HOW YOU CAN BE A COMMUNITY HERO

Search for local volunteering opportunities

at do-it.org These can range from working in a charity shop to reading for the blind.

Donate Homeless shelters, food banks and refuges welcome donations.

Look on their websites to see the kinds of things they need most. Contact the council Many public services require volunteers. There are appropriate adults, who act as a parent or guardian for vulnerable young people if they get arrested, and voluntary patrol police officers, who help keep communities safe. Visit your local council website to find out more. To help, homelessness charity Crisis advise…

Contacting streetlink.org. uk to help connect people sleeping rough with local support services. In Scotland, contact the local council.

Taking the time to stop and chat. Life on the streets can be incredibly isolating.

Standing against homelessness and joining the Crisis campaign, Everybody In. Find out more at crisis.org.uk.

WHO’S YOUR COMMUNITY HERO?

Do you know someone who always does their best for others in your local area? Email prima@hearst.co.uk putting ‘Community Hero’ in the subject line, or write to the address on page 154.