could provide a warm welcome at one of our centres as someone takes the first step to finding a safe, secure home.
could give someone an hour of one-to-one support and coaching with one of our lead workers; helping them develop skills to find, secure and maintain a home or a job.
could help three people with gas and electricity costs when they're setting up their new home or struggling to make their bills.
could help someone leaving prison who is at immediate risk of homelessness to be supported by our CTI teams in Swansea or Merseyside for one month.
Or
a month could help provide someone with information and advice to support their journey out of homelessness.
a month could help fund one of our support workers to help someone budget and manage their expenses as they settle into their new home.
a month could help provide someone with one-to-one support in finding a secure place to live, so they leave homelessness for good.
a month could help support someone leaving homelessness behind with training, enabling them to gain employment.
Or
"You don’t get a timeline or any sense of what’s going to happen next. I contacted Crisis because I was feeling lost and extremely frustrated. My experience made me realise how little support there is for people."
Zahra
“I’d been in the hotel for more than six months and had no sense of when it would end. My autistic son was really struggling with the conditions. I contacted Crisis because we didn’t get the support we needed. Sophie, my Lead Worker, sent quite a few emails to the temporary housing officer, and she worked like an advocate.”
After more than six months in a mouldy hotel room, infested with cockroaches and bedbugs, Zahra said she felt “in the dark”.
An unsafe room in a hotel or B&B is not a home. But right now, the number of people trapped in insecure temporary accommodation is at an all-time high.
Thanks to your support, people like Zahra are able to get the expert help they need from our frontline teams, who advocate on their behalf, chase local authorities, challenge council decisions and help with paperwork.
Without this, families like Zahra’s can remain stuck in dangerous conditions with their lives on hold. A safe home is the foundation families need for a decent life.
Crisis analysis reveals that the number of households trapped in temporary accommodation in England has almost doubled in just ten years, topping 112,000. This includes over 145,800 children.
Too often, families must try and live in one room with no cooking facilities or space. They don’t know when – or even if – the council will place them into a safe and secure home. Unsafe temporary accommodation can be debilitating for people’s physical health, as well as their mental health.
Decades of failing to build enough social housing and provide the support needed to end homelessness means thousands of people are currently without a safe home.
Currently, more than a million households in England are on waiting lists for a social home. In Wales, 5,700 households are trapped in temporary accommodation while in Scotland, pepple are spending an average of 216 days in temporary accommodation, far beyond the legal 6-week limit.
A safe home is the foundation on which people can build a decent life. It’s vital for good health and wellbeing. It makes it easier for people to succeed at work and at school, to maintain relationships with family and friends, and to contribute to their community.
Please help us continue to address the root causes that push people into homelessness in the first place. Please donate today.
