Below is a full listing of charities in London who received money from the last StreetSmart campaign.
| Charity | Amount |
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CENTRAL LONDON DAY CENTRES |
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| West London Day Centre (WL Methodist Mission) West London Day Centre is a vital lifeline for homeless people in North Westminster, visited by 70-80 people each weekday. As well as access to showers, laundry and clean clothing, the Centre runs a canteen which serves over 300 hot, nutritious meals each week. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the running costs of the canteen. Location: Marylebone Contact: Brian O'Shea Tel: 020 7569 5915 |
£6,000 |
| The Passage The Passage run a day centre next to Victoria Station which is used by up to 200 people a day. As well as providing the basics - food, showers, laundry facilities and clothing - the centre's main aim is to move people on by offering them help with mental health or drug and alcohol services, benefit claims, accommodation, training and employment. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the general running costs of the centre. Location: Victoria Contact: Andrew Hollingsworth Tel: 020 7592 1850 Email: info@passage.org.uk |
£8,000 |
| Manna Society The Manna Soiciety run a day centre which is open 7 days a week, 51 weeks of the year, offering a wide range of practical help and advice to homeless and vulnerably housed people. On average 150-200 people use the services each day. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the general running costs of the centre. Location: London Bridge Contact: Paddy Boyle Tel: 020 7357 9363 Email: mail@mannasociety.org.uk |
£5,000 |
| Connection St Martins Outreach worker, Neil Partridge works with vulnerable and hard-to-reach rough sleepers on the streets of Westminster. With support from Neil and his team, an average of 4 clients per month are able to achieve sustained moves into accommodation, and hundreds more access the services at Connections day centre. A StreetSmart grant will go towards Neil's salary. Location: Charing Cross Contact: Wendy Lynch Tel: 020 7766 5555 |
£16,000 |
Sub-total: £35,000FOOD/NIGHT SHELTER |
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| West London Churches Homeless Concern West London Churches runs a winter night shelter for the homeless in 7 different churces across west London. The shelter provides 35 bed spaces every night between November and April. A hot meal, advice and support are provided. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the general running costs of the project. Location: Chelsea Contact: Daniel Strickland Tel: 020 7351 4948 |
£6,000 |
| The Soup Kitchen The SoupKitchen is a resource for the homelesss, impoverished and lonely in Central London. The project is open 5 days a week offering substantial balanced meals free of charge to an average of 60 people a day. Clean clothes and toiletries are also given. There is a modest advisory service and small art therapy project. Location: Tottenham Court Road Contact: Miranda Suit Tel: 020 7580 2791 |
£5,000 |
| Camden & City Churches Cold Weather Shelter (C4WS) C4WS is a church based 'rolling shelter' that provides emergency accommodation to street homeless. The project runs between 1 January and 31 March each year, and has a capacity of 14 beds. 6 Camden churches and 1 City church provide overnight shelter 1 night a week, and each venue is manned by 20-30 volunteers. A StreetSmart grant will be used for the general running costs of the project. Location: Camden Contact: 07515 507970 |
£5,000 |
Sub-total: £16,000DAY CENTRE / DROP IN /ADVICE |
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| Ace of Clubs Ace of Clubs in Clapham is open 365 days a year and offers a shower, change of clothes and a hot meal to an average of 50 homeless and vulnerable people every day. Practical help and advice, including medical care, is also available. A grant from StreetSmart will be used to fund the salary of the van driver and also a 'befriender' who will accompany people on off-site appointments (hospital, benefits centre, job centre etc). Location: Clapham Contact: Sarah Miles Tel: 020 7720 2811 |
£10,102 |
| Bayswater Family Centre Bayswater Families Centre provides a variety of family support services in order to prevent homelessness, sustain tenancies and lift families out of poverty. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help fund the housing team, who provide housing and benefits expertise to over 500 families a year. Location: Bayswater Contact: Shelagh Leslett-O'Brian Tel: 020 7221 3290 |
£6,000 |
| Broadway Broadway run a busy day centre iin Shepherd's Bush providing practical help and long term guidance for homeless and vulnerably housed people. A StreetSmart grant would be used to fund the salary of an Essential Skills Tutor for the Centre. The Tutor will focus on literacy, mumeracy and language skills that help people to become 'work ready'. Location: Shepherds Bush Contact: Kirsty Telford Tel: 020 7089 9613 |
