Homelessness charity urgently needs new volunteers

Homelessness charity Framework has made an urgent plea for volunteers and donations to help it cope with the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Framework is appealing for more volunteers to help the homeless during the Covid-19 crisis. Photo: Victoria JonesFramework is appealing for more volunteers to help the homeless during the Covid-19 crisis. Photo: Victoria Jones
Framework is appealing for more volunteers to help the homeless during the Covid-19 crisis. Photo: Victoria Jones

The charity is appealing urgently for volunteers to help with its work and for businesses and members of the public to donate food, money and other essentials.

The charity needs help to support more than 1,000 people with whom it works who need particular help as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

These are homeless people living in its hostels and vulnerable people which it supports in the community.

To help support these people across the county Framework is making four specific and urgent requests, for volunteers to support staff and service users in its services, volunteers willing to drive and make essential deliveries to Framework services and service users, donations from the public, particularly of non-perishable food, soap, towels, toiletries and cleaning products, and donations from businesses particularly of fresh and non-perishable food and takeaway food containers.

Framework has established a volunteer response team and people interested in should click here.

Framework is also setting up ‘donation hubs’ across the county, including at the Health Centre in Fritchley Court in Mansfield, where people can donate items like non-preishable food, fluids, baby products, toiletries, cleaning products and PPE.

Framework is also appealing for stocks of new and unused take away food containers and carrier bags.

Click here for details.