We try to produce the most complete service listings, so if you notice any omissions or mistakes, or if you'd like to stock the Pavement, please get in touch. (And if you run a service which is not mentioned here, please download an entry form.) If you click on the word site beside an organisation's name, you will be taken to its website, and if you click on map, you can find out where it is. The listing is divided into these categories:

Advice Services | Benefits Agency | Day Centres & Drop-Ins | Direct Access Hostels & Night Shelters
Drug & Alcohol Services | Counselling & Medical Services | Eastern Europeans | Employment & Training
Entertainment & social events | Ex-Forces | Medical Services | Performing Arts & Sports | Soup Kitchens
Specialist Services | Telephone Services | Websites

Also listed are: accommodation assistance, advocacy, alcohol workers; art classes, barber, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, bedding available, careers advice, clothing, counselling, debt advice, dentist, drugs workers, education & training, free food, food, foot care, housing & accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, leisure activities, leisure facilities, luggage stowage, medical services, mental health, music classes, needle exchange, outreach worker links, outreach workers, safe keeping, sexual health advice, SSAFA, tenancy support. And, of course, Pavement stockists!

Please email corrections to thelist@thepavement.org.uk.For a print version, please click here.

Advice centres [Top of page]

Borderline (for Scots) (site, map)
7-9 Belgrave Road, SW1V 1QB
0845 456 2344 (advice line)
Mon-Fri: 9.30-10.30am (drop-in advice service); 9.30am-4.30am (appointments)
Closed Wed pm.
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, housing/ accommodation advice, mental health, Pavement stockist

Bridge Resource Centre (St Mungo's) (site, map)
Bridge Close, Kingsdown Close, W10 6TW
0208 960 6798

Careers advice, education/training, Internet access, Pavement stockist

The Caravan Drop-In (site, map)
St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL
Open daily: Sat–Mon; 10am–7pm: Tues–Fri; 11am–7pm
Counselling, Pavement stockist

• A friendly ear to listen, with some access to counselling

CHAS (Central London) (site, map)
19-20 Shroton Street, NW1 6UG
020 7723 5928
Benefits advice, debt advice, housing/accommodation advice

•  By appointment only

HOPE Worldwide/Two Step (map)
360 City Road, EC1V 2PY
020 7713 7655
Mon–Fri 10am–4pm (appointments only)

Accommodation assistance, housing/ accommodation advice, tenancy support, Pavement stockist

KCAH (site, map)
36a Fife Road, Kingston, KT1 1SU
020 8255 2439
Accommodation assistance, benefits advice, bedding available, free food, housing/accommodation advice

London Irish Centre (site, map)
50-52 Camden Square, NW1 9XB
020 7916 2222
Ring for specific service times
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, education/ training, housing/accommodation advice, music classes

No10 ­ Care Advice Service (map)
10 Princess Street, Oxford Circus, W1C 2DJ
020 7629 5424
Wed: 6.30pm-8pm (drop in - 18+)
Benefits advice, counselling, careers advice, education/training, housing/ accommodation advice

Notre Dame Refugee Centre (map)
5 Leceister Place, London WC2H 7BX
020 7434 1619
Mon and Thurs: 11am-4pm (drop in)
Service for French-speaking refugees and asylum seekers
Benefits advice, counselling, careers advice, free food, housing/ accommodation advice

ScotsCare (For Scots in London) (site, map)
37 King Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8JS
Call the helpline on 0800 6522 989
Benefits advice, careers advice, housing/accommodation advice, barber, Pavement stockists, tenancy support

St Giles Trust (site, map)
64 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5
020 7703 7000
Mon-Fri: 9.30am-12.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, drugs workers, education/training, housing/ accommodation advice, laundry, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, tenancy support

WISH - Mosaada Centre for Single Women (map)

75 Whitechapel Road, Unit 1.21, Tower Hamlets, E1 1DU

020 7247 7111

Counselling, education/training, IT

•  For homeless single women, particularly refugees and asylum seekers.

Women's Link (map)

26 Hanbury St, London E1
0800 652 3167 (Ring first)
Accommodation assistance, housing/accommodation advice

Benefits agency [Top of page]

Wedge House has closed (see The Pavement 27:11), and readers are directed to use local Job Centres, or visit a day centre that hosts JobCentre Plus outreach staff. These are listed below by day, but contact individual centres for times:

Mondays The Passage; The Connections at St Martins; Holycross Centre; Rushworth Rolling Shelter; Guy's Hospital Oncology Ward; Spectrum; Webber Street/Waterloo Christian Centre; HAGA; Compass Day Centre.

