CODES:
mh: Mental health
ah: Accommodation/housing
ad: Advocacy
a: Alcohol workers
ac: Art classes
b: Barber
cc: Creative classes
bs: Bathroom/showers
be: Bedding
ca: Careers advice
cl: Clothing store
c: Counselling
da: Debt advice
dt: Dentist
dw: Drugs workers
et: Education/training
ff: Free food
fc: Foot care
it: Internet access
lf: Leisure facilities
ls: Luggage storage
ms: Medical/health
md: Music/drama
ne: Needle exchange
ol: Outreach worker links
ow: Outreach workers
sh: Sexual health
ts: Tenancy support
la: Legal advice
l: Laundry
ef: Ex-forces
eo: Ex-offenders
sf: Step-free
ba: Benefits/welfare advice
fa: Financial advice
s: Signposting to other services
Health E1
9-11 Brick Lane, Aldgate East
E1 6PU
020 7247 0090, http://bit.ly/1rEyV67
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
(clinics start at 9am and 2pm);
Monday, Thursday, Friday: 2pm-3:30pm
(drop-in mental health clinic);
Monday-Friday: 2pm-3:30pm
(substance misuse drop-in);
Medical centre for homeless and vulnerably-housed people. Also registers people in hostels or B&Bs in Tower Hamlets and those who have been placed in temporary accommodation elsewhere in London by LB Tower Hamlets. Wide range of services - contact them for further information. Phone for an appointment or drop in.
CODES: MH, CC, DW, MS, NE, SH
NEWway Project (Newham)
Bonny Downs Baptist Church, Darwell Close
E6 6BT
07490983777, http://bit.ly/1Q189wD
01 October to 30 April
Monday-Sunday: 7:30pm-8:30am;
Referral-only winter night shelter and year-round NEWday centre for homeless people in Newham, with extended Advocacy services and life-skills workshops.
Office hours: Monday to Sunday, 9am-2:30pm.
CODES: AH, AD, A, DA, DW, FF, L, TS, CC, CL, CA, MS, BS, IT, DT, C, ET, OL
Providence Row
The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street
E1 7SA
020 7375 0020, http://bit.ly/1rvpkcW
Monday-Friday: 9am-3:30pm
(needle exchange - closed 12.30–1.30pm);
Monday: 10am-11:30am
(men's group);
Monday: 2pm-3pm
(yoga);
Tuesday: 9:30am-12:30pm
(homeopathy);
Tuesday: 11:30am-12:30pm
(relaxation skills);
Tuesday: 2pm-3:30pm
(women's group);
Wednesday: 11:30am-1pm
(peer support, addictions);
Thursday: 11am-1pm
(art & wellbeing);
Friday: 10am-11:30am
(Breaking Free Online- computer assisted therapy);
Friday: 10am-11:30am
(self-harming support group);
Monday: 1:30pm-3:30pm
(mental health drop-in);
Helps people of all backgrounds to an independent and fulfilled life away from homelessness & exclusion. They address not only users' immediate needs, but also the underlying issues and causes of their homelessness and exclusion. Download the timetable for their learning and wellbeing programme (https://bit.ly/2FXNYor). Most of their facilities are step-free. Services in Romanian and Polish.
CODES: MH, AC, CC, BS, CA, C, DW, ET, FF, IT, NE
Spitalfields Crypt Trust (Acorn House)
116-118 Shoreditch High Street
E1 6JN
020 7613 3055, http://bit.ly/1GL7tM6
Tuesday: 1pm-3pm
(St Leonard’s Church);
Wednesday: 10am-12pm
(St Leonard’s Church);
Thursday: 8am-10am
(The Tab Centre);
Friday: 9am-11:30am
(The Tab Centre);
Friday: 1pm-3pm
(St Leonard’s Church. Film Club);
Thursday: 11am-2pm
(women’s lunch club at St Leonard’s) ;
16-bed hostel offering a therapeutic programme for homeless men. Self-refer on the website. Acorn House specialises in addiction recovery. The therapeutic programme offers abstinence-based treatment, including group and one-to-one counselling, where residents are encouraged to work through traumas and challenging behaviours. Open to hard-to-reach clients with complex needs, often those with a history of street homelessness.
CODES: DW, AH
Stoll
446 Fulham Road
SW6 1DT
020 7385 2110
Monday-Friday: 8am-8pm
(closed 12.30–1.30);
Saturday & Sunday: 8am-5pm;
Stoll is the leading provider of supported housing to vulnerable veterans. As well as housing, they provide life-changing support including employment training, advice, addiction services and health and wellbeing activities.
Apply for housing here: www.stoll.org.uk/housing/apply-for-housing
CODES: MH, AH, AD, A, CA, C, DA, DW, ET, MD, OW, TS
The Connection at St Martin in the Fields
12 Adelaide Street
WC2N 4HW
020 7766 5544, https://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9am-1:30pm
(drop-in);
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 1:30pm-4:30pm
(appointment only);
Wednesday: 9am-12:15pm
(women only);
Provides short- and long-term support to people affected by homelessness, substance abuse, mental health, etc.
CODES: MH, AH, A, AC, CC, BS, CA, CL, DW, ET, FC, IT, MS, MD, OW, SF
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