Volunteers needed to work with the homeless

CAMPAIGNERS for the homeless are tomorrow launching an urgent appeal for volunteers to work with down-and-outs in emergency shelters, on the streets and in supported housing.

Entertainer Brian Ormond, from television’s You’re a Star, will be launching the appeal for the Simon Communities of Ireland charity, which has one in six volunteer posts empty.

A spokeswoman said: “Fewer people seem to have come forward to volunteer this year but we need full-time people to continue the vital work we do.