Tuesday St Thomas' Hospital, In Patients; Westminster Rolling Shelter; The Connection at St Martin's; Conway House (hostel); Anchor House (hostel); The Passage; Downview Prison; Look Ahead Day Centre.

Wednesday The Passage; Great Chapel Street Medical Centre; St Thomas' Hospital, Lloyd Still ward; Cricklewood Homeless Concern; Parker Street (hostel); Crisis Skylight; Endsleigh Gardens (hostel); Dellow Centre (hostel); Brixton Prison.

Thursday Broadway Day Centre; Manna Centre; Great Chapel St Medical Centre; West London Day Centre; The Connection at St Martin's; Rochester Row Day Centre; Whitechapel Mission; Deptford Churches Centre; Probation Service; Wandsworth prison; Focus Day Centre.

Friday The Passage; Cricklewood Homeless Concern; Endsleigh Gardens (hostel); The Connection at St Martin's; Cedars Road (hostel); St Giles Day Centre; Cardinal Hume Centre (drop in); Waterloo Jobshop; Romford YMCA (hostel).

All week Brixton Prison; Wandsworth prison.

See Telephone Services for helplines

Day centres & drop-ins [Top of page]

Ace of Clubs (16+) (site, map)
St Alphonsus Rd, Clapham
020 7622 3196
Sun, Mon, Tues: 2pm-6pm; Wed, Thurs: 12 noon-2pm; Fri, Sat: 12 noon-6pm
Bathroom/showers, dentist, food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, laundry, medical services, outreach workers, Pavement stockist

Acton Homeless Concern (site, map)
Emmaus House, 1 Berrymead Gardens, W3
Call for opening times: 020 8992 5768
Alcohol workers, barber, benefits advice, clothing, drugs workers, dentist, education/training, food, foot care

Aldgate Advice Centre see Providence Row (Dellow Centre)

Baron's Court Project (map)

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

Broadway Day Centre (site, map)
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, Pavement stockist, safe keeping, sexual health advice, tenancy support

Bromley 999 Club (site, map)
424 Downham Way, Downham, Bromley, BR1 5HR
020 8698 9403
Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
Advocacy, laundry, free food

Cardinal Hume Centre (site, map)
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, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Chelsea Methodist Church Pastoral Care (map)
155a Kings Road, SW3 5TX
020 7352 9305
Tues & Thurs: 8.30am–3.30pm (last laundry at 1pm)
Food, laundry, Pavement stockists

Choral Hall Lifeskills Centre (site, map)
310 Barking Road, Plaistow, E13
020 7511 8377
Mon-Fri: 10am-2pm

Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/ showers, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, food, foot care, laundry, medical services

Church Army, Women's Day Centre (map)
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

The Connection at St Martin's (16+) (site, map)
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

•  Now running from Portacabins

Croydon Resource Centre (map)
70a Wellesley Road, Croydon, CR0 2AR
020 8686 1222
Mon-Fri: 10am-3pm
Accommodation assistance, benefits advice, careers advice, clothing, education/ training, food, Internet access, leisure activities

Cricklewood Homeless Concern (site)
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 links

Crisis Skylight - see Performing Arts

Deptford Churches Centre (site, map)
Speedwell Street, Deptford
020 8692 6548
Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri: 9am-3.30pm

Accommodation assistance, advocacy, alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, bedding available, careers advice, clothing, counselling, debt advice, dentist, education/training, free food, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, leisure activities, leisure facilities, mental health, medical services, music classes, outreach worker links, SSAFA, tenancy support

The Dunloe Centre
St Saviour's Priory, Dunloe Street, E2
020 7739 9976/020 7613 3232
Tues: 10.30am–12.30pm
Clothing, free food

Faith House (Salvation Army)
11 Argyle Street, King's Cross (near Burger King)
020 7837 5149
Mon: 6pm–8pm (men's group); Tues: 5pm–6pm (women's drop-in); Weds: 1pm–3pm (women's drop-in), 7.30pm–9pm (open drop-in); Fri: 11am–1pm (women's brunch & discussion group)

Finsbury Park Street Drinkers Initiative see Whitaker Centre

Hackney 180 First Contact & Advice

Venue 1: Hackney Methodist Church,
219 Mare St, E5
0208 985 6707
Breakfast club: Mon-Thurs; 8am-9.30am
Venue 2: St John's at Hackney
Lower Clapton Rd, E5
Mon-Wed; 10.30am-12.30pm (Advice): 1.30pm-3pm (Appointments)
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, education/training, food, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, medical services

Hanbury Community Project (SCT) - see New Hanbury Project, listed under Employment & Training.

