Founded by Meg Grimes in 1986
Find out more about what we do and why we do it
We are open from 8.00pm to 9.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We offer our guests hot meals, showers and clean clothes. Sandwiches (and any surplus hot food at the end of the shift) are available for guests to takeaway. On entry guests are asked their names so we can keep track of who is using our facilities. We welcome everyone, but we ask guests to respect the Nightshelter as an alcohol/drug free zone. The Shift Supervisor can securely store any alcohol guests may have on entry which they can collect when leaving the shelter.
Beds are offered to guests via a referral system. We work in partnership with St Mungos Outreach Team to decide which guests are offered beds each week. Occasionally we have a spare bed if nominated guests do not turn up. The Shift Supervisor can offer any spare bed to a guest at closing time for that night only.​
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We ask all guests entering and leaving via our courtyard to be respectful of our neighbours and the wider community.
The Julian Trust remains committed to serving the needs of homeless and vulnerable people in Bristol. We do not work alone; we work together with other agencies.
We work closely with other shelter providers in Bristol through the Shelter Programme Steering Group which includes:
St Mungos
who support rough sleepers in Bristol by working with them to find solutions to move away from the streets. St Mungos provide weekly nominations for our bed spaces.
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Caring in Bristol
who run the Caring at Christmas Project at the Trinity Centre, providing food, services and entertaintment in the Christmas period.
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who run the Spring of Hope shelter for women and the Bristol Churches Winter Nightshelter project
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We are active in the Bristol Homeless Forum which represents a great many of the organisation working with homeless people in Bristol that are listed in Bristol Homeless Connect, an online Survival Handbook.
Together we will continue to make a difference!