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Homelessness is stressful, and for many it’s dangerous. Whether you’re homeless, feel unsafe, leaving prison, or going through the criminal justice system, we can help.

Unfortunately, we cannot respond to emergency situations in the way that the emergency services can and will. If you are in imminent danger right now, please still contact the emergency services via 999 and ask for their assistance. Our Outreach team can help you with:

Street outreach

Our team helps young people forced to sleep rough. This could mean you’re staying on overnight buses, hiding in parks or businesses, or sleeping on the streets.

If you’re unsafe and have nowhere to go, please contact us.

We will meet you wherever you are, bring you what you need, and help you to get into accommodation as soon as possible.

We support young people into emergency provision as well as long-term homes.

Youth Hub

We run London’s only emergency hostel for 18-25 year-olds. We deliver this in partnership with Depaul UK, providing a life line for young Londoners who would otherwise be forced to sleep rough.

Each person gets their own room and bathroom, with shared kitchen and social facilties.

This is short-term accommodation and our expert team will support you to move on to find a longer-term home.

Last year our team worked with:

Team overview

Our Outreach team are highly experienced.  Many have dealt with homelessness or the criminal justice system for decades, and they understand young people’s circumstances and the kind of support they want.

We are a voluntary service which means you do not have to work with us and under no circumstances do you have to take our advice. All we will do initially is talk you through your options and try to advise you how we can to help in your situation. If you want to go ahead with any of the options we suggest, then we will support you with this from beginning to end.

 

Alongside all the work above, our team also campaigns to change the systems that push young people into desperate and dangerous situations. We conduct research, release reports, and pressure decision-makers  to change the law and guidelines so young people get a fair chance at the life they want.

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