The Haven Club (site, map)
At the Holy Cross Centre (below)
Mon: 6pm–10pm
• For self-treating drug & alcohol users: no using on day or no entry

Holy Cross Centre (site, map)
The Crypt, Holy Cross Church, Cromer Street, London WC1
020 7278 8687
Mon: 2pm-5pm; Tues: 6.00pm-9.00pm (ticket required); Thurs: 5pm-8pm (Italian speakers session); Fri: 12 noon-3.00pm (refugees and asylum seekers session).
Art classes, free food, housing/accommodation advice, Internet access, leisure activities, leisure facilities, mental health, Pavement stockist

jesus

Homeless Action in Barnet (HAB)
36B Woodhouse Road, N12 0RG
020 8446 8400
Mon–Fri: 12noon–3pm (drop in); Mon, Tues & Thur: 9am–12noon (rough sleepers only); Wed: 9am–12noon (women's group)

Advocacy, benefits advice, bathroon/shower, clothing, laundry, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, tenancy support

King's Cross Baptist Church (map)
Vernon Sq, London W1
020 7837 7182
Mon; Fri: 11am-2pm; Tues: 11am-1pm

Free food, leisure facilities

London Jesus Centre (site, map)
82 Margaret St, W1W 8LH
Mon–Fri: 10am–12.30pm

Bathroom/showers, clothing, food, Internet access, laundry, safe-keeping, Pavement stockist

Manna Day Centre (site, map)
6 Melior Street, SE1
020 7403 1931
Mon-Sun: 8.30am-1.30pm
Advocacy, barber, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, dentist, free food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockist

New Cross 999 Club (site, map)
All Saints, Monson Road, SE14
020 7732 0209
Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
Advocacy, education/training, free food, laundry, leisure activities

New Horizons Youth Centre (site, map - for 16-21-year-olds)

68 Chalton Street. NW1 1JR

020 7388 5560

Drugs workers, education/training, housing/accommodation advice, leisure activities, leisure facilities, mental health, medical services, tenancy support

North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH) (site, map)
24-30 Bouverie Road, N16
020 8802 1600
Tue: 12pm-1.30pm (drop-in); Thurs 7pm-8.30pm
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, Pavement stockist

Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church (map)
4 Lady Margaret Road, NW5 2XT
Mon-Sat; 2-3pm: Sun; 3-4pm

Free food, housing/accommodation advice, Pavement stockists

The Passage (25+) (site, map)
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

Providence Row (site, map)
The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street, Aldgate, E1 7SA
020 7375 0020
Mon-Fri: 9.15am-11.30am for rough sleepers; 1.30pm-3.30pm: appointments and activities; Fri: 3pm-4pm for rough sleepers
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockist

Rochester Row Day Centre (map)

97 Rochester Row, SW1
020 7233 9862
Mon and Fri: 5.30pm-8pm (appointments only); Tues 2pm-4.30pm (art workshop); Wed and Thurs: 5.30pm-8pm (drop-in session); Thurs 1pm-5pm (benefits); Thurs and Fri 2pm-4pm (English classes)
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, education/ training, free food, Pavement stockist

Shoreditch Community Project (SCT) (site, map)
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch High Street, E1
020 7613 3232
Mon, Wed, Fri: 9.30am-12.30pm; Tues: 2pm-4pm
Free food, benefits advice, outreach worker links, Pavement stockist

Simon Community (site, map)
House of Hospitality, 129 Malden Road, Kentish Town, NW5
Mon: 11am–4pm; Wed: 12 noon–8pm;Thursday: 3pm–8pm; Sunday 12 noon–8pm
• So much more than a drop-in centre, and they've many services listed with the soup runs.

