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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, (nov 08-apr 09), year-run soup runs and day centres which are available across the whole of London for the homeless. Why not print off a copy and carry it in your pocket so you're able to offer advice if needed?
WINTER NIGHT SHELTERS 2008-09
Community of Camden Churches Cold Weather
Address: Various venues
Phone: 07515 507 970
Hours: 7.30pm-8.45am. Must arrive by 8pm to secure bed. No re-admission once
booked in.
Gender: Mixed
Age: 18+
Open: 3rd Dec 08- March 09
CARIS Islington Churches Cold Weather Shelter
Address: Various venues
Phone: 07960 491 151
Hours: 7.30pm-8.30am. Must arrive by 8.30pm. No re-admission once booked in.
Gender: Mixed
Age: 18+
Open: 1st January – 31st March 09
Crisis Open Christmas
Address: Various venues
Phone: 0844 251 0111
Hours: 24 hours
Gender: Mixed
Age: 18+
Open: 2pm 23rd December – 10am 30th December 08
Hackney Winter Nightshelter
Address: Various venues
Phone: 07549 043 728 (10am-8pm daily)
Hours: 8pm-8am (7pm on Sundays). Last admission 8.30pm. No re-admission once booked in.
Gender: Mixed
Age: 18+
Open: 1st January – 31st March 09
Quaker Homeless Action – Open Christmas
Address: Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, Highbury, London, N1 2DX
Phone: 07833 123 155
Hours: Drop-in open 7am-10am and 3pm-11pm. Overnight guests 11pm-10am.
Must be in shelter by 8.30pm. No re-admission.
Gender: Mixed – 5 spaces reserved for women
Age: 18+
Open: 3pm on 23rd December 08 – 10am on 30th December 08
The ROBES Project (Southwark and Lambeth)
Address: Various venues
Phone: 020 7403 1931
Hours: 7pm-9am. Last admission is 8pm. No re-admission.
Gender: Mixed. Some venues have separate women’s area.
Age: 18+
Open: 7th December 08 – 31st March 09
West London Churches Nightshelter
Address: Click here for venues
Phone: 020 7351 4948 (9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Hours: 8pm-7am. Last admission 8pm. No re-admission.
Gender: Mixed
Age: 18+
Open: 10th November 08 – 5th April 09
SOUP KITCHENS/RUNS
All Saints' Church
Carnegie Street, N1
020 7837 0720
Tues; Thurs: 10am-12pm - cooked breakfast
American Church
(Entrance in Whitfield Street) 79a Tottenham Court Rd, W1
020 7580 2791
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 10am-12pm.
ASLAN (All Souls' Local Action Network)
Hot food and sandwiches for early risers. Sat 5.30am-8.30am - Covent Garden, Milford Lane, Surrey Street, Strand and Waterloo.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8EP
020 7240 0544
Sunday: Roast lunch 1pm; 10.30am for ticket (v. limited)
KING'S CROSS TEMPLE
Mon-Sat: Kentish Town (Islip Road), 12pm; Camden (Arlington Road), 1pm; King's Cross (York Way) 2.15pm.
House of Bread - The Vision
Second and fourth Sunday in the month (6.45am onwards) - Hot food; note that an excellent full cooked breakfast is served on the fourth Sunday. On the Strand (Charing Cross end, outside Coutt's).
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Mon-Fri: 7.15pm; Many vans with food and occasionally clothing. Sat -Sun: 6.15pm onwards.
Rice Run
The Strand, Westminster
Fri : 9-10pm
Rice and chicken, or savoury rice
Salvation Army (King's Cross)
Faith House, 11 Argyle Street, WC1
020 7837 5149
Men-only drop-in: Mon: 5.30pm-7pm; women-only drop-in: Tues-Fri: 2pm-3pm;
Hot meal Thurs: 12.30pm; open drop-in: Weds: 7.45pm-9pm.
Simon Community
Tea Run: Sun & Mon (6.00pm-9.30am): St Mary's Church (Islington); St Pancras Church (Euston); Hinde Street; Milford Lane; Strand; Southampton Road; Victoria Street; Buckingham Gate (Victoria, Sun only); Victoria - behind Sainsbury's (Sun only); Victoria - Army & Navy 8.15 (Sun) 8 (Mon); Grosevenor Gardens (Sun only); Marble Arch 8.30 (Sun) 8.20 (Mon); Waterloo Bridge 9.00 (Sun) 8.50 (Mon).
Soup Run: Wed & Thurs (8pm-10.30pm): Euston - St Pancras Church 8pm; Hinde Street 8.30pm; Maltravers Street 8.50pm; Waterloo - behind NT 9.10pm; Victoria Street; Buckingham Gate (Victoria); back of Sainsbury's (Victoria); Army & Navy (Victoria)
Street Café: St Mary-Le-Strand (Strand) - Mon (5pm-7pm) & Wed (10am-12.00pm), and St Giles-in-the-Fields, St Giles High Street, WC2 (next to Denmark Street) - Sat (2pm-4pm)
Pavement stockists
DAY CENTRES & ADVICE
Baron's Court Project
69 Talgarth Road, W14 9DA
020 7603 5232
Mon-Fri: 2pm-5pm
Bathroom/showers, benefits advice, education/training, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, mental health
Church Army, Women's Day Centre
1-5 Cosway St, NW1
020 7262 3818
Mon-Thurs: 9.30am-12pm (advice); 12pm-3.30pm (drop-in); 12 noon-1pm (sandwiches).
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroon/showers, careers advice, clothing, counselling, education/training, free food, housing/accommodation advice, internet access, laundry, leisure activities, leisure facilities, music classes
• Women only
Earl's Court Community Project
St. Judes Church, 24 Collingham Road, SW5 0LX
020 7370 4424
Mon & Wed: 2pm-4pm
Clothing, free food
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, art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, careers advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, music classes, mental health, medical services, outreach workers, Pavement stockists, safe-keeping, SSAFA
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, benefits advice, careers advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/ training, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, mental health, medical services, tenancy support
Webber Street
(formerly Waterloo Christian Centre)
6-8 Webber Street, SE1 8QA
020 7928 1677
Barber, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, housing/accommodation advice, medical services, Pavement stockist
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)
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, food, Internet access, laundry, luggage stowage, medical services, outreach worker links, Pavement stockists, safe-keeping, tenancy support
Whitechapel Mission
212 Whitechapel Road, E1
020 7247 8280
Daily: 6am-11am (cooked breakfast 8am-10am)
Bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, medical services, outreach worker links, Pavement stockist
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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Annie Kirke, 18/12/2008 |
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