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Scottish Charity Register No. SC043760

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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!

SERVICES

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Stonewall Housing

88 Old Street, 10 White’s Row

EC1V 9HU

Phone: 0800 6 404 404

Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm (advice line 020 7359 5767)

Specialist LGBTQ+ housing advice and support. Free, confidential housing advice for LGBTQ+ people of all ages. For housing and homelessness advice fill a referral form online and a member of the Stonewall team will contact you. Find the form here: stonewallhousing.org/referralform Free housing-related advice on the helpline, open every weekday 10:00 – 13:00. Call 0800 6 404 404

Accommodation/housing, Advocacy, Legal advice

Sufra NW London

160 Pitfield Way

NW10 0PW

Phone: 020 3441 1335

Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm (office open)
Wednesday & Sunday: 10am-2pm (Growing Club)
Wednesday & Sunday: 12pm-3pm (food bank, referral from Brent Council and other orgs)
Friday: 6pm-8:30pm (vegetarian meal)

Sufra is a charity in north west London that prevents hunger, fights poverty and builds community. Coordinates a food bank & community kitchen in Brent, supporting disadvantaged individuals and families suffering food poverty in NW London. Phone or visit. Food bank address and opening times: Sufra NW London 160 Pitfield Way, NW10 0PW. TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 11AM - 3PM. The community kitchen serves free, freshly-cooked, 2 or 3 course hot meals. It runs Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 6PM TO 8PM at New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG.

Advocacy, Creative classes, Bedding, Clothing store, Education/training, Free food

Thames Reach

Phone: 020 3617 6070

Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm

Supports homeless, vulnerable and isolated men and women through a range of services, activities and accommodation projects. Their aim is for the people they help to have decent homes, supportive relationships and fulfilling lives. Email enquiries@thamesreach.org.uk for more info.

Mental health, Accommodation/housing, Careers advice, Education/training, Internet access, Outreach worker links, Outreach workers, Tenancy support

The Listening Place

Phone: 020 3906 7676

By Appointment
Monday-Sunday: 9am-9pm

Providing free, sustained, support, by appointment for those who feel life is no longer worth living. There is no ‘drop-in’ or helpline service. Find a self-referral form on the website, to arrange a meeting at one of four London locations.

Mental health, Counselling

The Manna Centre

12 Melior Street

SE1 3QP

Phone: 0207 357 9363

Monday-Sunday: 8:30am-1:30pm (Open for breakfast, lucnch & showers)
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-1:30pm (Housing & welfare advice, mobile phone charging)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9am-12pm (Nurse)
Monday: 10am-10:45am (clothing store by ticket only)
Monday-Thursday: 10am-10:45am (computers)
Tuesday: 10am-11:30am (mental health)
Tuesday: 10am-1pm (chiropodist, every second week)
Monday: 10am-1pm (accommodation advice at 020 7403 1931 (option 1))

Please note this service is only available on a Monday and for those looking for accommodation only.

Mental health, Bathroom/showers, Free food, Medical/health, Tenancy support, Step-free, Financial advice, Laundry, Internet access

The Margins Project

At the back of Union Chapel, Compton Avenue

N1 2UN

The Margins Project Supported Employment Programme (SEP) is open Monday to Friday and is an opportunity for people who have had experience of homelessness and crisis to get back into work. With paid positions in our catering service, we focus on improving well-being, building self-esteem and developing employability skills. Trainees gain a Level 2 Food Safety Award, and we tailor the programme to each individual’s specific needs. We seek to find the trainees further paid work and training at the end of their placement.

Careers advice, Education/training

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.

Advocacy, Legal advice

The Youth Hub

Postal address only: Office 7, 35-37 Ludgate Hill

Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm

Central hub connecting teens, young adults, employers, training providers and charities to each other. Their aim is to reduce poverty and increase employment across the UK. Visit the website for more information

Careers advice, Education/training

Treasures Foundation

Phone: 07950585947

Open 24-7
Monday-Sunday: 7am-7am

Treasures Foundation helps female ex-offenders and former addicts with a home and support. By referral only – please contact your key worker. Access a referral form on the website and email completed forms to: mandy@treasuresfoundation.org or jade@treasuresfoundation.org Phone line open weekdays 10am – 5pm

Mental health, Accommodation/housing

Trinity Homeless Support Cafe (SW17)

Holy Trinity Church, 74 Trinity Road

SW17 7RH

Phone: 020 8 696 1564

Monday: 2pm-4pm Hot Food

Drop-in and advice for rough sleepers. Hot food Mondays, 2-4pm. On Mondays we host with Western Lodge a support café for those who are homeless or in danger of homelessness. Our weekly drop-in service will help individuals with support in housing and winter night shelters. The drop-in will also help you with universal credit applications, health advice and access to a NHS nurse.

Free food, Accommodation/housing

University of Greenwich Legal Advice Centre

University of Greenwich (Greenwich Campus), Legal Advice Centre QM 203, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row

SE10 9LS

Monday-Thursday: 9am-5pm (phone)

TERM-TIME only. Fill an enquiry form for an appointment on the website. Employment, benefits; referrals to Free Representation Unit. Initial and written advice, and form-filling.

