Always Here Project Launch

Hello everyone! I hope that you all are doing well. We’re excited to announce the rebranded launch of the Always Here - Support Room 24/7 Project originally launched in 2021 and received positive feedback. 

Background and Reasoning

Unfortunately, efforts to revive the project in 2022 were not as successful as hoped. We are trying again in a rebranded way with assurance that people get a consistent and reliable experience. As it’s been a couple of years, most of the previous hosts and some leaders are no longer active so we are starting fresh but I will tag previous hosts / leaders just in case they’re willing and interested to join us again with helping out in SR!

Having spent a lot of time in the group chat rooms, it’s terrible to see people being ignored due to the sheer volume of messages that sometimes occur, or being faced with complete emptiness as they enter the room. 

We can help shift this issue, which by all means is no one’s fault but instead a product of various different factors. 

Project Overview and Host Requirements 

Members and listeners, teens and adults, can sign up to provide a half-hour or an hour per week (or more) of a listening ear for those in the Support Room 24/7. There’s no script, just natural responses and presence, supportive resources for hosts will be found within the host Sheets dashboard which will be shared within PMs after successfully applying.   

On-spot hosting is available too. When you spend at least 30 minutes in SR you can be rewarded and receive recognition for your hard work through peer feedback. Just contact me (@Kieran000) to join the team if you can’t stick to fixed weekly times.

Requirements:

To ensure a high quality of support is provided, members must meet the following requirements:

• A minimum of 200 group chats and 600 compassion hearts (Helping Hand or Wise One Badge) 

Please note: 1 group chat is equivalent to 25 messages sent in a member group support room.

• Completion of the Compassion Course (Compassion Hero Badge) 

Separately, listeners must meet the following requirements in order to host: 

• Verified Listener 

• A minimum of 200 group support chats

• 5 Star Listener Rating 

  
  

Please note: You may see listeners or members in our team with lower experience than some parts of the requirement criteria, this is because they’ve shown to provide an excellent quality of support in the room and have been recruited by a project leader. If you don’t meet the requirements above, but feel you’re a high quality listener, don’t hesitate to reach out to me and we might be able to get you onboard. 

You will be awarded 50 cheers per half-hour that you host and the quota is one session per week to remain active on the team. 

There are 30 minute session opportunities available, just signify this when answering the question on the form.

Sign Up

Please use this form to sign up to become a host and help us improve the support available to members of our community within the Support Room 24/7. 

Once applied, you will be contacted by a project leader who will provide further information and be your point of contact for anything relating to the role unless encouraged otherwise! If you don’t hear anything within 4 days of applying, please do send me a message.

Thank you all very much for reading, and helping out in the rooms, also for getting through your own struggles that may still be ongoing. Let’s make the Support Room 24/7 a comfortable place for everyone to seek quality support. Looking forward to any applications. 

Also! If you are interested in becoming a project agent (a listener who helps with maintaining project continuity and management) for this, please do send me (Kieran000) a message expressing your interest. Previous leaders please do feel free to reach out if you become active again and/or interested again.  

Tagging leaders of the Newbie Hub community who may be interested due to the room specified being covered within this community

@ASilentObserver @Lou73 @Suryansh @Kenzolena @Antonio7Cups @Benny333 @InsightfulPheonix @KaylaBella @sleepysalem @starryWillow @DanCat1128 @DarkerPlaces @FinalBossoftheVoid @Heartsandrosesandpaws @WinterTheWeasel @calmMango9611 @delicateMonkey @dinosaurBlitz @hopefulDew435 @incredibleRainbows2036 @patientUnicorn3590 

Tagging previous leaders and hosts 

Taglist: @Angelx28 @AnnaListens06 @Artalistens @ASilentObserver @Banjothebudgie @BlueTurtle5 @Brightheart1116 @bubbleBalsam2789 @bubbles2025 @calmingMermaid5761 @compassionateTree4567 @ConsiderateParadise6717 @crystalclearnow @DrDonut @EmmaE @EmptyAquarium @HeavenAngel17 @HelpfulGem04 @jovialButterfly6752 @Kara13V @kdsyahirah @kieran000 @kkea @lemonbot @lueurspace @mamtasha22 @MidwesternCalmSeeker @MilaTheListener @Mimi @NewPenguin @nvmalexa @nvmvalexa @pastelblue1 @positiveturtles @raspberryCar696 @Saturn0515 @ShiningStars1 @sia1325 @simpingtoillumi @softLion447 @SoulSupporter102 @StarryMilkywaySystem @STriver2022 @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @tac0belle @trustworthysoul @VicK5123 @whenitsdarklookforstars @YoursTruly2000