Spectrum Centre (site, map)
6 Greenland Street, Camden Town, NW1
020 7267 4937
Mon-Fri: 9.30am-3.00pm
Alcohol workers, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, luggage stowage, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, tenancy support

Spires Centre (site, map)
8 Tooting Bec Gardens, SW16
020 8696 0943
Tues and Thurs: 9-10.30am (rough sleepers only), 10.30am-2pm (drop in); Wed: 10am-12pm (rough sleepers), 10am-1pm (adult learning centre); Fri: 10am-1pm (women only); Sun: 11.30am-3pm (drop-in)
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, free food, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, music classes, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockist

Spitalfield's Crypt Trust - see Hanbury and Shoreditch Community Projects

St Christopher's Centre (map)
Lime Grove Resource Centre, 47 Lime Grove, W12
Please call for opening times: 020 8740 9182
Art classes, bathroom/showers, careers advice, education/training, foot care, Internet access, laundry, medical services

St Cuthbert's Centre (map)
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, Pavement stockist

St Stephen's Church (site, map)
The Manna, 17 Canonbury Road, Islington, N1 2DF
020 7226 5369
Tues: 7pm–9pm (drop-in); Weds: 1pm–3pm (drop-in – barber and footcare); Fri: 10am–12pm (key work session)
Barber, bathroom/showers, clothing, foot care, free food, laundry, Pavement stockist

The Tab Centre (map)
20 Hackney Road, Shoreditch, E2
020 7613 3232
Friday: 9.30am-12.30pm
Free food

Thames Reach - renamed: see Hackney 180 First Contact & Advice

Triumphant Church International (map)
136 West Green Rd, South Tottenham, N15 5AD
020 8800 6001
Sun: 10am–11am (open drop-in)
Advocacy, clothing, free food

Union Chapel (Margins - site, map)
Compton Terrace, Upper Street, Islington, N1
020 7359 4019
Sun: 3pm-5pm
Bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, housing/accommodation advice, laundry, leisure activities, leisure facilities

Upper Holloway Baptist Church (map)
11 Tollington Way, N7
020 7272 2104
Mon: 10.30am-1.30pm
Clothing, free food, leisure facilities

Upper Room, St Saviour's (map)
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, benefits advice, counselling, careers advice, drugs workers, education/training, foot care, free food, housing/accommodation advice

Webber Street (formerly Waterloo Christian Centre) (site, map)
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 (site, map)
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

The Whitaker Centre
91-93 Tollington Way, N7
020 7272 8195
Mon-Thurs: 9am-3pm
Alcohol allowed
Bathroom/showers, free food, laundry

Whitechapel Mission (site, map)
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

Direct access hostels & night shelters [Top of page]

All - low support needs

King George's Hostel (map)
75 Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 2BN
020 7222 3288

Pavement stockist

Livingstone House (map)
105 Melville Road, Brent, NW10 8BU
020 8963 0545
•  Ring first - local connection only

Redbridge Night Shelter (map)
16 York Road, Ilford, IG1 3AD
020 8514 8958
•  Ring first

St Martin's Night Centre (site, map)
12 Adelaide Street, Westminster
020 7766 5544
10pm-7.30am
•  Referral from St Martin's

Turnaround (Newham) (site, map)
Choral Hall
020 7511 8377
7.30pm-7.30am
•  Referral from Choral Hall Day Centre

Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter (map)
434 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 3HR
020 8521 3941
Ring or visit, Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm.

Men

Missionaries of Charity (map)
112-116 St Georges Road, Southwark, SE1
020 7401 8378
Ring first (9am-11am except Thurs)
•  Age 30+ (Low support)

Medium support needs - Women

Church Army (map)
1-5 Cosway Street, Westminster, NW1 5NR
020 7262 3818
• Ring first. Daily vacancies.

Home of Peace (map)
179 Bravington Road, W9 3AR
020 8969 2631
• Women only. Open access (dry)

Open access (Dry)

St Mungo's (map)
2-5 Birkenhead Street, Camden, WC1H 8BA
020 7278 6466

Young people (16-21)

Centrepoint
25 Berwick Street, Soho, W1F 8RF
020 7287 9134/5
• Ring first. Daily vacancies.

MASH
8 Wilton Road, Merton, SW19 2HB
020 8543 3677
•  Ring first.

