StreetSmart - helping the homeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OTHER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOOD/NIGHT SHELTER

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

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

The Pilion Trust
Pilion Trust was set up in 2006 and is based in Islington. Amongst other programmes, they run a Specialist Outreach Service for homeless clients who cannot engage with mainstream services. The Outreach workers on the streets at night seek to engage the homeless and those behaving chaotically. Once a relationship is establish, they then encourage them into shelters and onward referrals. A key tool to engagement is the offer of a hot drink or healthy snack. The StreetSmart grant will be used to fund this meal allowance.
Location: Islington
Contact: Alexandra Giri
Tel: 020 7700 2498

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

DAY CENTRE / DROP IN /ADVICE

999 Club
999 Club offers comfort, respite, advice and guidance to the most isolated, excluded and lonely people in society - those who are homeless, or at risk of being homeless. The 2,500 people that use the Club face a multiplicity of problems - addiction, mental illness, ex-offenders, victims of crime and abuse, elderly and neglected and vulnerable children. There are three centres in three of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the London Borough of Lewisham - Deptford, Downham and New Cross. A StreetSmart grant will help towards the salary of a trained advocacy worker who can help people gain temporary accommodation, housing and benefits.
Location: Deptford, Downham & New Cross
Contact: Andrew Mitchell
Tel: 020 8694 5797

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

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

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

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

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

Finsbury Park Homeless Families Project
Finsbury Park Homeless Families Project was established in 1986 to support largely refugee families that are homeless or housed in overcrowded and inadequate temporary accommodation in Finsbury Park and surrounding areas. They are offered help in accessing vital services such as welfare benefits, housing, immigration, health services, education and interpreting for those with little and no English. This is mainly achieved through drop-in centre sessions, but also through outreach. A StreetSmart grant would be used to maintain the advocacy and advice services offered.
Location: Finsbury Park
Contact: Sirtaj Rahman
Tel: 020 7281 5174

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 café, which is open on a daily basis providing refreshments for people who hire the Union Chapel facilities. The cafe is run by volunteers from the Sunday drop-in, who receive training. A StreetSmart grant will be used to expand the cafe project with extended opening hours during evening concerts.
Location: Islington
Contact: Sue McCann
Tel: 020 7704 6636

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

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

St Giles Trust
St Giles Trust supports homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged people to take control of their lives and reintegrate into their communities. A StreetSmart grant would be used to support their Brief Intervention Service that will assess the needs of older homeless people, helping them to obtain health and support services and to access suitable housing and benefits.
Location: South East
Contact: Diane Gault
Tel: 020 7703 7000

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

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

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

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

CENTRAL LONDON DAY CENTRES

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

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

Marylebone Project
The Marylebone Project is the largest centre in the UK dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless women escaping domestic violence, sexual exploitation, financial problems and mental health issues. The centre is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for any woman in crisis. Services are provided free of charge and include the provision of clothing, laundry, hot food, showers and emergency accommodation. In addition, longer term accommodation is available for 112 residents. They also operate a drop-in centre, which provides advice, health services, training and education to around 500 homeless women a year. A StreetSmart grant would be used to help fund the emergency bed unit.
Location: Marylebone
Contact: James Marlow
Tel: 020 7262 3818

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

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

ART/THEATRE PROJECTS

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

Index Arts
ten feet away is a forward thinking arts programme that supports homeless and ex-homeless people to discover and develop artistic and creative skills. This in turn enables alienated, isolated people who have experienced homelessness and associated exclusion, to articulate their thoughts and feelings
Location: Clerkenwell
Contact: Julia Farrington
Tel: 020 7278 2313

ACCOMMODATION

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

Emmaus Greenwich
Emmaus Communities offer homeless people a home, work and the chance to rebuild their lives in a supportive environment. Companions work full time collecting, renovating and reselling donated furniture. This work supports the community and enables residents to develop skills and rebuild their self-respect. The well-established community in Greenwich has 22 residents and runs a successful recycling business from a retail warehouse in Plumstead. A StreetSmart grant would be used to create and fit out 2 new bedrooms with bathrooms. A further grant would pay for an additional collection/delivery van which is needed for the second shop about to open in Lewisham.
Location: Greenwich
Contact: Dayo Oyinlola
Tel: 020 8316 5398

Emmaus South Lambeth
The newly opened South Lambeth community has 25 bedrooms, 2 shops, workshop and warehouse space. A grant from StreetSmart would be used to purchase a second hand collection/delivery van.
Location: Crystal Palace
Contact: Majonne van der Bijl
Tel: 020 8761 4276

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

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

Look Ahead
Look Ahead provides housing, support and care services to a wide range of vulnerable people across London and the South East. They have recently recruited a part-time Healthy Living Co-ordinator who provides support to residents in the borough of Westminster to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. StreetSmart funding will be used to make the position into a full-time post and so expanding the initiative across London.
Location: London and South East
Contact: Rebecca Claydon
Tel: 020 7368 4644

Refuge
Refuge works with women and children made vulnerable and homeless by domestic violence. A StreetSmart grant would be used to fund the operations management team, enabling them to sustain and develop projects that provide emergency accommodation, outreach support and specialist help.
Location: Chiswick
Contact: Sarah Stockwell
Tel: 020 7395 7760

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

Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Spitalfield Crypt Trust offer a range of high-quality support, rehabilitation and training services to people facing problems of homelessness, alcohol, drugs, poverty or social isolation. They run a daily drop-in centre, a rehabilitation hostel, two second-stage move-on homes, a life skills centre and 5 charity shops. The rehabilitation hostel has 16 beds for homeless alcoholic men over the age of 25. They deliver a hugely effective therapeutic programme consisting of individual counselling, group therapy, complementary therapies, art therapy and aftercare. A StreetSmart grant would be used to help fund this programme. The drop-in service provides homeless and isolated members of the local community with a small, but friendly source of help, advice and support. A StreetSmart grant would help fund the rent of their premises at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.
Location: Shoreditch
Contact: Stephen Armstrong
Tel: 020 7729 2376

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