Shelter Training

Saturday, Nov 13, sixty volunteers, staff and committee members attended a shelter training session with Peter Fedos from Hyland House emergency shelter in Surrey.  Peter drew on his years of experience in shelters as well as the experience of people in the room.    

Peter  also led us in an exercise about private space and boundaries.   

The training session was held in the main hall of St Alban, the same space where the guests have their meals and bed down when the shelter is open.  No one had any idea the shelter would be open 6 days later.