Drug & alcohol services [Top of page]

Addaction (Harm Reduction Team) (site, map)
Addaction Hackney Community Drugs Service (HCDS)
19-20 Tudor Grove, Hackney, E9 7QL
020 8985 3757
Drop-in: Mon, Fri 10am-4pm; Tues, Wed, Thurs 12 midday-6pm;
Closed each day between 1:30pm-2:15pm
Drugs workers, outreach worker links, medical services, needle exchange, sexual health advice

Angel Drug Services Drop-in (map)
332c Goswell Rd, EC1V 7LQ
0800 169 2679
Mon-Fri: 2-5pm
Counselling, outreach workers, medical services, needle exchange

Blackfriars Road CDAT Team (map)
151 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8EL
020 7620 1888/ 6500
Drop-in: Mon: 2-4pm
Mental health, medical services, needle exchange

Central and NW London Substance Misuse Service (map)
Crowther Market, 282 North End Rd, SW6 1NH
020 7381 7700
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm

Druglink (map)
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

The Hungerford Drug Project (Turning Point) (site, map)

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, drugs workers, mental health, Pavement stockist

KCW Needle Exchange (map)

282 North End Road, SW6 4AA

0208 8846 6611

Needle exchange

Needle Exchange Van
White van parked at bottom of Centrepoint Tower, Tottenham Court Road
Mon–Fri: 4pm-7pm

Orexis (site, map)

192 Evelyn Street, SE8 5DB

020 8691 1233

Mondays: 10am-12 noon (drop-in and confidential counselling for crack users)

Drugs workers

Soho Rapid Access Clinic (map)
Soho Centre for Health and Care
1 Frith Street, W1D 3HZ
020 7534 6687
Drug workers, Pavement stockist

Westminster Drug Project (site, map)

474 Harrow Road, W9 3RU

020 7266 6200; helpline 020 7266 6300

Mon–Fri: 10am – 12.30pm (appointments and needle exchange); 1–5pm (open access)

Eastern Europeans [Top of page]

Ania's Poland Recruitment Agency (site, map)
31 Fallsbrook Road, Streatham, SW16 6DU
020 8769 0509

Careers advice
• Ring for appointment

East European Advice Centre (site, map)

Palingswick House, 241 King Street, W6 9LP

020 8741 1288

Open weekdays 10am–12pm & 2–3pm, for appointments; closed Wed
• Ring for appointment

UR4JOBS (For Eastern Europeans - site, map)
Upper Room, St Saviour Church, Cobbold Road, London, W12 9LN
020 8740 5688

Careers advice, education/training
• Help in finding work and education - ring for appointment

Employment & training [Top of page]

Dress for Success (Women) (site, map)
Unit 2, Shepperton House, 89-93 Shepperton Rd, N1 3DF
020 7288 1770

Careers advice, clothing
• Smart clothing for job interviews

New Hanbury Project (SCT) (site)

3 Calvert Avenue, Shoreditch, E2 7JP
020 7613 5636
Courses in: personal development, life skills, woodwork, DIY,
art, IT, guitar, Spanish, cooking

OSW (London Bridge) (map)
4th Floor, The Pavilion, 1 Newhams Row, SE1 3UZ
020 7089 2722
Careers advice, education/training, Internet access.

Streetshine (site, map)

2nd Floor, 35-43 Bondway, SW8 1SJ

020 7840 3467

Training

• Employment in shoe-shining

UR4JOBS (For Eastern Europeans)
Upper Room, St Saviour Church, Cobbold Road, London, W12 9LN
020 8740 5688

Education/training, careers advice
• Help in finding work and education - ring for appointment

Entertainments & social events [Top of page]

ASLAN
All Souls Church – Clubhouse
Cleveland St

020 7580 3522
Sat eve: by invitation
Pavement stockist

Open House Film Club

St Patrick's Church, 21a Soho Square, W1D 4NR
Every other Thursday from 03 April 08. 6pm: tea/coffee/toast; 6.15pm: special guest introduction/short film; 6.30pm: main film
A friendly/social atmosphere, which regularly welcomes star guests

Free food, leisure activities

Ex-Forces [Top of page]

Legionline

Helpline 08457 725 725

Veterans Aid (map)
40 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1
020 7828 2468.
Accommodation assistance, benefits advice, clothing, Pavement stockist

• Formerly Ex-Service Fellowship Centres - EFC.

Veterans UK (site)
Helpline 0800 169 2277
Free help and advice for veterans, and access to a dedicated one-to-one welfare service.

AWOL? Call the "reclaim your life" scheme from SSAFA on 01380 738137 (9am-10am Mon-Fri).

