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Your rights

The Rights Guide for Rough Sleepers outlines your rights around arrest, stop and search, answering police questions, move-ons, no-drinking zones, sleeping rough, taking a pee in public and highway obstruction. It was put together by the Pavement, Housing Justice, Liberty and Zacchaeus 2000.

If your benefits have been sanctioned (cut off or reduced) and you feel this is unfair, you can appeal. Print this letter and hand it in at the office where you sign on. If you feel you need more advice about sanctions, contact   Zacchaeus 2000 or your nearest Citizen’s Advice Bureau. And let us know contact@thepavement.org.uk at the Pavement!

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Open Door Meal

St James the Less Parish Centre, Thorndike Street, Off Moreton Street, Westminster

SW1V 2PS

Phone: 020 7630 6282

Friday: 7pm-9pm (2nd and 4th weeks of the month.)

Two-course hot meal every two weeks. See website for dates: www.sjtl.org/getinvolved/open-door-meal Doors open at 7pm but guests generally arrive from 6:30pm to avoid missing out.

Free food

Order of Malta Soup Kitchen

St James's Spanish Place Church, 22 George St

W1U 3QY

Thursday: 7:45pm-9pm
Wednesday: 6:15am-7:45am (breakfast club, Challoner Room, 24 Golden Square W1F 9JR)
Thursday: 7:30pm-9pm (café, St James’s, Spanish Place, W1U 3QY)

Free food, care and conversation from 6.30 – 8.15pm on Mondays and Thursdays (except public holidays).

Free food

Our Forgotten Neighbours

Phone: 07496530878

Monday: 2pm-5pm (Chiswick High Road, across from the Health Centre, W4)
Thursday: 5pm-6pm (Toynbee Hall, Commercial Street, E1)
Friday: 2pm-3pm (Lidl Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4)

Soup kitchen locations in Tower Hamlets and Finsbury Park. Tower Hamlets Every Thursday from 5pm outside Toynbee Hall E1. COME EARLY to avoid disappointment. ​Finsbury Park Every Friday from 2pm to 4pm next to LIDL and the entrance to Finsbury Park. COME EARLY to avoid disappointment. ​

Free food

Our Lady of Hal

165 Arlington Road, Camden Town

NW1 7EX

Phone: 020 7485 2727

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 12:45pm-2pm

Parish church serving the people of Camden.

Free food

Our Lady of the Assumption & St Gregory

10 Warwick St, Piccadilly Circus

W1B 5LZ

Phone: 020 7734 9313

Wednesday: 6:30am-10:30am

Breakfast every Wednesday served from 6am in the Challoner Hall. Showers also available

Bathroom/showers, Free food

Providence Row

The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street

E1 7SA

Phone: 020 7375 0020

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. Most of their facilities are step-free. Services in Romanian and Polish. Providence runs a number of services, including a day centre. Visit the day centre between 9.30am - 2pm at The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA . You can call on: 020 7422 6752. At the day centre you can get a hot drink, breakfast and lunch, a shower as well as access to the internet and phone charging facilities. Providence Row also has support for health & wellbeing (including a gardening project), as well as training and employment schemes. Learn more on the website: https://www.providencerow.org.uk/pages/9-our-services

Mental health, Bathroom/showers, Careers advice, Drugs workers, Education/training, Free food, Internet access, Needle exchange

Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's Centre

The Philbeach Hall, 51 Philbeach Gardens, Earl’s Court

SW5 9EB

Phone: 020 7835 1389

Monday-Friday: 12pm-2pm (lunch service)
Tuesday-Friday: 12pm-3pm (Glass Door caseworker – first come, first served)
Monday: 11am-2pm (Age UK adviser)
Tuesday: 12pm-2pm (Age UK Lunch Club – reserved seats at regular lunch service)
Wednesday: 12pm-2pm (NHS nurse)
Tuesday: 12pm-3pm (RBKC Council drop-in)

Dental health adviser once a month Community Counselling Psychotherapy Service (CCPS): CCPS provides free face-to-face individual counselling and psychotherapy. This is available through internal referral.

Free food, Mental health, Counselling, Internet access, Medical/health, Tenancy support

Refuge Network UK

Soup Kitchen Location:, Beside the Embassy of Zimbabwe,, Agar Street, Charing Cross.

Saturday: 1pm-2pm

Refuge Network UK runs a weekly community soup kitchen at Charing Cross from where it distributes free food, toiletries, clothing and survival packs to rough sleepers, homeless people and impoverished individuals from various parts of London.

Free food, Clothing store

Remar UK

847 High Road, Leytonstone

E11 1HH

Phone: 0208 539 0452

Wednesday: 7:30pm-8:30pm (William IV St, Strand - hot drinks, biscuits and sandwiches)

Offers assistance for free to disadvantaged people and individuals suffering from drug or alcoholic addiction. Remar aims to: Take people off the street; Assist people in coming off drugs or other addictions; Provide practical help and an environment where they can recover, gain their dignity and self-esteem back; Guide recovering addicts back to independence.

