Crisis at Christmas - which role please?

[Dayatatime208]

Hello
Applications have just opened for Crisis at Christmas and I want to volunteer - I don't know what role to apply for though, and the few I've seen are quite specific/demand leadership skills etc..
I just want to generally help in some way, like handing stuff out or setting stuff up - which role to apply for, please?
I'm 45 year old female in London, if that makes any difference to what might be suitable. Usually work as a journalist.
Thanks!

Would you like to work directly with guests? There's a box to tick to filter by that and would give some options.
Just like any job I think you.want to think about what you're good at and what you might enjoy doing.
Hope you find something that suits you.

Depends on the time of day/night that you're working.
I liked firewatching at night. Was paired with a lovely lady to chat to, while glancing over a room full of sleeping people to check no one was smoking in bed.

There's also sorting of donations, particularly clothes, into age, size etc.
Handing out blankets, serving meals.

Being on the gate can be fun - frisking for alcohol, if you have the right manner for that.
If you don't like it then you can usually change at the end of the shift.

But I found lots of People just wanted to talk to someone.

Unless you have a specialist skill eg hairdresser, dentist etc you’ll probably be a general volunteer and rotated around different jobs that need doing.

The leaders/managers tend to be the ones who do it year after year and know what they are doing and what needs doing.

I did it a few years ago, it was a really rewarding thing to do. I found a few people were very shy to really interact with the clients but that’s what they want, they want to be treated as normal and be able to have general conversations without being stigmatised and everything revolving around their homelessness.