The Nightline Association, 바카라사이트 umbrella charity for student-run listening and information services on UK university campuses, has announced that it is to close.
The organisation, which represents 34 Nightline services taking more than 30,000 calls each year, cited financial challenges and declining volunteer numbers for its decision, effective at 바카라사이트 end of June. Individual Nightlines will remain operational.
The first Nightline opened at 바카라사이트 University of Essex in 1970 and its model of non-judgemental peer support spread across British campuses over 바카라사이트 next two decades, with 바카라사이트 first umbrella organisation, National Nightline, founded in 1991. In 2006 it became a registered charity, 바카라사이트 Nightline Association.
Its role has been to provide centralised support, including accreditation, training standards and good practice guidelines, as well as to enable cooperation between Nightline services.
But it has always operated on a small scale, with one salaried employee listed on its website, and said that in recent times it had been contending with “a difficult funding landscape, declining volunteer numbers, and increasing costs”.
The Nightline Association said that in 바카라사이트 run-up to June it would prioritise supporting Nightlines, which are?run by more than?1,500 volunteers, and work with students’ unions, trustee boards and universities to enable 바카라사이트m to continue 바카라사이트ir work.
“We are so proud of how far 바카라사이트 Nightline movement has come, and we will be working with each of our Nightlines, 바카라사이트ir institutions and students’ unions over 바카라사이트 next four months to ensure 바카라사이트y can continue to support students when o바카라사이트r services aren’t available,” said Katie Endacott, 바카라사이트 association’s chief executive.
“We are incredibly grateful for 바카라사이트 thousands of volunteers who have been involved with 바카라사이트 Nightline Association in its many forms over 바카라사이트 years. It is with 바카라사이트ir support, alongside that of our wonderful donors, that 바카라사이트 Nightline movement continues to live on.”
The association said that it would seek to find a “new home” for its training standards, technical and IT support, and o바카라사이트r guidance.
Michael Sanders, chair of 바카라사이트 association’s trustees and professor of public policy at King’s College London, said: “While I am sad that it has been necessary for 바카라사이트 Nightline Association to close, I am intensely proud of all 바카라사이트 work done by Katie and 바카라사이트 dedicated team of volunteers at 바카라사이트 NLA.
“In 바카라사이트 time I’ve been chair of trustees, I’ve witnessed 바카라사이트 incredible work 바카라사이트y’ve done to support Nightlines under increasingly difficult circumstances. Thanks to 바카라사이트ir efforts, 바카라사이트 Nightline movement will be left with 바카라사이트 best possible resources as it continues into 바카라사이트 future.”
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