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Night Shelters, Soup Runs and Day Centres for the Homeless
It's hard not to feel helpless or unsure what to do when someone on the street asks you for money for a hostel or direction to the nearest homeless shelter.
To help you respond with helpful information, here is a list of winter night shelters provided by the West London Churches Homeless Concern which are available across the whole of London. Why not print off a copy and carry it in your pocket so you're able to offer advice if needed?
Day Centres and Drop-ins
Most day centres offer showers, laundry facilities, advice on housing and other issues and free or cheap meals. Some offer clothes, health care, computer courses, hair cutting etc.
Chelsea Methodist Church
155a Kings Road, SW3 5TX
020 7352 9305
Mon 9.30am 3.45pm,
Tues & Thurs 9am – 3.45pm
Fri 9.30pm – 1.30pm
Laundry, clothing, food, drop-in advice, shower facility, internet access
HTB St Pauls
Onslow Square
Wed 9am – 4pm
Food, clothing, signposting service.
Cricklewood Homeless Concern
020 8961 8599
Homeless drop-in: 28a Fortunegate Road, Craven Park.
Tues & Fri: 10am-2.30pm; Weds & Thurs: 12.30-2.30pm
Mental health drop-in: In flat above St Gabriel's Hall, 77 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, NW2 3AQ
Tues-Fri: 10am-12 midday.
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, housing/accommodation advice, internet access, laundry, medical services, outreach worker link
Cardinal Hume Centre
Arneway Street, SW1
020 7222 8593
Drop-in (16-25-year-olds): Mon-Fri: 9.30am-12 midday; 1.30pm-4.30pm
Family Centre (with pre-school children): Mon-Thurs 10am-3.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, drugs workers, dentist, education/training, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, mental health, medical services, sexual health advice www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
The Connection at St Martin's (16+)
12 Adelaide Street, WC2
020 7766 5544
Mon-Fri: 9.00am-12.30pm; Wed: 9.00am-12.00pm. Afternoon sessions from 1pm (except Wed). Weekends: 9am-1pm (no entry after 10.30am). Drop-in sessions Tues and Thurs 4.30pm-7.30pm.
Alcohol workers, showers, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, housing/accommodation, careers & benefits advice, Internet access, mental health, medical services, outreach workers, safe-keeping, SSAFA www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk
Ace of Clubs (16+)
St Alphonsus Rd, Clapham
020 7622 3196
Sun, Mon, Tues: 2pm-6pm; Wed, Thurs: 12 noon-2pm; Fri, Sat: 12 noon-6pm
Showers, dentist, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, medical services, outreach workers.
Acton Homeless Concern Map
Emmaus House, 1 Berrymead Gardens, W3 8AA
Call for opening times: 020 8992 5768
Alcohol workers, barber, benefits advice, clothing, drugs workers, dentist, education/training, food, foot care.
http://www.acton-olol.com/services.htm
The Passage (25+)
St Vincent's Centre, Carlisle Place, SW1P
020 7592 1850
Mon–Fri: 8am–12pm (for rough sleepers); 12–2pm (Lunch); 2–6pm (appointments); 4.30–6pm (verified rough sleepers – by invitation); Sat–Sun: 9am–12pm.
Alcohol workers, clothing, drugs workers, education/ training, food, foot care, housing/accommodation, careers & benefit advice, Internet access, laundry, mental health, medical services, tenancy support. www.thepassage.org.uk
Broadway Day Centre
Market Lane, Shepherds Bush, W12
020 8735 5810
Mon-Fri: 9.30am-1.00pm (drop-in); 2.00pm-4.30pm
Advocacy, alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/ showers, clothing, debt advice, education/ training, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, leisure activities, medical services, mental health, safe keeping, sexual health advice, tenancy support.
www.broadwaylondon.org
St Cuthbert's Centre
The Philbeach Hall, 51 Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, SW5
020 7835 1389
Mon-Fri: 11.45am-3.45pm
Art classes, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, food, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, outreach worker links
www.stcuthbertscentre.org.uk
Upper Room, St Saviour's
Cobbold Road, W12
020 8740 5688
Mon-Thur: 5.30pm-6.45pm; Tue: 9.30am-11.45am; Sat-Sun: 12.30 pm-1.30pm
Alcohol workers, counselling, drugs workers, education/training, foot care, free food, housing/accommodation, careers & benefits advice for Eastern Europeans .
specjalisci od spraw uzaleznienia od alkoholu, doradztwo, edukacja/ kursy, zdrowie i higiena stop, mieszkania/zakwaterowanie, porady dla obywateli z panstw Europy Wschodniej w zakresie rozwoju kariery zawodowej i mozliwosci otrzymania zasilkow socjalnych.
www.ur4jobs.co.uk/upper_room.shtml
West London Day Centre
134-136 Seymour Place, W1
020 7569 5900
Mon–Fri: 8.45am–10.00pm (rough sleepers drop-in); 10.00am–11.30am (drop-in - hostel residents join in); 11.45am–12.45pm (advice appointments only). Mon & Thurs: 1.30pm–3.30pm (drop-in for people with tenancies)
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, food, Internet access, laundry, luggage stowage, medical services, outreach worker links, safe-keeping, tenancy support. www.wlm.org.uk/wldcent.htm
Barons Court Project
69 Talgarth Road
W14 9DA
020 7603 5232
Various activities & clubs, food, laundry, showers, regular visits by nurse & Chiropodist
www.baronscourtproject.org
Year round night shelters/hostels
Redbridge Night Shelter
16 York Road, Ilford, IG1 3AD
020 8514 8958
Ring first
St Martin's Night Centre
12 Adelaide Street, Westminster
020 7766 5544
10pm-7.30am
Referral from St Martin's
www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/care/connection.html
Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter
434 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 3HR
020 8521 3941
Ring or visit, Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm.
Specialist Support Services
Counselling Directory
This is a free, confidential service that aims to encourage those in distress to seek help and to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a useful resource for those looking for support or general advice about counselling. If you're in need of support, search the counselling directory network website to be connected with a professional counsellor or psychotherapist.
www.counselling-directory.org.uk
Druglink
103a Devonport Rd, Shepherds Bush, W12 8PB
020 8749 6799
Mon–Fri: 10am–5pm (needle exchange and telephone service); Mon & Fri: 2pm–5pm & Wed: 3pm–6pm (drop-in)
Counselling, drugs workers, outreach worker links, needle exchange
Community Assessment and Primary Services (CAPS) for Drugs and Alcohol
69 Warwick Road, London, SW5 9HB
020 8746 5800
Mon-Thu 9.30am-11.30am
The Hungerford Drug Project (Turning Point)
32a Wardour Street, W1D 6QR
020 7287 8743
Mon-Fri: 2pm-5pm (drop-in); Sat & Sun: 11am-5pm; Antidote (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender drug/alcohol service) drop-in Thursday: 6-8.30pm
Counselling, drug worker, mental health
www.thehungerford.org
Details of other services including drug, alcohol, benefits, mediical support can be found on www.homelesslondon.org and all services for the homeless at The Pavement http://www.thepavement.org.uk/services.htm
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