Tuesday 6 January 2009

Christmas Shelter 2008

We had a great Christmas Shelter last year. Some of the highlights can be seen on our Birmingham Christmas Shelter YouTube channel.

Some headlines follow.

1. We had the following number of guests eat or sleep over with us each day.

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Male sleep

Female sleep

23rd

45

66

41

2

24th

46

60

90

80

5

25th

90

145

110

97

6

26th

93

99

98

80

5

27th

85

110

102

86

7

28th

105


2. We had the following number of guests use our services

Service No. of guests that used service
Showers 92
Manicurist 16
Hairdresser 15
Citezens Advice 7
Chiropodist 23

3. We had some good media coverage locally and nationally, and Liam Byrne, Cabinet Office Minister, made an announcement about volunteering whilst he visted us on 27/12/08.

The Trustees of BCS would like to say a huge thank you to all our volunteers and service-providers who made this such a wonderful Christmas experience.

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