
Gym to transform community
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Facilities at homelessness schemes can benefit the whole community. Colin joined the Swale Your Way group, for people with mental health issues, just over 18 months ago. He soon got stuck into volunteering by cooking […]

A lifeline for rough sleepers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rough sleeping has doubled in the past five years, so we are overjoyed to be working with BBC Lifeline on an appeal for an innovative rough sleepers’ project, called Street Buddies. Street Buddies is […]

Join us for the Vitality British 10k
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Join us for the Vitality British 10k run! We have just six places left for this exciting event on 10 July, which takes runners on an iconic route around London for their favoured charity. […]

Getting a second chance
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] People of any background can become homeless, but there are vulnerable individuals who especially need our support. Bahram* is one such person. He came to England as an unaccompanied minor from his home land […]

Gaining the confidence to leave the streets
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are dozens of rough sleepers who have spent years living on the streets, and feel that they are beyond help. For long-term, or ‘entrenched’ rough sleepers, going to a hostel and finding somewhere to […]

Our Spring appeal
Easter is a time for renewal, resurrection, and new beginnings for homeless young people. On any given night across the UK, it is estimated that there are 300,000 young people without anywhere of their own […]

Helping through hardship
Church Housing Trust has been able to provide a hardship fund, which is being used to help people who arrive at a hostel in extreme poverty. They may have no money for many reasons, such […]

A change of clothes can make all the difference
A lot of the small grants that we provide allow people who have been homeless to get a new set of clothes. Sometimes rough sleepers can arrive at a scheme with nothing but the clothes […]

Sleep-out raises over £2,000
We’re always impressed by the dedication and generosity churches show us, especially when it comes to getting creative with their fundraising events. Most recently the Stodden church group, of Dean, Melchbourne, Pertenhall, Shelton, Swineshead, and […]