Medical services [Top of page]

Great Chapel Street Medical Centre (site, map)
13 Great Chapel Street, W1
020 7437 9360
Mon, Tues, Thurs: 11am-12.30pm; Mon-Fri: 2pm-4pm
Alcohol workers, barber, counselling, drugs workers, dentist, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Dr Hickey's - Cardinal Hume Centre (site, map)
Arneway Street, SW1
020 72228593
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 10am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm; Wed: 10am-12.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, drugs workers, dentist, housing/accommodation advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Health E1 (site, map)
9-11 Brick Lane, E1
020 7247 0090
Mon-Thurs: 9.15-11.30am; Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm. Mon, Wed & Fri afternoons - appointments only

King's Cross Primary Care Centre (site, map)
264 Pentonville Rd, N1
020 7530 3444
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, dentist, foot care, housing/accommodation advice, mental health, medical services, needle exchange, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Project London (Médecins du Monde) (site, map)
Praxis, Pott Street, Bethnal Green, E2 0EF
Mon & Wed 1pm-5pm
07974 616 852 & 020 8123 6614
Medical services, sexual health advice
•  Project London also operates at Providence Row and U-Turn

TB screening van – MXU

Information given as date, time, location, street, and where the appropriate clinic will be be.
Turn up at these locations:
Mon 14 Apr: 8.30am – 4pm, YMCA West London – Ealing, 25 St Mary's Road, W5 5RE (clinic: Ealing Hospital);

Tue 15 Apr: 10am – 1pm, Broadway Centre, 14 Market Lane, W12 8EZ (clinic: Charing Cross Hospital);

Wed 16 Apr: 11am – 3pm, Broadway, 160 Coningham Road, W12 (clinic: Hammersmith/Charing Cross Hospital); 5–7pm, Upper Room Project, St Saviours Church, Cobbold Rd, W12 9LN (clinic: Hammersmith/Charing Cross Hospital);

Thur 17 Apr: 11am – 3pm, St Christopher's Felowship,
47 Limegrove, W12 8EE (clinic: Hammersmith/Charing Cross Hospital);

Fri 18 Apr: 11am – 2.30pm, St Cuthberts, 51 Philbeach Gardens, SW5 9EB (clinic: Hammersmith/Charing Cross Hospital);

Tue 22 Apr: 3–7pm, Sixty Five Project, 65 Uxbridge Rd, W7 3PX (clinic: Ealing Hospital);

Wed 23 Apr: 11am – 2pm, Edith Road Resettlement Centre (Salvation Army), 10 – 12 Edith Road, W14 9BA (clinic: Hammersmith/Charing Cross Hospital);

Thur 24 Apr: 11.30am – 2.30pm, Acton Homeless Concern (Emmaus House), 1 Berrymead Gardens, W3 8AA (clinic: Ealing Hospital)

Vision Care Opticians
07792 960416
Mon: 2–7.30pm at Crisis Skylight; Alternate Wed 10am–5pm at The Passage

Health care
•  Free sight tests and spectacles

Performing arts & sports [Top of page]

Clean Break (site, map)

2 Patshull Road, Kentish Town, NW5 2LB
020 7482 8600

Performing arts
•  Inspirational theatre company working with women offenders and and women at risk of offending due to drug and alcohol use and/or mental health needs.

Crisis Skylight (site, map)
66 Commercial Street, E1
020 7426 5661
Mon-Thurs 2pm-9.30pm
Art classes, education/training, Internet access, music classes, Pavement stockists, performing arts

• Workshop programme from the website

Cardboard Citizens (site)
020 7247 7747
Performing arts

• Variety of performing arts workshops held at Crisis Skylight as well as hostels around London

Street League (site, map)

98 Gibbins Road, E15 2HU

020 8536 5330

Leisure activities

Transform your life through sport!!

Streets Alive Theatre Company (18–25 years old) (site, map)
Lambeth Mission, 3–5 Lambeth Road, SE1 7DQ
020 3242 0088

Performing arts

Streetwise Opera (site)
020 7495 3133
Performing arts, music classes

• Workshops at the Passage, Skylight and the Connection at St Martin's.

Soup kitchens [Top of page]

All Saints' Church
Carnegie Street, N1
020 7837 0720
Tues; Thurs: 10am-12pm - cooked breakfast

American Church (site, map)
(Entrance in Whitfield Street) 79a Tottenham Court Rd, W1
020 7580 2791
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 10am-12pm.

• Now open Saturdays.

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 (map)
235 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8EP
020 7240 0544
Sunday: Roast lunch 1pm; 10.30am for ticket (v. limited)

The Cabin
Near top of Holloway Road, right at Theo's shoe shop
Sandwich van every day; 1030–1145am

The Carpenters
TMO Community Hall, 17 Doran Walk, Stratford, E15 2JL
020 8221 3860

A 'food pack' with hot or cold drink, every Tuesday; 10am–12pm

City Temple (site, map)
Holborn Viaduct, EC1A 2DE
020 7583 5532
Mon-Fri: 1-2pm, £3 voucher redeemable at local café, 1 voucher per week, ID required

Emmanuel Church (Stratford) (map)
Corner of Romford Rd & Upton Lane
Thurs: 7.30am - cooked Breakfast.

