Crisis merges with Off the Streets and into Work (OSW)
Crisis merged with Off the Streets and into Work (OSW), a charity specialising in employment solutions for homeless people, on 1 April 2010.
The merger will significantly enhance the work of Crisis in the employment and skills field and will ensure that a number of highly successful projects run by OSW over the last few years will continue and expand.
It will build on the work of OSW over the last 15 years in helping homeless people progress through education, training and employment programmes and in helping people access accommodation in the Private Rented Sector together with Crisis' own services in these areas. OSW's experience of gathering evidence of ‘what works' in tackling the barriers many homeless people face will also add to Crisis' strong track record of campaigning for change.
What has happened to OSW's services?
Information about OSW projects and services which are now running as part of Crisis can be found throughout the Crisis website. This includes:
- Employment services to help homeless people find a job, make the best of their employment, and locate affordable accommodation in the Private Rented Sector once they are working
- IntoWork Calculator: simple calculator and comprehensive calculator, to help homeless people decide if they will be better off in work
- 3xE Network: bringing together organisations using social enterprise and supported employment models, and organisations working with unemployed people who are homeless or at risk
- WILLOW Project: a programme of activity to influence the Government's welfare reform agenda
- Right Deal for Homeless People: a new model of service delivery for homeless people
You can also access information about the work of OSW prior to its merger with Crisis, including:
- A film about the pioneering Transitional Spaces Project
- Outcomes and findings from OSW's groundbreaking ESF funded TMD London programme
