the Pavement magazine - services for the UK's rough sleepers and homeless people

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

CARIS Islington Churches Cold Weather Shelter

The Annexe, St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park N4 3AG

020 7281 5200, http://bit.ly/1L1wPnp

Free night shelter, food, showers and a safe place to sleep. Phone after completing and emailing a 1-page registration form to info@carisislington.org. 15 guests; 18+, dry. Opens in January; dates and times to be confirmed. CODES: AD, BS, BE, CL, FF, IT, L, OL

Glass Door Homeless Charity

155a Kings Road, Chelsea SW3 5TX

020 7351 4948, http://bit.ly/1Gs26vG

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9am-2pm (Chelsea Methodist Church); Winter shelter
04 November to 05 April
Monday-Sunday: 8pm-7am (please come to the day centre or phone to see if there are vacancies); Wednesday & Friday: 9am-2pm (St Augustine's Church); Monday-Friday: 12pm-3pm (Ace of Clubs); Monday-Thursday: 9am-11am (Vineyard Community Centre); Tuesday: 12:30pm-3pm (The Yard, Putney); Glass Door runs London’s largest emergency winter night shelter, providing men and women a safe, warm place to sleepfrom November to April. Individuals affected by homelessness also access advice, food, showers and laundry facilities year-round from drop-in day centres that work in partnership with the charity. CODES: AH, BS, CA, CL, ET, FF, IT, TS, AD, CC

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

Quaker Homeless Action/Quaker Open Christmas

Admin: PO Box 7105, Poole, Dorset BH15 4DQ, Winter shelter: The American Church, 79A Tottenham Court Road, W1T 4TD

07833 123155, http://bit.ly/2gxLOOX

Winter Shelter:
23 December to 30 December
Monday: 3pm-9am; Tuesday-Monday: 9am-9am Open 24 hours. 3pm on 23 December until 10am on 30th December. There will be hot food and drinks, clothing, entertainment, mobile library, hairdressers, a food bank, showers, and all sorts of other services and resources available.; Monday: 11:30am-12:30pm (mobile library, 3rd week of month, Manna Centre); Tuesday: 7pm-7:30pm (mobile library, alt. weeks at Lincoln’s Inn Fields); Saturday: 10am-4pm (mobile library: The Passage, 10am–10.30am; The American Church, 11.15am–12pm; St Giles in the Fields, 2pm–4pm); Quaker Homeless Action runs mobile libraries. The Christmas Shelter (24 beds, dry) provides breakfast and supper for up to 75. It closes at 10pm except for those who have been given a bed. Self referrals and referrals from Islington Outreach Forum agencies (inc. Islington DAAT, Whitaker Centre, Pilion Trust, New Horizon, Focus and Angel Drug Services) or others that can provide ongoing support. Phone to check vacancies. CODES: AH, AD, A, AC, B, CC, BS, BE, CL, DW, FF, FC, MS, NE, OL, OW, SH, LF