St Mary Redcliffe A Year at Redcliffe Magazine 2022
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Community outreach<br />
Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter<br />
Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter<br />
(BWCNS) is a partnership of 14 churches<br />
in and around Bristol which work with<br />
<strong>St</strong> Mungo’s (a n<strong>at</strong>ional charity th<strong>at</strong><br />
supports homeless people) to provide<br />
accommod<strong>at</strong>ion and support for people<br />
during the coldest months of the year.<br />
In 2021/<strong>2022</strong> BCWNS oper<strong>at</strong>ed out of a<br />
Bed & Breakfast in Southville and so were<br />
able to accommod<strong>at</strong>e up to eight guests in<br />
priv<strong>at</strong>e rooms, providing the guests with<br />
three meals a day and access to local housing<br />
and support services.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong> was involved in phase<br />
1 of the project and so, for each Friday in<br />
November and December 2021, a team of<br />
nine volunteers from SMR provided and<br />
served lunch and cooked and served dinner<br />
for the residents and volunteers.<br />
Through this we were able to get to know the<br />
residents; we shared laughter and our stories<br />
and got to meet some truly remarkable<br />
people. It was an honour and a blessing<br />
to volunteer for this annual project<br />
and I can highly recommend th<strong>at</strong><br />
you put your name forward when the<br />
opportunity arises.<br />
Greca Warr<br />
Winter Night Shelter Coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
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