£10,000 |
| Cricklewood Homeless Concern CHC is a day centre in Brent providing a range of support services to homeless people. StreetSmart funding will go towards the catering project which not only provides a nutritious hot lunch on a daily basis, but also offers training opportunities leading to NVQ qualifications for customer volunteers. Location: Cricklewood Contact: Danny Maher Tel: 020 8208 8590 |
£8,000 |
| Deptford Churches Centre Deptford Churches run a 5 day a week centre for disadvantaged and homeless people. Most of the people that attend the centre are at the very lowest level of poverty and deprivation. The project provides these people with support, services and a variety of activities that promote physical and mental well-being, promoting independence and enabling them to move on. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help fund the salary of the Catering Assistant. Location: Deptford Contact: Stella Brown Tel: 020 8692 6548 |
£9,000 |
| Margins Homelessness Project The Margins project runs from the Union Chapel in Islington and offers day centre faciliities every Sunday for 150 homeless and vulnerable people. They have also launched a é, which is open on a daily basis providing refreshments for people who hire the Union Chapel facilities. The café is run by volunteers from the Sunday drop-in, who receive training. A StreetSmart grant will be used to expand the café project with extended opening hours during evening concerts. Location: Islington Contact: Sue McCann Tel: 020 7704 6636 |
£5,000 |
| North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH) NLAH provides a range of services for homeless and socially excluded people, mainly from the London Borough of Hackney. They operate twice a week from a Church Hall in Stoke Newington. On average 80 people a week take advantage of a hot meal, a welfare, housing and advice service, a clothing store, haircuts and showers, literacy and numeracy classes. A StreetSmart grant would be used to fund the cost of the centre manager. Location: Stoke Newington Contact: Mike Tones Tel: 020 8802 1600 |
£3,000 |
| Spires Spires is the only day centre in the London borough of Lambeth offering services for homeless and disadvantaged people. They are open 363 days a year for basic services - day-time shelter, hot lunch, clothing and companionship. Services focused on longer-term solutions include housing and benefits advice, mental health support, resettlement, primary healthcare clinics, drug and alcohol support and work with vulnerable women. The funds donated would be used for general running costs of the centre. Location: Streatham Contact: Amanda Addo Tel: 020 8696 0943 |
£5,000 |
| The Caravan The Caravan offers a drop-in counselling service from a small caravan in the courtyard of St James's Church on Piccadilly. Counselling is offered by volunteers from the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education who are undergoing profesional training. A StreetSmart grant will pay for the salary of an administrator. Location: Piccadilly Contact: Zak Waterman Tel: 020 7900 3316 |
£3,000 |
| The Manna The Manna is a day centre in Islington for homeless and marginalised people. Open three days a week with about 300 users, the centre offers food, showers, laundry, clothing, activity and friendship as well as one to one help and advice to tackle alcohol and drug dependency, housing needs, health needs, employment etc. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the salary of the cook. Location: Islington Contact: Anne Cartwright Tel: 020 7226 5369 |
£5,000 |
| Upper Room The Upper Room has projects for children, youths and adults who are vulnerable, disadvantaged or homeless in West London. A StreetSmart grant will be used to run the food collection and redistribution project, which not only provides food for the Upper Room and other homeless organisations but also gives opportunities for driving training to its volunteers. A small part of the grant will, in addition, be used as an emergency fund to prevent homelessness. Location: Shepherds Bush Contact: Bruce Marquart Tel: 020 8740 5688 |
£8,000 |
| U-Turn U-Turn help women engaged in street prostitution in the East of London. They run an outreach programme, meeting women on their own territory, providing unconditional and consistent support and slowly buildiing uptrust to engage with the services they need and to help them sustain positive changes over time. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help fund the outreach service. Location: Bethnal Green Contact: Rio Vella Tel: 020 7739 2950 |
£10,000 |
Sub-total: £82,102ACCOMMODATION |
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| Church Housing Trust Church Housing Trust supports 14 London hostels that take care of approximately 450 homeless people at any given time. They meet the needs not covered by statutory grants such as residents' welfare, therapeutic activities, training facilities and resettlement support. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund life skills and meaningful activities at King George's hostel, Westminster which houses 68 hard to reach men. Location: Westminster Contact: Steve Holdsworth Tel: 020 7269 1637 |
