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Caring for Homeless People
| London City Mission’s ministry to homeless people is concentrated in our day centre at "Webber Street" where we provide breakfast, clothes, showers and other services. |
“Day centres and drop-ins have always tended to be tolerant and accessible places; they are often the only type of service that some of the most difficult to reach homeless people are willing to use.”
Centre for Housing Policy, Crisis/University of York, 2005 |
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What is "homelessness"?
There are a variety of living situations which are categorized as “homeless”, including:
- rough sleeping - in parks, under bushes, on the streets or in shop doorways;
- squatting in disused premises;
- temporarily sleeping on a friend’s sofa
- living in hostels; etc.
It is estimated that around 3000 people sleep rough in London every year; some only for a few nights, while others are entrenched in rough-sleeping as a lifestyle.
Use the following links to find out more about London City Mission's work with homeless people.
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