Alma Beacon

30/08/2026

While most of Windsor is tucked up at home on a wet Saturday night, our brilliant Windsor Street Angels volunteers are out there until 3am, providing a safe, warm and welcoming place for anyone who needs it.

Their Safety Hub offers somewhere to get warm and dry, have a hot drink or snack, charge a phone, call a taxi, wait safely for friends or simply have a chat. It also provides a much-needed place for our emergency services to take a break during a busy night.

And sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the biggest difference — a hot chocolate, a Pot Noodle, a drink of squash or a snack. ☕️❤️

We have an Amazon Wish List containing the everyday items our Street Angels regularly need. If you could add just one or two items to your next Amazon order, you’d be directly helping our volunteers look after people in Windsor through the night.

👉 Please take a look at the Windsor Street Angels Amazon Wish List and donate if you can:
Windsor Street Angels Amazon Wish List⁠

A massive THANK YOU to every one of our Street Angels who gives up their Saturday nights to help keep Windsor safe. You really are amazing. 💙

Windsor Street Angels is part of Alma Beacon, alongside Windsor Foodshare and Windsor Homeless Project.

While the rain has been welcome I think we can all agree it's been pretty miserable outside today. Tonight our hub doors are open and we are sure we will have plenty of guests wanting a place of shelter, a place to be dry, have a warm drink and a snack, charge their phone.

We welcome about ten rough sleepers to our hub on a Saturday night from 22.30 - 3am. The hub is in the Baptist Church on Victoria Street and it is open for anyone who needs a place of safety. That might be whilst you wait for your taxi or whilst your wait for your friends.

It's a place where emergency workers come for a sit down break when they are lucky enough to get one.

Our hubs most popular item is squash and pot noodles although with the weather turning we are anticipating lots of hot chocolates tonight too.

Squash, hot chocolate and snacks like pot noodle are all on our Amazon wishlist https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3RZPEDBX1WR8X?ref_=wl_share and we really do appreciate all of the items we receive.

Windsor Street Angels is part of Alma Beacon, alongside Windsor Foodshare and Windsor Homeless Project

21/08/2026

WE ARE HIRING!

Cold Weather Night Shelter Supervisor – 6 Month Contract
Job Description
Alma Beacon (operating name for Windsor Christian Action) is a small not for profit charity which is responsible for three Projects:
• Windsor Homeless Project
• Windsor Street Angels
• Windsor Foodshare.

Our mission is to support homeless and vulnerable people to rebuild their lives. We provide practical and emotional support to alleviate ill health, disability, and financial hardship — at Alma Beacon, on the streets day and night, and through Foodshare.

A subproject of the Windsor Homeless Project is the Cold Weather Night Shelter (CWNS). The shelter provides a vital lifeline during the harshest months of the year, offering warmth, safety, food, and rest. Beyond meeting immediate needs, the CWNS fosters dignity, stability, and a sense of community. Our volunteers are central to this mission, creating a compassionate and respectful environment where every guest is valued.

The Role
We are seeking a Supervisor for the Cold Weather Night Shelter.
This is a fixed‑term role from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
The role will report to the Manager of the Windsor Homeless Project

The successful candidate will be passionate, compassionate, and collaborative, someone who earns the respect of guests, volunteers, committee members, and donors. They will have a heart for vulnerable people and a commitment to making a positive, lasting impact.

The purpose is 2-fold:
• Working with the CWNS committee in the management of The CWNS and drive coordination with Windsor Homeless Project.
• Coordinate fundraising for the CWNS.

Key Responsibilities
Operational Coordination (with Windsor Homeless Project staff)
• Ensure we have sufficient beds, bedding and supplies
• Oversee the process of bedding Laundry
• Secure required food for evening meals and breakfasts
• Ensure Alma Beacon is cleaned and maintained to a high standard
Volunteer & Staffing Management (with the CWNS Committee)
• Recruit and onboard additional staff for night shifts
• Recruit, support, and retain volunteers
• Create and manage volunteer rotas
• Coordinate and deliver volunteer training
Fundraising & Community Engagement
Work with Trustees to raise awareness and help to secure the funds required to operate the shelter, engaging with:
• Private individuals
• Local churches
• Local charities
• Alma Beacon events
• Local businesses
• Volunteers.
General Responsibilities
• Lead on safeguarding during shelter operations and related activities
• De‑escalate challenging or chaotic situations to ensure the safety of guests, volunteers, and staff
• Handle difficult or sensitive situations with professionalism and empathy.
Requirements
Essential
• Experience managing dispersed or virtual teams
• Ability to build positive, collaborative relationships with colleagues, volunteers, donors, and partners
• Flexible, creative, and solution‑focused approach
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Understanding of data protection requirements
• Knowledge of health and safety practices
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; strong team player.
• Ability to work in dispersed and virtual team.
Desirable
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS check (adults at risk)
• First Aid qualification
• Fundraising and/or sales experience
• Experience writing grant applications
• Understanding of mental health, personality disorders, and dual diagnosis
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, and confidentiality
• Full driving licence.
Hours of Work

You are expected to work 30 hours per week with flexibility. During your contract the person will have 2 working patterns
• Shelter not operational the person will be expected to work in Alma Beacon between 10am to 3pm, Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, with the remaining hours flexible.
• Shelter operational the person will be expected to work 3-night shifts per week 10.30pm to 7.00am with the remaining hours expected to work at Alma Beacon when the Windsor Homeless Project is open.
Salary
£24,000 pa. Paid monthly in arrears, on the last working day of the month, directly into a nominated bank account prorate. If the employee is requested to work additional hours, they will be paid £16.00 per hour.