Alcohol workers, Drugs workers, Free food

Royal Connections

199 Freemasons, Custom House

E16 3PG

Phone: 0300 111 1111

Sunday: 4pm-6pm (hot meal on 4th Sunday of the month)

Christian charity dedicated to helping people who need help. Provides many forms of advice, including: CAREER, BENEFITS, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, LEGAL, WELFARE SUPPORT and MORE. Also offers a free hot meal service twice a month. Get in touch for more details. Church office opening hours are Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 6pm Sunday: 2pm – 6pm

Accommodation/housing, Careers advice, Education/training, Free food, Legal advice, Debt advice

Selby food hub

Selby Centre, Selby Road, Tottenham

N17 8JL

Phone: 0208 885 5499

Tuesday: 2pm-4pm
Thursday: 5pm-8pm

Offering a food bank for non-perishable foods and sometimes other food donations. The Selby Food Hub is open weekly on Thursdays between 2pm and 4pm. You must collect a ticket in advance on the day from reception.​ Open to anyone who feels they need help - no voucher or benefits necessary.

Free food

Shree Jalaram Mandir Homeless Sewa

Opposite Police Station, Agar Street

WC2N 4JP

Phone: 07939 434084

Tuesday: 6:30pm-7pm (Lincoln's Inn Fields)
Wednesday: 7:30pm-8pm (Temple station)
Friday: 6pm-6:30pm (Strand, nr Charing X)

Free hot (pizza, samosas, rice and curry, baked pasta) and cold (cheese salad sandwiches, cakes, crisps, chocolates, pop corns, fresh fruit's, vegetables, groceries etc.) food, including hot and cold drinks, warm clothing, bedding (e.g. sleeping bags, blankets, duvets etc.) and toiletries Friday evenings, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Free food

Simon Community

129 Malden Road, Kentish Town

NW5 4HS

Phone: 07442 306000

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:15am-7:30am (tea run: 7.15 Arundel St, Temple; 7.30 Agar St, Strand)
Thursday: 8:30pm-1:30am (soup run: Duke's Rd/Euston; Temple; under W'loo Br, behind NT)
Sunday: 1:30pm-3:30pm (street cafe: St Giles, nr Centrepoint)
Winter shelter:
01 January to 31 March
Monday-Sunday: 7pm-8am
01 January to 31 March
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30pm-11:30pm (street work)

Outreach support out on the streets, taking food and support to their homeless guests in central London. Mobile outreach to Covent Garden and the Strand on Tues, Weds and Thursday evenings and they can be found at the Edith Cavell statue outside St Martin in the fields at 9.30pm. Hot drinks, food, sleeping bags, toiletries and clothes available on request.

Free food, Clothing store, Outreach workers

Spires

Elmfield House, 5 Stockwell Mews

SW9 9GX

Phone: 020 8696 0943

Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 9am-10:30am (Rough Sleeper’s Drop-In at St Leonard’s Church, 8 Tooting Bec Gardens, SW16 1RB)
Tuesday: 9am-11:30am (Rough Sleeper’s Drop-In at St Luke’s Church, 13 Norwood High St, SE27 ODT)
Tuesday: 1pm-3pm (Drop-In for newly granted refugees facing homelessness at West Croydon Baptist Church, Whitehorse Road, CR0 2JH)
Wednesday: 9am-4pm (Closed)
Thursday: 9am-11:30am (Rough Sleeper’s Drop-In at St Leonard’s Church, 8 Tooting Bec Gardens, SW16 1RB)
Thursday: 9am-12pm (Drop-in for vulnerable women, at Elmfield House, 5 Stockwell Mews, London, SW9 9GX)
Friday: 9am-11:30am (Rough Sleeper’s Drop-In at St Luke’s Church, 13 Norwood High St, SE27 ODT)

Spires’ rough sleepers drop-in service runs four days a week and is open to anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness. Warm food & drinks will be provided, while key workers will be on hand to offer advice and support and assess individual’s needs and housing requirements.

Advocacy, Counselling, Free food

St Andrew's Church

Greyhound Road

W14 9SA

Phone: 0207 385 5023

Saturday: 8am-11:30am 15 mins walk from Barons Court Tube

St Andrew’s runs a drop-in on Saturday mornings between 8.30am and 11am. Guests are offered teas and coffees as well as a hot meal, either as a seated service or as a takeaway. There is also a foodbank offering essential food supplies to those in need, and a shower available on a first come, first served basis.

Free food, Bathroom/showers

St Ignatius Church Social Apostolate

27 High Rd, Stamford Hill

N15 6ND

Monday-Friday: 1pm-2pm Hot meal eaten outside.

Social Apostolate on Stamford Hill is a first-contact help centre offering immediate assistance to the homeless and vulnerable, as part of St. Ignatius Church’s mission. Providing hot meals; coffee, tea, and other beverages; sandwiches, sweets, yoghurts and fruits; essential hygiene products; seasonal clothing, towels, backpacks and sleeping bags. Opening hours Monday 11:00-15:00 Tuesday - Wednesday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Free food, Clothing store

St James Conference of Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP)

St James Catholic Church, George St

W1U 3QY

Tuesday & Friday: 7:45pm-8:15pm (Lincoln’s Inn Fields)

Tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes. Operates Tuesday and Friday evenings at Lincoln Inn Fields and Embankment, Central London.