Hare Krishna Food for Life
SOHO TEMPLE - Lincoln's Inn Fields: Mon–Thurs, 7:15pm, finishing at Temple if there's food left.

KING'S CROSS TEMPLE - Mon-Sat: Kentish Town (Islip Road), 12pm; Camden (Arlington Road), 1pm; King's Cross (York Way) 2.15pm.
• Wholesome and tasty vegetarian meals.

Harlow Chocolate Run
This run is from Harlow, and serves hot chocolate! They also have sandwiches and cakes, coming out on the Second Tuesday of the month. Behind the Army and Navy in Victoria.

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).

Imperial College
Serving sandwiches and hot beverages on Sunday evenings (8.00pm–9.30pm) at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Lincoln's Inn Fields
Mon–Fri: 7.15pm; Many vans with food and occasionally clothing. Sat –Sun: 6.15pm onwards.

The London Run
Mondays (including bank holidays). Van with tea/coffee, sandwiches, eggs, biscuits, soft drinks, clothes, and toiletries: 8.45pm–9.30pm; The Strand, opposite Charing Cross police station: 9.30pm–10.15pm; Temple: 10.15pm–11.00pm;
Waterloo (St John's Church).

Memorial Baptist Church Plaistow
389 –395 Barking Road, E13 8AL
020 7476 4133
Sat: 8am–12pm
Full English breakfast

Muswell Hill Baptist Church (site, map)
2 Dukes Ave, N10 2PT
020 8883 8520
Sun-Thurs; 7.45pm-8.45pm

New Life Assembly

A run in Hendon, that comes into the West End once a month.

Nightwatch

At the fountain in the Queens Gardens, central Croydon
Every night from 9.30pm
Sandwiches and hot drinks

Open Door Meal
St James the Less parish centre, Vauxhall Bridge Road, behind the Lord High Admiral public house.
Alternate Thursdays during term-time; 7pm–9.30 pm
Barber, clothing, free food
•  An established service, providing a two-course hot meal served at table.

Our Lady of Hal (map)
165 Arlington Rd, NW1
020 7485 2727
Tues; Weds; Fri; Sat: 12.45-2pm

Rice Run
The Strand, Westminster
Fri : 9–10pm
Rice and chicken, or savoury rice

The Sacred Heart

This run from Wimbledon has several teams coming up once a month to the Piazza of Westminster Cathedral. Sandwiches and hot beverages around 9.30pm every Tuesday and Friday.

Sai Baba

Third Sunday of the Month: 93 Guildford Street, WC1 (Coram's Fields); 11am–1pm. Vegetarian meal and tea. Another branch of this sect also have a service at Lincoln's Inn Fields, Wednesday, around 8pm – a great curry!

Salvation Army (King's Cross - map)
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.

Samaritan Network (site)

Every Sunday, 6–8pm, at the corner of Temple Station.

Silver Lady Fund (a.k.a. ‘The Pie Man')

Piping hot pasties, pies and sausage rolls from the van down behind the Festival Hall early mornings (it's white with ‘Silver Lady Fund' written on the side).

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

St Andrew's Church (map)
10 St Andrew's Road, Fulham, W14 9SX
Sat: 12noon-2pm
Hot food and sandwiches

St John's Ealing (map)
Mattock Lane, West Ealing, W13 9LA
020 8566 3507
Sat & Sun: 4-5pm

St John the Evangelist (map)
39 Duncan Terrace, N1 8AL
020 7226 3277
Tues-Sat: 12.30-1.30pm

St Mary's Church Islington (site, map)
Upper Street, N1
020 7354 3427
Mon: 11.30am-2pm

SW London Vineyard – The King's Table

Sun 2.30pm–4.30pm beneath Waterloo Bridge (Embankment). Superb hot stews and potatoes, bread, fruit, and tea and coffee.

Specialist services [Top of page]

Blue Cross Veterinary Services

Offered to pet owners on a low income. This is usually a means tested benefit or state pension with no other means of income.
Blue Cross Mobile Veterinary Clinic
All run 10am–12pm & 1.30pm –3.30pm, at these locations – Mon: Bethnal Green Road E2; Wed: Hackney Town Hall (car park) E8; Thur: Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1; Fri: Walthamstow Town Square, High Street, E17
On a 'first-come, first-served' basis. Some cases may need to be referred to the Victoria hospital.

