Homeless in London .. ?

If you are street homeless in London listed below is a guide to some of the major organisations that are in a position to help you with accommodation / hostel or benefit advice.


For woman in need of specialised help because of domestic violence or other abuse .. sexual or physical .. including woman that have been, or are the victims of sex trafficking for prostitution, the link below is to an organisation that specialises in such cases.

http://www.eaves4women.co.uk/ ... Telephone in confidence .. 020 7735 2062



Children that are on the streets unaccompanied should ring 999 or / and the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000. Should you suspect that a child is living on the streets please ring the number above, or / and click the links below.

http://www.childline.org.uk/ ...or you can call their helpline on 0800 1111 at any time


If you are a teenager and feel that you may be in immediate danger .. go to a busy public place and call the police on 999 wait there until they arrive. Do not accept invitations or offers of accommodation from someone you do not know .. Below is a link for homeless teenagers.

http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/content/blogcategory/3/9/ ....Tel:0845 466 3400


If you have served in H.M. Armed forces and are looking for accommodation / benefit advice click onto the link below for a comprehensive guide as to what is available to you. Note: the centres listed will in most cases be able to refer you to the appropriate specialised help /advice that you may require.

http://www.oswaldstoll.org.uk/

Eastern European migrants are advised in the first instance to contact the organisation below. (Русский ~ Polish)

Staff
Our staff are highly qualified with over 10 years experience in Welfare Rights, Nationality Law, Housing and Interpreting.
We are able to work with service users in English, Polish and Russian.

Штат служащих
Наши сотрудники высоко-квалифицированы с минимум десятилетним опытом в области социального обеспечения, иммиграционного права, обеспечения жильем и интерпретации. Мы предлагаем клиентами услуги на английском, польском и руском языках

Pracownicy
Nasi pracownicy są w pełni wykwalifikowani oraz mają ponad 10-letnie doświadczenie w udzielaniu porad w zakresi zasiłków socjalnych, prawa imigracyjnego, prawa mieszkaniowego oraz tłumaczenia zarówno tekstów jak i słowa żywego.
Jesteśmy w stanie komunikować się z naszymi klientami w języku angielskim, polskim i rosyjskim.

Please note: Some of the venues listed below will deny entry to eastern Europeans because of welfare status, please check with the advice centre beforehand.

http://easteuropeanadvicecentre.org.uk/

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... Homeless London ...

http://www.homelesslondon.org/details.asp?id=LP115


... Connection at St. Martins ...

This is situated alongside St.Martin in the fields church Trafalgar square.
Details of services can be found on their website below. Nearest rail / tube station: Charring Cross.

http://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/

Open: .. Seven days a week..
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... The Passage day centre ...

St. Vincents centre .. Carlisle place .. Victoria .. London.

http://www.passage.org.uk/how_we_help_Day_Centre_2167.aspx

For more information of services available visit their website above.. Nearest rail / tube station: .. Victoria.

Open: .. Mon .. to .. Fri.
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... The Manna centre ...

6 Melior street. London SE1 3QP. ( Situated near London bridge railway station.)

http://www.mannasociety.org.uk/

For more details visit the website above. Nearest rail / tube station: London bridge.

Open: .. Seven days a week.
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... The Dellow centre ...

80 ~ 82 Wentworth Street .. London E1 7SA (Aldgate / Whitechapel area.)

http://www.multikulti.org.uk/agencies/french/london/7189/

Nearest rail station: .. Liverpool street.. Nearest tube station: Aldgate east.

Open: .. Mon .. to .. Fri.
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... West London day centre ...

Seymour Place .. Marleybone road. ( Near Baker street station.)

http://www.wlm.org.uk/wldcent.htm

Nearest rail / tube station: .. Marleybone.

Open: .. Mon .. to .. Fri.

