we take volunteers from 10-12pm to help serve breakfast, tea and coffee to the people at storehouse and offer your time and a listening ear. Everyone who has visited will agree it is a really enjoyable and rewarding way to spend a Saturday morning so please come along!
- Every Wednesday we send volunteers from 1-3:30pm to help people choose clothes from the clothes bank or provide them with food and hygiene packs. This helps people feel cared for and promotes dignity.
Acane
Acane is a centre in Byker for the African refugee community that Homed have recently become involved with. Volunteering opportunities are on a wednesday afternoon, when we go down to help anyone who needs assistance with writing CVs and applying for jobs. It’s a great opportunity to meet some wonderful people with really interesting stories to tell and also understand some of the challenges people coming from other backgrounds face.
Changing Lives
Volunteering with changing lives involves running health promotion clinics encouraging people to be more aware of the risk factors for conditions such as hypertension and cancer and encouraging people to make healthy, informed lifestyle choices regarding diet, smoking and alcohol. Therefore this volunteering opportunity is mainly available to students with a medical background.
Space 2
Space 2 is a youth project in the centre of Newcastle where we run themed health workshops surrounding health issues that affect young people such as alcohol, smoking and contraception. The workshops take place on a Thursday evening between 5-7pm.