£1,000 |
| First Fruit First Fruit runs from Newham, one of the poorest London boroughs, and provides accommodation and meaningful employment to marginalised people froom the area. There are two supported accommodation units for young men and one for single mothers, together with four employment projects comprising furniture and textile recycling, garment manufacturing and a small canteen. A StreetSmart grant would be used to fund the salary of a support worker at one of the accommodation units. Location: Newham Contact: Kim Lovell Tel: 020 7476 4555 |
£9,000 |
| Kairos Community Trust Kairos Community Trust based in Peckham, provides accommodation, help and support for 24 homeless men with drug and alcohol addictions. A StreetSmart grant would be used to help fund the salaries of the small team of part-time counsellors. Location: Peckham Contact: Elizabeth McCormack Tel: 020 7277 6264 |
£5,200 |
| Spear SPEAR is the leading charity in Richmond working with homeless people and those who are vulnerably housed. They operate a 12 bed hostel, an outreach and tenancy support service, a rent deposit scheme, a drug and alcohol misuse team and a residential project for young people. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help fund the Skills Development Worker, who organises constructive daytime activities to help build confidence and social skills. Location: Richmond Contact: Ed Tytherleigh Tel: 020 8288 6506 |
£5,000 |
Sub-total: £20,200YOUNG PEOPLE |
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| Alone in London Alone in London give help and support to young vulnerable people. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the prevention of youth homelessness in schools programme which offers a mental health mediation service. A specialist mental health mediator works with young people and their parents on a one-to-one basis reducing anxiety and conflict and improving relationships. Location: Kings Cross Contact: Robert Keirans Tel: 020 7278 4224 |
£10,000 |
| Cardinal Hume Centre The Cardinal Hume Centre works with homeless young people, badly housed families, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants helping them to obtain employment and break out of the cycle of homelessness and social exclusion. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the salary of the adult learning and devlopment officer, who devises, plans and delivers adult learning and development training packages. Location: Westminster Contact: Anne Shewring Tel: 020 7222 1602 |
£10,000 |
| Centrepoint Centrepoint is the national charity that supports and campaigns for homeless Young People between the ages of 16 and 25. StreetSmart funding will be used to establish a new Mediation Program in Soho to help young people re-establish family relations. Location: Central London Contact: Nick Connolly Tel: 020 7423 6867 |
£5,000 |
| Depaul Trust Willesden Hostel provides safe accommodation for 35-40 young people aged between 15-25. The hostel also provides a dedicated education and employment training service called Brent Linx. A StreetSmart grant will go towards the running costs of the hostel. Location: Marylebone Contact: Chris Walker Tel: 020 7939 1220 |
£10,000 |
| Fairbridge in London Fairbridge works with the hardest to reach homeless and disadvantaged young people across the capital. They are offered a development programme focusing on personal, social and life skills at two London centres in Kennington and Hackney. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help develop the services offered. Location: Kennington/ Kilburn/ Hackney Contact: Adelaide Adade Tel: 020 7820 4440 |
£8,000 |
| Nightstop Greenwich & Lewisham Nightstop provides emergency accommodation for 16-25 year olds in the homes of trained and vetted volunteers on a one night at a time basis. A StreetSmart grant will be used for the delivery and development of the service. Location: Greenwich Contact: Rebecca Bickley Tel: 020 8269 2200 |
£8,000 |
| New Horizon New Horizon run a youth centre on the borders of Kings Cross/Euston. The project offers counselliing and support, medical care, housiing advice, training and education to young homeless and vulnerable people between the ages of 16-21. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards funding the Lifeskills service which provides essential numeracy, literacy, ESOL and accredited vocational key skills. Location: Euston /Camden Contact: Shelagh O'Connor Tel: 020 7388 5560 |
£10,000 |
| Oasis Oasis Trust delivers education, housing and healthcare to vulnerable young people. One of the Trust's project is Oasis Housing at No 3 - a sheltered hostel for 14 homeless young women aged 16-25 in Peckham. The hostel has been in operation for 16 years and, in this time, has helped over 240 young women to turn their lives around. During their stay, all residents are encouraged to pursue educational courses, life skills training and, where applicable, are helped to find employment. A StreetSmart grant would be used to purchase much needed computer equipment for the hostel. Location: Peckham Contact: Andy Watts Tel: 020 7921 4292 |