Annual Leave
24 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays) pro-rata .
Review Clause

This job description may be reviewed and amended by agreement in line with organisational and service needs.
Notice Period

This role has a 14day notice period for the employee and the Charity
Apply
Please email a CV and a covering letter explaining why you wish to be considered for this post and what skills and experience you might bring to this post. The email address is: [email protected].
Closing date for applications: 24th August 2026!!

Windsor Homeless Project

13/07/2026

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12/07/2026

Our patrol angels are out and about across town already and our hub doors are open too. We are expecting to busy tonight with the football and the heat!

Last week and this week our guests were welcomed to fresh new pants, wipes and toothpaste. These were all donated to us through our wishlist. Thank you so so much to everyone who has bought something
from the list. We update it regularly to show what we need and ira delivered direct to our team leaders who make sure it goes straight to those who need it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3RZPEDBX1WR8X?ref_=wl_share

Windsor Street Angels is part of Alma Beacon alongside Windsor Foodshare and Windsor Homeless Project

We are

09/07/2026

Vote for our Windsor Street Angels here who have been nominated 🙏
Click on the tickets link the the original post from the Lions Club of Windsor

Windsor Homeless Projectand Windsor Foodshareare all part of the Alma Beacon charity helping vulnerable people in the local community

https://www.windsorlions.co.uk/championing-our-local-heroes

07/07/2026

What a fantastic day representing Alma Beacon at Reckitt’s HQ in Slough!

Today we were honoured to be invited to Reckitt’s Volunteering & CSR Week, joining three other local charities to showcase the work we do across our community.

This was our first corporate showcase under the Alma Beacon umbrella, and it was wonderful to unveil our new display with our branded tablecloth, pull-up banner and, of course, our rock star photo cut-out! 🎸🤘 It certainly got people smiling and helped start lots of great conversations.
Be an Alma Beacon rockstar fundraiser!

Throughout the lunchtime showcase we met so many friendly and enthusiastic employees, sharing the work of Windsor Homeless Project, Windsor Street Angels and Windsor Foodshare, along with our latest news and Impact Report.

Our key messages today were simple:

💙 Windsor Street Angels urgently needs more volunteers to join our Friday and Saturday night teams, helping keep people safe in Windsor.

❤️ Windsor Homeless Project is looking for runners to take on the Windsor Half Marathon and raise vital funds to support people experiencing homelessness.

💚 Windsor Foodshare has seen a recent downturn in food donations, so we’re asking our wonderful community to help refill our shelves by donating food or organising workplace collections.

The highlight is that over the next two days, Reckitt employees will be volunteering with Windsor Homeless Project, helping to serve lunch to our guests. It was fantastic to meet some of the volunteers before they join us and we’re looking forward to welcoming them.

A huge thank you to everyone at Reckitt for making us feel so welcome and for recognising the value of volunteering in our community. We hope this is the beginning of a fantastic partnership.

Together we really can make a difference. ❤️

04/07/2026

Delighted to meet Prince Edward Long Walk Live last weekend. Fantastic inaugural event 👏helping us share our work in the community

02/07/2026

Our angels need your help!
Chocolate and Pants!
See the info below and if you can help please click on the Amazon link 🙏

Windsor Street Angels is part of the Alma Beacon charity.

We need chocolate and pants! What a combination! They are the two items guaranteed to make a rough sleeper smile. Our chocolate rations are extremely low so we need some chocolate bars for our rucksacks and the rough sleepers need pants! Sizes m, l and XL are best. Hard to imagine not being able to get up and our clean pants on but that is the reality for our rough sleepers and a new pair or three will be really appreciated.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3RZPEDBX1WR8X?ref_=wl_share

All the items we need are on our Amazon wishlist and we really do appreciate any donations made and will get these out to those who need them.

28/06/2026

A HUGE thank you to our incredible volunteers who helped make our first-ever Alma Beacon stand at the Windsor Long Walk Live event such a fantastic success this weekend! ❤️
From setting up the new gazebo, welcoming visitors, chatting about our projects, fundraising, answering questions and spreading the word about what we do, every single one of you played an important part.
It was wonderful to see volunteers from across Windsor Homeless Project, Windsor Foodshare and Windsor Street Angels all coming together as one Alma Beacon team. That is exactly what we’re all about.
We really couldn’t have done it without your enthusiasm, energy and dedication. Thank you for giving up your time and for being such amazing ambassadors for our charity.
Here’s to many more events together… and hopefully lots of new volunteers and supporters inspired by meeting you all!
Together, we are the Alma Beacon charity ❤️

26/06/2026

A different shift tonight and tomorrow as Windsor Street Angels volunteers are looking forward to meeting as many of you at Long Walk Live alongside volunteers from Windsor Foodshare and Windsor Homeless Project to explain more about Alma Beacon and all we do for the community. Come and say hello if you are there too and find out more about these amazing projects and how you can get involved.