Hospitals
Blue Cross Victoria, 1–5 Hugh Street, SW1V 1QQ; 020 7932 2370
Blue Cross Hammersmith, Argyle Place, King Street, W6 0RQ; 020 8748 1400
Blue Cross Merton, 88–92 Merton High Street, SW19 1BD; 020 8254 1400

Quaker Mobile Library
Mon (every second): St John's (Waterloo), Webber St (behind the Old Vic) and The Manna Centre (the busiest stop). Sat (every): am, The Passage and St Martin's.

Pavement stockist.

Telephone services [Top of page]

Benefits Agency (JobCentre Plus)
To make a claim: 0800 055 6688
For queries about existing claims for Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance or Incapacity Benefit: 0845 377 6001
For Social Fund enquiries: 0845 608 8661.
For the Pensions Service: 0845 60 60 265

Domestic Violence Helpline

0808 2000 247

Eaves

020 7735 2062
• Helps victims of trafficking for prostitution

Frank

0800 776 600

• Free 24-hr drug helpline

Get Connected

0808 808 4994

• Free advice for young people (1pm-7pm, 7 days)

London Street Rescue

0870 383 3333

• Rough Sleepers' Hotline for help with getting into accommodation.

Message Home Helpline
0800 700 740
• Every day, 24 hrs

National Debtline

0808 808 4000

Poppy

020 7840 7141

• Helps women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation

Runaway Helpline
0808 800 7070
• Free line for under 18s who have left home

The Samaritans
08457 90 9090

Shelter
0808 800 4444

• Housing info and advice 7 days a week, 8am-12am

UK Human Trafficking Centre
0114 252 3891

Emergency Numbers
Outside your local Homeless Persons Unit's office hours, use these emergency numbers: Barking and Dagenham - 020 8594 8356; Barnet - 020 8359 2000; Bexley - 020 8303 7777; Brent - 020 8937 1234; Bromley - 020 8464 4848; Camden - 020 7278 4444; City of London - 020 7606 3030; Croydon - 020 8686 4433; Ealing - 020 8825 5000; Enfield - 020 8379 1000; Greenwich - 020 8854 8888; Hackney - 020 8356 2300; Hammersmith & Fulham - 020 8748 8588; Haringey - 020 8348 3148; Harrow - 020 8863 5611; Havering - 01708 433999; Hillingdon - 01895 250697; Hounslow - 020 8583 2222; Islington - 020 7226 0992; Kensington & Chelsea - 020 7373 2213; Kingston-upon-Thames - 020 8770 5000; Lambeth - 020 7926 1000; Lewisham - 020 8778 0877; Merton - 020 8770 5000; Newham - 020 8552 9587; Redbridge - 020 8553 5825; Richmond - 020 8744 2442; Southwark - 020 7525 5000; Sutton - 020 8770 5000; Tower Hamlets - 020 7376 1637; Waltham Forest - 020 8496 3000; Wandsworth - 020 8871 6000; Westminster - 020 7286 7412.

Shelter Line (Freephone 0808 800 4444) has a database of hostel vacancies nationwide and will try to connect you with a relevant service. Otherwise, phone 118 700 (Directory Enquiries) and ask for the out-of- hours number for Social Services and speak to the duty social worker. Please phone the police if you feel you are in danger.

If you are under 16 years old...
...you are seen as vulnerable under the Children's Act and might be able to get an emergency place while your situation is assessed. Phone 118 700 (Directory Enquiries) and ask for the local Social Services number. If it's after office hours, phone 118 700, ask for the out-of-hours number for Social Services and speak to the duty social worker. Otherwise, contact Childline on 0800 1111, or go to the local Citizen's Advice Bureau. Please phone the police if you feel you are in danger.

If you're young and need a place but not so urgently, go to your nearest local Connexions, advice agency or day centre for advice.
Bring ID (birth certificate, passport, NI card, medical card).

Web sites [Top of page]

Homeless London Directory (RIS)
This public-access website (as a minimum, updated annually) has full details of all major services in London, including emergency accommodation.

Mental Fight Club
A creative/arts site for those with mental illness.

The Pavement
Regularly updated online version of 'The List' and much more

Proud to be mad
A campaigning site for those with mental illness