A safer Belfast starts with us.
SOS Bus NI trains and equips volunteers to create Safe Spaces on the streets of Belfast, supporting vulnerable people when no-one else can help.
Keep the safe place open.
Donations are always welcome. Every gift helps keep SOS Bus NI supplied, fuelled and ready to support vulnerable people across Belfast. See how far each donation can go.
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More than a bus.
SOS Bus NI is a volunteer-centred organisation, committed to delivering services in partnership.
Our programmes are co-designed, developed and evaluated with volunteers, clients and our multi-agency partners.
The presence of SOS on the streets eases pressure on the PSNI, emergency departments, NIAS and Belfast City Council, helping them focus on more serious and pressing issues.
One shift can matter.
Trained volunteers give practical, calm support to people who are vulnerable, injured, isolated, frightened or in crisis.
- First Aid
- Mental Health Intervention
- Place of Safety
- Signposting and Referrals
- Harm Reduction
- Suicide De-escalation
- Naloxone
- Transport to A&E or safe place
No-one should face a crisis alone.
SOS Bus NI meets people at the point of need, with calm support, practical help and a safe place to breathe.
- 01Victims of assault
- 02Experiencing homelessness
- 03Fear of violence or crime
- 04Suicidal thoughts
- 05Listening ear support
- 06Injured or unwell
- 07Substance misuse
- 08Lonely or isolated
It looks like a bus. It is the last door open in the city.
SOS Bus NI creates a highly visible safe place on the streets of Belfast, offering first aid, harm reduction, mental health intervention, signposting, referrals and safe transport when needed.