£4,000 |
| St Mary le Bow St Mary Le Bow Young Homeless Project takes up to 10 young homeless people at a time into safe flats, which are rented to the project at very low cost by the Peabody Trust, and supports them through all stages to achieve employment and independence. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the general running costs of the project. Location: City Contact: Michael Kenny Tel: 020 7588 1885 |
£5,500 |
| Training for Life Training for Life offers employment focused training and guidance programmes to homeless and long term unemployed people. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the apprenticeship project at the Hoxton Apprentice restaurant by providing traiining and support to one front of house apprentice. Location: Hoxton Contact: Gordon D'Silva Tel: 020 7444 4000 |
£8,000 |
Sub-total: £78,500ART/THEATRE PROJECTS |
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| Streetwise Opera Streetwise Opera supports the personal development of homeless people through music and drama with weekly workshops in homeless centres around the UK, culminating in an annual fully staged, professional opera production. A StreetSmart grant would be used to help fund the general running costs of the workshops held at Connection of St Martins and Crisis Skylight. Location: West End Contact: Matt Peacock Tel: 020 7495 3133 |
£8,000 |
Sub-total: £8,000OTHER |
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| Brent Homeless User Group (B.HUG) B-Hug is an organisation run by predominanatly homeless and ex-homeless people. It aims to ensure that the range and quality of the local authority services for homeless people are appropriate. The group also run training and support services for the homelesss at their day centre in Harlesden. StreetSmart's grant will go towards the general running costs of the group. Location: Brent Contact: Anita Silberbauer Tel: 020 8965 2561 |
£5,000 |
| FareShare Fareshare takes 'fit for purpose' surplus food from the food industry and redistributes it to community organisations who work with at risk and disenfranchised people, including hostels and day centres for the homeless. The project also provides opportunities for volunteers and disadvantaged people to gain new skills and qualifications to enhance their employability. Location: South London Contact: Jonathan Tingle Tel: 020 7394 2468 |
£10,000 |
| Restore Restore is a social enterprise that recycles and refurbishes unwanted furniture and white goods in order to sell them on cheaply to people referred to the project by homeless charities and council services. A StreetSmart grant will be used to help fund the general running costs of the project. Location: Tottenham Contact: Nadeem Razvi Tel: 020 8493 0900 |
£7,000 |
| StreetShine Streetshine is a social enterprise that provides a high quality shoe care and car valeting services to city offices. The business gives employment opportunities opportunities to people who have experienced homelessness and are in the process of re-building their lives. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the salary of the training and support manager. Location: London Contact: Nick Rosekilly Tel: 07980 172022 |
£5,000 |
| The Pavement The Pavement is a unique independent publication providing practical, medical, financial and social news and advice to those on the streets, in hostels and temporary accommodation. Current distribution numbers 4,000 copies a month in London. A StreetSmart grant will be put towards the general production costs of the publication. Location: Bloomsbury Contact: Richard Burdett Tel: 020 7833 0050 |
£5,000 |
| Housing Justice Housing Justice is a membership forum and network for churches, agencies and individuals concerned with housing and homelessness. Housing Justice supports night-shelters, drop-ins and hundreds of other practical projects for the homeless by providing advice and training for the employees and volunteers who run them. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the salary of the London co-ordinator. Location: London Contact: Alistair Murray Tel: 020 7723 7273 |
£5,000 |
| VoiceMail4All Voicemail for All is a pioneering project for homeless people, giving them their own unique landline number, from which they can retrieve messages free of charge. This enables users to keep in touch with family, sociial services and employers. A StreetSmart grant will be used to fund the general running costs of the project. Location: London Contact: Laura Black Tel: 07714 699621 |
£8,000 |
Sub-total: £45,000Total: £284,802 |
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To get in touch with the campaign organiser in London, please use the details below:
Glenn Pougnet
Phone: 0207 292 5615
Email: glenn.pougnet@streetsmart.org.uk
Jennie Blouet
Phone: 0207 292 5591
Email: jennie.blouet@streetsmart.org.uk
