CODES: mh: Mental health ah: Accommodation/housing advice ad: Advocacy a: Alcohol workers ac: Art classes b: Barber ba: Benefits advice 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: Food (free) f: 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

Barka UK (Reconnections Project)

07440 429 760, http://bit.ly/1r1LCpo
Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm (helpline – Polish, Russian, Romanian and English); Offers Eastern European rough sleepers the opportunity to return home. Help with obtaining passports & transportation. Also information on employment, benefits, NI, the law, organisations supporting CEE migrants. Information on CEE Alcoholics Anonymous & Narcotics Anonymous groups. The helpline (0800 171 2926) is provided in Polish & English. CODES: AH, A, BA, CA, DW, OL, LA

Crisis Skylight (London)

66 Commercial Street E1 6LT
0300 636 1967, https://bit.ly/2ONznwO
Monday-Thursday: 9am-8pm; Saturday-Sunday: 11am-5pm; Friday: 9am-6pm; Monday-Friday: 4pm-5pm (wellbeing drop-in with the mental health team); Workshop programme (huge range of activities!) from the website. Additional support available regarding employment (inc. specialist service for E Europeans), housing, mental health and well-being, and from the progression team. CODES: MH, ET, SF

Doctors of the World (Praxis)

Praxis, Pott Street, Bethnal Green E2 0EF
0808 1647 686 (freephone), https://bit.ly/2OAZG9w
Monday-Friday: 10am-12pm (advice line); Info, advice to help vulnerable people access NHS and other services. Basic healthcare and advocacy for people who have problems accessing healthcare. Closed on Bank Holidays. CODES: AD, MS

East European Advice Centre

Room 18, The Polish Centre, 238-246 King Street W6 9LP
020 8741 1288, http://bit.ly/1qCIihS
Monday-Friday: 9:30am-4:30pm (advice line - 0800 121 4226); Free advice & casework to E European migrants in W London boroughs: homelessness prevention & casework, employment rights campaign, settled status. Services in English & Polish; & in Romanian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian & Hungarian with notice. Please ring first. CODES: AH, AD, OW, LA

Hackney Migrant Centre

St Mary's New Church Rooms, Spenley Walk, Stoke Newington Church Street N16 9ES
07504332706, http://bit.ly/1DEJqd9
Wednesday: 10am-4pm; Free immigration advice & support for refugees & migrants. Arrive early with documents or paperwork (40 visitors only). info@hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk CODES: AH, AD, LA

JCT

83 Margaret street (Marylebone Passage) W1W 8TB
07719828267
Monday-Friday: 8am-1pm Services: Showers (Booked in advance) also emergency showers. Takeaway Food:; JCT - Joining Communities Together To book an appointment, contact us on: 07719828267 JCT is a registered charity running services for people experiencing and facing homelessness in London and the Midlands. Our vision is to join communities together by bridging the gap between the crisis someone finds themselves in and the journey towards a place to call home. Casework support around housing, benefits, immigration, Health & Wellbeing Ladies group, sit in breakfast, (To be booked in advance). Alternatively, you can meet us during the Chalk Farm Salvation Army meal on Monday & Wednesday evening between 6pm till 8pm to see us and book an appointment. CODES: F, BS, BA, AH, MS, MH, FF, LA, TS

No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)

0161 706 0185, http://bit.ly/2Y5EUTx
Network of agencies providing accommodation for migrants who have no recourse to public funds. Please consult the website for your nearest project. CODES: AH

North London Action for the Homeless

St Paul's Church Hall, Stoke Newington Rd N16 7UE
07421 032 553, http://bit.ly/1NdAPD6
Monday: 12pm-1:30pm During Covid-19 pandemic all food is take-away.; Wednesday: 7pm-8:30pm During Covid-19 pandemic all food is take-away.; Free three-course vegetarian meal, and tea or coffee. Take-away food and clothing upon request. Visits from Health Access Worker. East European outreach workers. CODES: CL, FF, MS, OL

Olallo Services

020 7370 6020, http://bit.ly/2IWk3NI
Care and support for rough sleepers suffering from tuberculosis. CODES: MS

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, BA, BS, CA, C, DW, ET, FF, F, IT, NE

The Unity Project (TUP)

277a Upper Street, New Unity N1 2TZ
The Unity Project offers completely FREE immigration advice and support. The Unity Project offers completely FREE support and advice about removing the 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) restriction from visas. www.unity-project.org.uk. If you want free advice, please tell us your name and number here: www.unity-project.org.uk/contact-us - we can call you back (with an interpreter if needed). The application that we assist with is called a 'Change of Conditions' application - you can read more about it here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-change-of-conditions-of-leave-to-allow-access-to-public-funds-if-your-circumstances-change. Please note, you need a valid visa in order to make this application. CODES: AD, LA

Turn a Corner Community Library (Quaker Social Action)

17 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green E2 9PJ
020 8983 5030, https://quakersocialaction.org.uk/we-can-help/homelessness-housing/turn-corner/how-turn-corner
Community Library
Tuesday: 10:30am-12:30pm The American Church; Community Library
Wednesday: 5:30pm-8:30pm Lincolns Inn field; Community Library
Saturday: 9:30am-12:30pm St Giles in the field; Turn a Corner is a mobile community library for people affected by homelessness in London. We provide books to everyone for free (no need to return) as well as reading glasses. Seasonal handouts of essential items also available. CODES: MD, LF, ET

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