Creative classes, Legal advice

Upper Room (St Saviour's)

St Saviour Wendell Park church, Cobbold Road

W12 9LN

Phone: 020 8740 5688

Monday & Tuesday: 12pm-5pm (job club)
Monday-Friday: 5:30pm-6:45pm (free food)
Friday: 10am-5pm (counselling for English and Polish speakers by appointment)

Provides a broad range of services for homeless people, vulnerable and excluded of west London. Services include UR4Meals, UR4Jobs and UR4Driving. UR4Meals offers free meals every weekday afternoon from 4 – 6 pm. There is also a limited supply of toiletries, clothing and bedding UR4Jobs is a FREE multilingual service designed to help people experiencing homelessness, and those with other barriers to employment, to find work. Provides structured casework to guests. Drop-in service runs every Friday 10am – 12pm. UR4Driving helps people with convictions avoid re-offending by offering them a unique opportunity to gain a full car driving licence. See if you're eligible to apply on the website.

Careers advice, Clothing store, Education/training, Free food, Internet access, Outreach worker links

VoiceAbility

Phone: 0300 303 1660

Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm (offices and helplines)

UK-wide network of advocacy and service user involvement groups, which offer a services for those who have mental health needs, learning disabilities, dementia, autistic spectrum disorders, physical disabilities, sensory and communication impairments, substance misuse issues, acquired brain injury, a serious physical illness or a dual diagnosis. Check the website or phone to find your nearest branch.

Advocacy, Alcohol workers, Drugs workers

Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service (WCDAS)

St John's Therapy Centre, 162 St John's Hill, Battersea

SW11 1SW

Phone: 020 3228 1777

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9am-4:30pm
Wednesday: 1pm-7pm

A consortium between SLaM NHS Foundation Trust, CDARS and St Mungo's which provides specialist treatment for Wandsworth adults affected by drug and/or alcohol issues.

Mental health, Alcohol workers, Drugs workers, Education/training, Medical/health, Needle exchange, Outreach worker links, Outreach workers, Sexual health, Step-free

Waterloo Legal Advice Service

Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Road

SE1 7AA

Phone: 020 7261 1404

Covers children, crime, domestic violence, education, employment, family, housing, immigration etc. Written advice, casework, initial advice and form-filling.

Counselling, Legal advice, Tenancy support, Accommodation/housing

WDP - Westminster Drug Project

470-474 Harrow Road

W9 3RU

Phone: 020 7266 6200

Monday-Friday: 1pm-5pm (open access)

Open access services, structured treatment programmes, outreach and aftercare. Advice about blood-borne viruses. Helpline: 020 7266 6300.

Accommodation/housing, Advocacy, Counselling, Drugs workers, Medical/health, Needle exchange, Outreach worker links, Outreach workers

Webber Street (London City Mission)

6-8 Webber Street

SE1 8QA

Phone: 020 7928 1677

Monday-Wednesday: 9am-12pm
Saturday: 9am-12pm

List for showers taken on Monday (1 shower per week per male guest). Short Bible talk each morning - prayer and other spiritual help offered. Closed first Wednesday of each month. Not step-free.

Mental health, Bathroom/showers, Clothing store, Medical/health, Outreach worker links, Leisure facilities

Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K)

Fourth Floor, 80 Petty France

SW1H 9EX

Phone: 0207 259 0801

Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm (advice, by appointment)

We are a leading anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty through providing expert frontline advice and representation services and campaigning for change. Zacchaeus 2000 Trust can provide: Advice and representation to those in debt with essential household bills (ie, council tax, rent and fuel bills); support with housing issues and benefit issues; disability benefits tribunal representation. Appointments by referral only, see website for self-referral form.

Tenancy support, Legal advice, Financial advice, Benefits/welfare advice

Advicenow

Independent website providing up-to-date information on rights & legal issues.

Accommodation/housing, Advocacy, Legal advice, Tenancy support, Education/training

Alcoholics Anonymous

Phone: 0800 9177 650

Fellowship of people who help each other to recover from alcoholism. Call their national helpline free on 0800 9177 650 or email help@aamail.org, or enter your postcode to find your nearest support meeting.

Counselling

At A Loss

'One stop shop' website for finding specific and local bereavement support. If you are grieving for someone, visit the site.

Medical/health

Childline

Phone: 0800 11 11

Free, confidential helpline for young people. Great information on the website. If you need support now or want to talk privately, contact a counsellor for free.

Mental health, Advocacy, Counselling

Citizens Advice Bureau

Free information and advice on legal, financial and other problems. Go to the website to find your nearest branch.

Accommodation/housing, Debt advice, Creative classes, Legal advice

Cruse Bereavement Care - National Helpline

Phone: 0808 808 1677

Monday & Friday: 9:30am-5pm (not bank holidays)
Tuesday-Thursday: 9:30am-8pm

The Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline is staffed by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement. Group, one to one and peer support; friendship support, practical support, listening, drop-in, phone helpline and more. MON, FRI: 9.30-5 TUE,WED,THU: 9.30-8 SAT, SUN: 10-2 ONLINE MESSAGE CHAT ALSO AVAILABLE: MON-FRI: 9AM-9PM

Counselling

Dr Kershaw’s Hospice

Turf Lane, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester

OL2 6EU

Phone: 0161 624 9984

Monday-Sunday: 9am-9am

The UK's first 'homeless-friendly' hospice. 24-hour helpline: 0161 785 5635. "Dr Kershaw’s Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with non-curable, life-limiting illnesses in a peaceful and homely environment. Our healthcare focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients."

Counselling, Medical/health, Barber, Bathroom/showers, Bedding, Education/training, Free food, Foot care, Internet access