We are a team of trained volunteers who offer their time to help with emotional and practical support to people affected by a range of extraordinary situations, for example road traffic accidents, bereavements by suicide, community evacuations, witnessing or being caught up in larger emergencies, outside of ‘everyday normality’.
Our volunteers are responsible, on behalf of the council, to set up, manage and run rest centres for people who’ve been evacuated from their homes and to look after people until it is safe for them to return home. MIRT works closely with a number of professional partners, one of the biggest being North Yorkshire Police.
How you can help
MIRT Volunteers provide emotional support to anyone affect by a traumatic incident and also offer practical support, for example rest centres during emergencies.
The benefits to you
This can be a challenging voluntary role that will give you the opportunity to make a very real difference to a person enduring a very painful and distressing time in their life. Offering practical help such as rest centres is also a way of feeling you can do something positive, even when uncontrollable events have resulted in an emergency. You will have the opportunity to use and develop skills that will support you in your own life and potentially in a future career.