Information last updated June 2009

Street homeless? In danger of being homeless? Concerned about someone?
Shelter
www.shelter.org.uk
Provides help to people throughout the UK who are homeless or need housing advice. They are the first port of call for anyone concerned about a housing issue.
Helpline: Freephone: 0808 800 4444
London Street Rescue Service
www.streetrescue.org
If you are concerned about someone who is sleeping rough or are sleeping rough yourself and fear for your health or safety, the London Street Rescue service will do their best to help. They may refer you to another organisation.
Contact: 0870 383 3333
Get advice and support
Homeless London
www.homelesslondon.org
This website provides details of all residential and non-residential services for homeless people in London. You can search the site for information on specific services or in a particular area. It also provides advice if you are immediately homeless or about to become homeless.
Use the Services Search to find a homeless advice centre of day centre near you: Services Search
Housing Justice
www.housingjustice.org.uk
Free and confidential housing advice for anyone. Housing Justice helps people in immediate housing need through an alliance of independent housing advice centres and community projects
Contact: 020 7723 7273

to find help with accommodations goto this website with all informations needed
http://sites.google.com/site/homelessinlondonsite/home

If you are homeless and are an ex service man or woman you should contact
Veterans Aid
40 Buckingham Palace Road,
Victoria,
London,
SW1W 0RE

Phone 0800 0126867 or email info@veterans-aid.net
Opening Times:
Monday to Thursday 08:30 until 15:30
Friday 08:30 to 13:30
http://www.veterans-aid.net/index.html

Last year Veterans Aid provided 19,739 nights of accommodation
for veterans who would otherwise have been on the streets!
I am one of them and was homeless for over thirty years, I now live in New Belvedere House run by VA. Believe me when I say that they will turn no ex service person away.
ncn.

Some of you know that I have been waiting to move from the
"Veterans Aid Residence "to "The Sir Oswold Stowl Foundation" which offers individual flats to ex veterans who are disabled in Fulham.

Today, they contacted Pat the manager to inform her that a flat has come up and it's been given to me. I shall be moving in on 18th August.

I'm over the moon, it's an enormous step for me; one that will enable me to live out the rest of my years in my own home without fear of becoming homeless again.
They also have an on site medical and doctor team 24/7 all the year round and later down the road if I need extra care I will receive it , as for now I will be fully independent.

Pat and a few of the younger chaps in NBH will go and paint the place out for me and Veterans Aid will fund me with all the new furniture and things that I will need.

If I look back over the past 16 months it's amazing the steps that I have taken. Probably I'm one of the luckiest people alive today,in fact I am.
I all most feel guilty for everything that I have received, the help and human kindness from so many people.
I sign the lease this morning.
ncn
ncn.

Woo Hoo !!! Great to hear that ncn. I hope your good fortune continues on into the future. Very best of luck to you ncn.

Thank you Jor-EL,
I have the tenancy agreement and the keys in my possession as I type.

It's the first time in over thirty years. In away I feel almost guilty.
I look at the world around me and all those that don't have a home, the pensioners that can't afford heating and have to cut back on food and basic necessities of life because they are on a minimum pension. The single parents that struggle to make ends meet.

I have never thought that the British Government owed me a penny. I served on operational submarines during the “cold war” received three medals including one with two bars for having served on two different submarines that did three monthly patrols at sea chasing phantoms. The British people unaware of what was going on, slept safely in their beds and knew that a conflict with the then USSR would be avoided.
I was well paid for my job and enjoyed it.
On leaving the service I had done my job and I have never blamed the Navy for my unwanted friend Parkinson's Disease or any of my mental health issues;(years of depresion).

I came back to the UK after having lived for thirty years on the streets and as many of you know I slept on a park bench for the past seven of them. Had I not had PD, coupled with the impossibility for me to receive medical help I would not have returned.
I didn’t come back to rip off the system or try to find a way of not working. All I wanted was that I could receive what was due to me under British law.

I am truly fortunate and belive me it's something that I shall never forget.

ncn, ( with apologies for the long post)