Call for volunteers to help Safe Sleepz service

Images: Safe Sleepz volunteers on the job

The Breakfast Club Redcliffe is looking for more volunteers to help run its Safe Sleepz bus, so it can operate more nights each week and help people in need.

The service, formerly known as sleepbus, is in the process of being rebranded to Safe Sleepz, with operations now transferred to The Breakfast Club Redcliffe.

At present, a team of about 50 volunteers helps provide the service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

The Breakfast Club Redcliffe’s Michelle Gilchrist is grateful to this dedicated and passionate group who have kept the service running and is hoping more people will be keen to help out.

She would love for Safe Sleepz to be available seven nights a week, providing a temporary option for people sleeping rough including families, couples and single people.

“From October, when the bus got here and we started the service, we knew the need was great and it’s progressively grown,” Michelle explains.

“The need is there and, with what’s going on out there at the moment, people can’t find housing. They need somewhere to feel safe and that’s the purpose of the bus.

“They can get a good night’s sleep without interruption and feel normal again for a little while.”

Safe Sleepz needs bus drivers, service volunteers until 10pm, overnight caretakers from 8pm-6am and people to help clean the bus the next morning from about 7.30-8.30am.

The bus is parked at the corner of Fisher Drive and Creek St, Redcliffe, on the nights it is operating.

People can start boarding about 8.30pm and everyone is settled for the night by 10pm.

To find out more about volunteering and using the service, email [email protected]