Free food

St John The Evangelist Church (Duncan Terrace)

39 Duncan Terrace

N1 8AL

Phone: 020 7226 3277

Sunday: 3pm-4pm - Free food (sandwiches and tea) for homeless people

Every Sunday from 3pm Sunday Club welcomes visitors to the crypt for tea, coffee, sandwiches, fruit, and cakes.

Free food

St John Vianney Catholic Church

West Green Road

N15 3QL

Phone: 020 8888 5518

Saturday: 5:30pm-6pm (Temple)

Sandwiches, cakes, soup, tea and coffee on Saturday mornings from 7am.

Free food

St John's Soup Kitchen

St John the Evangelist Church, Queen’s Drive

N4 2LW

Tuesday: 7:30pm-9:15pm (every week; advice 1st Tuesday of month)

Open to all who are homeless or in need, providing a meal in a welcoming and friendly environment. Soup kitchen open Sundays: 12:00pm – 2:00pm, Tuesdays: 6:30pm – 8:00pm. For a hot meal and a pudding to take away.

Free food

St Laurence's Larder

Christ Church at Brondesbury, Christchurch Avenue, Main Entrance on Willesden Lane

NW6 7BJ

Phone: 07498775019

Laurence’s Larder is a food aid charity offering a weekly food parcel service, clothes bank and community kitchen to anyone who would like to join for a meal and a chat. The Larder also offers services such as a legal aid surgery and signposting to navigate and access other support systems. Phone line open Mon - Friday 9.30 - 5.00pm. Hot Meals every Thursday 11.00am - 2.00pm. Clothes Bank every Thursday 11.00am - 2.00pm. Community Art Cafe with drinks, snacks and a light lunch every Monday 10.30am - 4.00pm.

Free food, Clothing store, Legal advice

St Monica's Church

1 Stonard Road, Palmers Green

N13 4DJ

Phone: 020 8886 9568

Tuesday: 8:15pm-8:45pm (Temple)

Free Food distributed by the parish every Monday from 12noon to 2.30pm.

Free food

Street Souls - Emmaus Greenwich

WSUP (Woolwich Service Users Project), 107 Brookhill Road, Woolwich

SE18 6BJ

Thursday: 6pm-8pm at Woolwich Common Community Centre, SE18 4DW

Every Monday 10am – 3pm Street Souls offers support to anyone in need. We offer food, clothing and other items, weekly activities, a listening ear and signposting to local organisations.

Clothing store, Free food, Advocacy, Outreach worker links

Streetlytes

St Stephens Church, 1 Coverdale Road, London

W12 8JJ

Monday: 6pm-9pm (drop-in, St Stephen’s Church, 1 Coverdale Rd, W12 8JJ)

Free hot meal, friendship and donated items. Open-access to anyone who is homeless or vulnerably housed, or who can't afford to pay for both food and housing. Every Monday, doors open at 5pm (dinner served at 6pm).

Accommodation/housing, Clothing store, Drugs workers, Free food, Outreach worker links, Outreach workers

Streets Kitchen

Monday: 6:45pm-5:15pm (outside Tooting Market. 25-27 Tooting High St, Tooting, London SW17 0SN)
Tuesday: 7pm-9pm (mobile outreach across Camden, Kings Cross, Euston)
Tuesday: 7pm-9pm (on the grass next to Joe’s Pizza/ opposite Waitrose. 8–1, The Pavement, London, SW4 0HY)
Wednesday: 7:30pm-8:30pm (located on the pavement adjacent to Sainsbury’s – opposite the tube entrance. SW4 6TA)
Wednesday: 7:30pm-8pm (near Camden Town tube station, NW1 8QL)
Wednesday: 8pm-8:30pm (outside Hackney Central Library, 25-27 Hackney Grove, London, E8 3NR)
Friday: 7:30pm-8pm (nr Camden Town tube, NW1 8QL)
Friday: 7:30pm-8pm (near Kilburn High Road tube station, NW6 6JE)
Friday: 7:30pm-8pm (outside Archway tube station)
Friday: 8pm-8:30pm (Ridley Road Market, opposite Dalston Kingsland train station, E8 2NP)
Saturday: 7pm-9pm (mobile outreach across Camden, Kings Cross, Euston)
Saturday: 8pm-9pm (first Saturday of the month evening outreach. St Johns Churchway opposite M&S)
Sunday: 5pm-6pm (outside Seven Sisters Station (High Road exit), by the WE STAND TOGETHER bandstand)
Sunday: 7:30pm-8pm (nr Camden Town tube, NW1 8QL)
Sunday: 7:30pm-8pm (outside Archway tube station)

Daily food in various London locations.

Free food