Club chaplains
Club Chaplains started in Dundee in 2013 when we were invited in to be Club Chaplains for The Vu nightclub on the east of the city centre. This was the first of its kind in Scotland and is modelled on Club Angels which launched in Leeds in 2011. Since then we have expanded Club Chaplains into other clubs including Industry and Yuppies.
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What do we do?
Clubs Chaplains are a small team led by our Club Chaplains coordinator Gary Timmons. The team wear official Club Chaplains t-shirts which say "chat, help, listen, care - p.s. we are Christians ask us more if you want.'
Our Club Chaplains offer CARE to those who we may otherwise never have seen walking around the city centre outside. We support local nightclubs by caring for those who become vulnerable in their clubs, while enabling door staff to focus on the safety of the rest of the club. The clubs regularly report lower levels of violence and aggression, as well as a better atmosphere when our teams are there.
Andy, ROCK Chaplains coordinator, told the Evening Telegraph:
Clubs Chaplains are a small team led by our Club Chaplains coordinator Gary Timmons. The team wear official Club Chaplains t-shirts which say "chat, help, listen, care - p.s. we are Christians ask us more if you want.'
Our Club Chaplains offer CARE to those who we may otherwise never have seen walking around the city centre outside. We support local nightclubs by caring for those who become vulnerable in their clubs, while enabling door staff to focus on the safety of the rest of the club. The clubs regularly report lower levels of violence and aggression, as well as a better atmosphere when our teams are there.
Andy, ROCK Chaplains coordinator, told the Evening Telegraph:
"We are not in the club to preach at people but to simply offer a listening ear and a helping hand. For us it is about demonstrating that God loves people and that means caring for those who have become unwell, or may be upset or vulnerable, and in need of a friendly face and a helping hand."
Read the full press release on the launch of Club Chaplains in The VU.
The opprotunity to go into more clubs is there, but we need more volunteers!
The opprotunity to go into more clubs is there, but we need more volunteers!