What we do

We provide assistance to people who are:

• currently sleeping rough on the streets

• living in temporary or insecure accommodation

• struggling to keep the tenancy on their flat

• isolated from support networks, family and friends

• living with a drug or alcohol addiction

• coping with poor mental health or behavioural problems

• trying to find work

• Thames Reach staff and volunteers work directly with rough sleepers on the street. We provide emergency assistance and encourage them to move into accommodation.

• Our hostels supply a safe, temporary place to stay for people who find themselves homeless.

• Our supported housing projects provide accommodation with assistance for people with specialist needs, including mental health or substance misuse problems.

• To prevent homelessness from occurring, we support vulnerable people in their own rented accommodation. 

• We supply routes into training and employment to give people a sense of purpose and self-confidence and help them rebuild their lives.

• At Thames Reach we understand that isolation and social exclusion can lead to homelessness. We help people to rebuild or create new social networks and provide activities that give them something to look forward to.

• Thames Reach believes that anyone can become homeless. We try to influence policy-makers and public opinion and break down the prejudices that surround homelessness.