CNI Resources

This page helps share resources from the different Christian Nightlife Initiatives across the UK (and around the world). This is to help those wanting to launch similar projects to avoid having to re-invent the wheel, and to share good practice, funding opportunities, useful website links, etc with other projects within the Network:



Our Twitter and Facebook feeds also includes shops with special offers where you can purchase items such as flip-flops (Primark, B&M, Poundland and Wilkinson's are the cheapest High Street suppliers or search on ebay) and items such as umbrellas and also features top-tip of the week / month.


Resources:

Help and Ideas - a four page document to help those wanting to launch Street Angels or similar projects within their own community.


The Halifax Street Angels Volunteer Handbook is policies and procedures you may want to copy or adopt to your situation. Ideas for publicity, press releases, newsletters, etc can be found on the Media page. Quotes from police, church leaders, people we have helped in Halifax may be useful as you talk to people and organisations locally - see here.


In Kind Direct offer various items at much reduced prices - generally end of line and unused promotional items.


VistaPrint is a great place for free (generally you pay only for postage) promotional materials such as business cards, pens, t-shirts, post it notes, etc - www.vistaprint.co.uk


Red Oak Direct is the cheapest and widest range of high visibility clothing with printing included we have found - www.redoakdirect.com


Rugby Refresh found a one hour consultation on Skype around pastoral consultation useful - see http://cserviceconsulting.com


The "Effective Christian Presence Enterprise Project" report is an interesting read - www.crc-online.org.uk and www.faithworks.info/ecpe


Applying to become a Registered Charity will show your project is acting in a professional and accountable manner - www.charitycommission.gov.uk


Notes one of the Halifax volunteers took at a Four Day First Aid at Work course are available here


Our First Aid Training was carried out by West Yorkshire Health and Training - they tailored the training to the needs of Street Angels and offered a very in depth and professional course - they also offer Health and Safety, Food Safety, Manual Handling, Risk Assesment, Fire Safety amongst others.


List of projects across UK developed for City Links day 2009 - here



Partnerships:

The Association of Town Centre Managers may well be a good link within the town, businesses, council, police, etc - www.atcm.org


Street Angels may well meet some of your Local Council's Local Area Agreement - contact the Safer and Stronger Communities department of your local council or go via a councillor / MP


Church and Community is a new organisation set up by Malcolm Duncan (formerly of Faithworks) helping churches engage better within local communities - www.churchandcommunity.org (there is also a Facebook group)
Funding:

Open Source Community run by Community Church in Hull is an excellent directory of funding opportunities as well as how to write Business Plans and Health and Safety / Child Protection updates - www.opensourcecommunity.net


Your local area Community Foundation may well be able to help with funding - www.communityfoundations.org.uk


Some funding web sites include:




Web Site Links:

Volunteering England has some good hints and resources for working with volunteers - www.volunteering.org.uk - also the National Association of Voluntary and Community Action keeps you up to date on the Voluntary sector - www.navca.org.uk


City Links is a great organisation linking church and police - www.citylinks.org.uk


Faithworks is another great organisation for those putting faith into action - www.faithworks.info


Facebook is a social networking web site which is a great way to communicate your project and help your volunteers feel part of the bigger picture - www.facebook.com - you can sign up your project for a free account which gives you a profile - add pictures, video, friends, comments, news items, etc. You can also look for other local people / organisations / businesses and invite them to become your friend - which helps them be part of what you are doing! Halifax Street Angels has both a page and a group.


Twitter is a great way of updating people with news of your project through short status updates and easily link it to your projects web site - you can also follow (and be followed by) the likes of 10 Downing Street, local MP's, local Council, media, etc - www.twitter.com




Paul Blakey from Halifax Street Angels may well be available to visit your local area to talk to churches and partners - contact paul@streetangels.org.uk / 07074 342123.


For those linked into the Christian Nightlife Initiatives Network see the list on this page.



Hull and York Street Angels and Ripon Town Pastors