Upper Room. Emergency Help. Acton Homeless Concern. Hanwell Homeless Concern. Ealing Soup Kitchen

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1 Homeless in Ealing: Emergency Provision and Second Stage Accomodation Options. Emergency Help Acton Homeless Concern Day centre for homeless people. Free breakfast Mon-Fri, Lunch Tues-Fri and Sun. Clothes, showers. Advice on benefits and housing. GP Fri, chiropody, optician, dentist and barber. Alcohol and drug counsellor. Women and children's group Weds. Drop-in or phone. Emmaus House 1 Berrymead Gardens W3 8AA actonhomelessconcern@yahoo.com Monday-Sun 11.45am pm For Social Activities, tea, coffee, sandwiches: Damien Centre 3-5 Church Road, Acton W3 8PU Mon 11.30am-8pm, Tues-Fri 10.30am-12 noon, 2pm-8pm Acton Town tube - 15 minutes walk. Buses 207, 266, 607 to Acton High Street. Upper Room St Saviour's Church Wendell Park Cobbold Road W12 9LN info@ur4jobs.co.uk Laundry facilities, clothing store, free food. Informal counselling. Evening meal Monday-Friday 5.30pm- 6.45pm. Stamford Brook tube - 15 minutes walk. Shepherds Bush tube - 20 minutes walk. Buses 207, 237, 257, 266, 607, E3. Hanwell Homeless Concern A Free Lunch is available on Mon, Wed, Fri at these locations. Monday St Thomas Church, Boston Road, W7. Midday 1:30pm Wednesday St Joeseph's Church, Uxbridge Road W7. 11am 1pm Friday Hanwell Methodist Church, Church Road, W7. 12:30 2pm Ealing Soup Kitchen St Johns Church Mattlock Lane Ealing Saturdays & Sundays 3:30pm - 5pm

2 Help and advice, and light refreshments available on: Thursday & Friday 11am 3pm St Mungo s Street outreach teams St Mungo's street outreach teams go out every night to find people who are sleeping rough. They gradually build up trusting relationships, and offer support and encouragement to bring homeless men and women off the streets and into appropriate accommodation. St Mungo s if you are worried about anybody sleeping rough: streetconcern@mungos.org St Mungo's emergency shelters: Rushworth Street 48 Rushworth Street Southwark SE1 0RB Tel: Margery Street 65 Margery St Islington WC1X 0JH Tel: St Mungo s Hostels Cromwell Road 173 Cromwell Road Kensington & Chelsea SW5 0SE Tel: Pound Lane 115 Pound Lane Brent NW10 2HU Tel: Barka UK - Reconnection Project Eastern European nationals with no recourse to public funds who are destitute & sleeping rough.street outreach work with Eastern European rough sleepers, who are destitute. 41 Spelman Street E1 5LQ Phone barka.uk@googl .com Phone or . Monday-Fri 9am - 5pm LB Ealing - Gateway Services Central assessment and referral agency for all Supporting People funded projects in LB Ealing, assessing housing related support needs of vulnerable adults and then referring to supported accommodation and floating support. 4th Floor Perceval House Uxbridge Road W5 2HL gatewayservices@ealing.gov.uk Phone. Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm LB Ealing - Homeless Persons Unit

3 General public, including people who are or may be priority homeless. Assessment of entitlement to housing for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. Housing provided for people considered in priority need of housing. Temporary accommodation may be available while enquiries are made about eligibility. General housing advice and information for private and council tenants and homeless people. Out of hours emergencies phone W5 2HL or 7389 Fax Drop-in, phone or contact for an appointment. Mon-Fri 9am - 4pm Ealing Broadway tube - 5 minutes walk. Perceval House Uxbridge Road Ealing SECOND STAGE Accomodation (usually after referral via other agencies, but some allow self-referral see highlighted.) Broadway Sixty Five Tel Single homeless people with medium to high support needs. Can accept people with dogs and alcohol/drug support needs. Must have local connection to Ealing. Accept referrals from Ealing SPOT (Street Population Outreach Team) Ealing DIP (Drug Intervention Project)Ealing councils Gateway service. Causeway Irish Housing Association Tel Young people aged 18-31, who have low support needs and are willing to live in shared housing. Can accept couples. Target 10% lesbians and gay men. No local connection required.accept self referrals and referrals from any agency. Central and Cecil - Burlington House Single homeless people, or those at risk of becoming homeless aged who have medium support needs. Must have a LB Ealing connection. Only accept referrals from LB Ealing Single Homeless Unit, Ealing CAT Team and Metropolitan Support Trust via Ealing Gateway Services (details above). Centrepoint - Ealing Service Young single homeless people aged with medium support needs. Must have a local connection to LB Ealing. Referrals are only accepted via LB Ealing's Gateway Team for applicants aged and from LB Ealing's Access to Resources Team for those aged (phone ). George Doyley House Young single homeless African-Caribbean people aged who require low support. Priority to those with a LB Ealing connection.

4 Only accept agency referrals via Ealing Gateway (details above). Local agencies given priority. Do not accept self referrals. Applicants should initially contact Sanctuary Carr-Gomm to see if the local authority has 100% nomination rights in a specific borough. Write or phone (9am-5pm Mon-Fri). Innisfree Housing Association Tel Single vulnerable homeless Irish people with low support needs. Accept agency referrals via Ealing Gateway Services ( ) and Brent START Plus ( or 2571). Cyrenians Housing Tel Single homeless people with support needs, eg people with mental health or substance misuse problems, mothers and babies, care leavers, rough sleepers, young people at risk, refugees. Applicants must have a local connection to the borough where their referral agency is based. Accept referrals from nominated agencies located in boroughs where accommodation is based eg CMHTs, Social Services, LB Ealing Gateway Services, LB H&F PATHS Team. Do not accept self referrals. Sanctuary Carr-Gomm - North Tel Single homeless people with additional support needs, including mental or physical health problems, HIV/AIDS, ex-offenders, care leavers, refugees, a history of drug/alcohol misuse which is now under control. Local connection preferred. Some schemes may accept self referrals and referrals from other agencies. Can accept referrals direct from prison. Most schemes only accept referrals from local authority Supporting People Team or Homeless Persons Unit. St Christopher's Fellowship - North & West Tel Vulnerable young single homeless people aged 16-24, including care leavers and those with a range of low-medium support needs. Applicants must have a local connection to boroughs where properties are based (LBs Brent, Ealing or K&C). All referrals must go via single access routes operating in LBs Brent, Ealing and K&C. Most referrals to the single access routes are from agencies. Applicants can also self refer to the single access routes. Phone (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm) to check vacancies and applicant's suitability. Waiting list West YMCA Homeless people aged with support needs such as mental health, drug or alcohol problems, learning difficulties or physical disabilities. Must have a local connection to LB Ealing. Students, working people, tourists not claiming benefits can self refer. All referrals via LB Ealing Gateway Services. Homeless applicants claiming benefits must be referred by LB Ealing HPU, Housing Advice Centre, Ealing CAT or Social Services. West YMCA - Ealing Common Hostel Tel Homeless people aged with lowmedium support needs. Only accept referrals from LB Ealing's HPU via LB Ealing's Gateway Services (phone

5 7626) and from LB Ealing Social Services. 11 bedspaces for Ealing Social Services referrals only. West YMCA - St Christopher's (Hanwell) Single homeless people aged with support needs, including care leavers and single teenage parents. Must have local connection to LB Ealing.Named agency referrals only. Phone or write (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm).