Connection at St Martins, Adelaide St, WC2
Thursdays 2-4pm (2 sessions – group singing and acting and 1-2-1 singing coaching, open to Connections clients only)

The Connection at St Martin’s is the busiest centre for homeless people in the UK. What makes them unique is the range of services they provide under one roof. The Connections at St Martin’s provide their clients with practical advice and support, as well as education and training opportunities. They have a dedicated and highly skilled team of workers and volunteers who help over 5,000 people each year, and they have a proven track record in making a real difference to the lives of homeless people. www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk

Crisis Skylight, Commercial St, E1
Fridays 5.15-7.15pm (group singing and acting, open to all)

 

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. Crisis Skylight is an award winning and accredited education, training and employment centre, offering practical and creative workshops in a supportive and inspiring environment together with formal learning opportunities that lead to qualifications and can help to find work.

Queen Mary Hostel, Greencoat Place, SW1
Tuesdays 4.30-5.30pm (open to residents of Queen Mary’s and by appointment)

 

Queen Mary hostel has been providing a service to homeless women for nearly 90 years. Originally, the site was run by Church Army as a hostel for displaced women from different backgrounds and many capable of working. Many of the women worked in the hostel as part of the conditions of their residence.

Today, Queen Mary’s is a mental health supported housing service, providing support within a safe environment for single homeless women. They encompass a large age range; the lower age limit is 18 and there is no upper age limit. They support all residents to achieve positive outcomes, recognizing the diverse needs and different life choices of individual service users, embracing these in the support that we offer.

The Passage, Carlisle Place, SW1
Tuesdays 1.30pm-3.30pm (group singing and acting, open to Passage clients)

Their mission is to provide resources which encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives.

Based in Carlisle Place, Victoria, the organisation offers a wide range of services, year round to help homeless and vulnerable people. They operate London’s largest voluntary sector day centre, including street outreach work in our local area and a 40 bed direct access hostel, Passage House, off the Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1. They also manage 16 self contained flats in Montfort House which is located above the Day Centre in Carlisle Place, where on-site support workers help residents prepare for moving on to housing association or council accommodation.

The Passage believes in a ‘hand up’ not a ‘hand out’ for homeless people. Our approach is to address the root causes that have led to someone becoming homeless in order to help them break the cycle once and for all.

 

Please get in touch if you need more details or directions (call 0207 730 9551 or email admin@streetwiseopera.org)