Volunteer with us
If you’ve got a spare room, or spare time at evenings and weekends, we’d love you to join our growing volunteer community of kind, caring folks. You’ll be amazed at how much a safe night’s sleep can help a young people facing homelessness in Brighton and Hove; and you’ll find your involvement hugely rewarding for surprisingly minimal effort.
Our primary role is a volunteer host. They provide short, night stays in a spare room as a temporary stop gap, whilst we support our guests into more permanent accommodation.
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Hear from volunteer hosts about their Nightstop experiences
Find out how we train and support our hosts
Everyone welcome
Sussex Nightstop welcomes volunteers from all backgrounds, communities and beliefs and we need more hosts. If you live in Brighton & Hove, have a spare room and a kind heart, please consider us!
We are striving to build a host pool that reflects the wide range of young people who stay with us, so if you have African, Asian or Middle Eastern heritage, we'd love to hear from you especially. We're also keen to grow our host representation from the LGBTQ+ community.
"It’s rewarding, feeling like you might have given some safety and security to someone in need"
Get involved in a vital community project that helps to prevent homelessness in our city and in return we’ll provide:
- a comprehensive training program through which you will acquire new knowledge and skills
- an opportunity to meet a wide and diverse range of people and with it the chance to broaden your life perspective
- the chance to be a part of the Sussex Nightstop community with the opportunity to meet and make friends with other like-minded people
- the opportunity to develop your volunteering role to other areas of Sussex Nightstop
- reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred through your volunteering
Volunteers needed
Volunteer hosts
Our hosts are there to provide a safe night’s sleep to Nightstop guests through a warm welcome, an evening meal, washing facilities, access to a private bedroom, breakfast and, most importantly, a listening ear or a bit of space – whichever is needed. More info here
On-call volunteers
Our on-call volunteers play a vital role in ensuring the safety of Nightstop guests and hosts. They manage hosting arrangements and address concerns that arise outside office hours, from 5 PM to 9 AM. Their support is essential when it’s needed most. More info here
Community Champions
If you’re a good communicator and you want to meet new people in your community as a representative of Sussex Nightstop, this flexible, time-limited role is for you. It requires just a few hours each month. More info here.
Contact us for more information and to apply
If you are interested and would like to hear more about what’s involved, please fill the form below or email [email protected]
We’d love to hear from you.
We run monthly online info sessions for people who live in and around Brighton & Hove who'd like to join our community response to youth homelessness. It's an informal, informative 30-minute session for you to find out how voluntary hosting works and if it's for you. Includes Q&A with an experienced Nightstop host. Please register here to attend.
Find out more
To find out more about becoming a volunteer host or community champion, please get in touch via our contact form.