Crisis Skylight London
Crisis Skylight London is an award winning education, training and employment centre for homeless and vulnerably housed people in East London. It offers practical and creative workshops in a supportive and inspiring environment together with formal learning opportunities that lead to qualifications and finding work.
The wide range of courses including art, music and drama, bike maintenance and carpentry, literacy, numeracy, IT and ESOL help people to restore their well-being, regain confidence, build their basic skills and raise their aspirations.
Get inspired
Find out what accredited courses you can do at Crisis Skylight this Autumn. We offer a range of free classes from IT, Literacy, Maths, Food Safety, Health & Safety and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and more.
Crisis Skylight also offers free workshops in creative and performing arts, as well as activities to stimulate your body, mind and spirit.
How we work
- We have four terms during the year, each lasting ten weeks.
- At the end of term we hold a performance event to showcase some of the workshops and performers.
- We display the art work of all our members who are involved with creative arts in a week-long exhibition
- We also are open for a Summer School in the month of July, offering short courses in creative and perfoming arts as well as activities to stimulate the body, mind and spirit.
How to find us
Crisis Skylight London is at 66 Commercial Street, London E1
Tel: 020 7426 3838 or email Jessica.Draper@crisis.org.uk for more information on the service.

