Where Value is Found
Where people find home
Where people find home
The church opening it’s doors to homeless teenagers
Naomi Johns, Director of This is GrowTH homelessness project talks to us about the vision and values that drive this work, and their unashamed Christian core.
Refugees attending the weekly drop in at a West London Church share their fears at the prospect of homelessness.
Churches across the Diocese of London are expressing alarm at the dramatically increasing numbers of newly- recognised refugees experiencing homelessness, due to a recent Home Office change in practice to give only seven days’ notice to leave their accommodation
Revd. Mike Barter reflects on the blessings and the challenges of the season for Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter, which they have run as a “mixed model” this year to continue to support street homeless guests.
We hear about the amazing work of Hope for Southall Street Homeless, who are providing practical help and kindness to people who experience homelessness, from St John’s Church, Southall.
We hear about the three-way partnership between St Hilda’s Church, the local prison and the charity Hope Into Action. How they house women coming out of prison who would otherwise be heading straight into homelessness. And how you can join in!
A Home for Good volunteer at St James’s Church Piccadilly shares her experience of befriending and its unexpected outcome.
As we explore, and celebrate the manifold ways our church communities support those who experience homeless, we consider the lifechanging support which Hosting With Housing Justice can offer to those who would otherwise be homeless.
Ami Moulton, Project Manager at the NEWway Project, shares with us her reflections on the 2020 and 2021 Winter Night Shelter seasons.
Caroline Virgo from The Clewer Initiative talks to us about forced begging. One of the lesser talked about aspects of modern slavery that we could be walking right past this Christmas on our high streets.
Churches have responded to homelessness for decades: this article from Housing Justice challenges how we do that and whether we can work for longer term prevention
The launch of “Coming Home”: the report from the Archbishop’s Commission on Housing
On International Anti-Slavery Day, Dr Julia Tomas of The Passage shared how those of us running homelessness provision need to be aware of the risks of falling into Modern Slavery for our guests.
Wednesday 26th April 2023
A space for parishes across the Dioceses of London & Southwark to come together to reflect on provision for those who experience homelessness.
Wednesday 04 May 2022, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
A space for parishes across the Dioceses of London & Southwark to come together to reflect on the 2020 and 2021 night shelter seasons
Thursday 4th November 2021, 7.30-9pm
Part 3 of a 3 part series for churches in the Diocese of London to respond to the “Coming Home” report
Thursday 16th September, 7.30-9pm
Part 2 of a 3 part series for churches in the Diocese of London to respond to the “Coming Home” report
Thursday 29th April, 7.30-9.00pm
Part 1 of a 3 part series for churches in the Diocese of London to respond to the “Coming Home” report
Thursday 2nd July, 11am-12pm
Our regular hour online together to discuss issues that churches are facing on the front line of serving the community.
Today: we hear from the brilliant Tim Bissett, from St Martin in the Field’s Front Line Network, and Kathy Mohan, Chief Exec of Housing Justice around Homelessness post-Covid 19
Tuesday 3rd March, 2020, 2.30pm-5.00pm
A 2-hour interactive workshop providing advice and guidance for churches on how to fundraise for social outreach in their local communities.
Tuesday 19 November 2019, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wednesday 02 October 2019, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
A gathering for all parishes and churches across London who are involved in hosting and volunteering at a Winter Night Shelters or Homeless Drop-in’s.
Tuesday 21 May 2019, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Postponed but what this space for a new date
Wednesday 20 March 2019, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Capital Mass is hosting a series of networking and training events to help support all team members involved in hosting and delivering Winter Night Shelters.
Monday 24 September 2018, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Join us for an evening of celebration with Bishop Sarah as we’re inspired by the impact that compassionate parishes are making in the Diocese of London.
Wednesday 05 September 2018, 6:00PM - 8:30PM
Training and networking for all parishes involved in running winter night shelters
Thursday 29 March 2018, 7:30PM - 11:59PM
Sleep out on your sofa, raise awareness of the 62%
Monday 05 March 2018, 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Spurring each other on in order that together we can tackle homelessness in London
Tuesday 23 January 2018, 6:45PM - 9:30PM
5 speakers challenging the diocese to tackle homelessness
23 April 2016. 9:30 - 15:30
Capital Mass is hosting a rich day of reflection and conversation on London’s Big Issue; Housing.
| Project | Area of Concern | Activity Type | Parish | Area | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiction, depression and disorders course & support | Addiction, Employment & Enterprise, Homelessness, Isolation, Mental Health | Courses | Holy Trinity with St Paul, Onslow Square and St Augustine, South Kensington | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| ASLAN | Homelessness | Drop-in, Food, Housing | All Souls Langham Place | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Breakfast Shop | Homelessness | Food | |||
| Camden Homeless | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Brookfield | Edmonton | Camden |
| Christmas Day Open Church and Soup Kitchen | Homelessness, Isolation | Drop-in, Food | St James Enfield Highway & Brimsdown | Edmonton | Enfield |
| Cold Weather Nightshelter | Food Poverty, Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Andrew's, Whitehall Park | Stepney | Islington |
| Cold Weather Shelter (Sunday Nights) | Homelessness | Shelter | St Augustines Church | Stepney | Islington |
| Conversation Classes | Homelessness | Education & Training | St James with St Matthew Muswell Hill | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Cross Cafe | Homelessness | Drop-in | |||
| Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Drop-in, Shelter | St Peter's Ealing | Willesden | Ealing |
| Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Holy Trinity Southall | Willesden | Ealing |
| Ealing Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Dunstan East Acton | Willesden | Ealing |
| Ealing Night Shelter Group | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Barnabas Ealing | Willesden | Ealing |
| Ealing Soup Kitchen | Homelessness | Food | St Stephen Ealing | Willesden | Ealing |
| ECWNS Ealing Churches Winter Nightshelter | Homelessness | Shelter | All Saints Ealing | Willesden | Ealing |
| Firm Foundation | Food Poverty, Homelessness | Food | St Michael and All Angels Harrow Weald | Willesden | Harrow |
| Get Together | Homelessness, Mental Health | Drop-in, Food, Practical support | Christ Church Roxeth Team | Willesden | Harrow |
| GrowTH homeless night shelter | Homelessness | Shelter | St Anne's, Limehouse | Stepney | Tower Hamlets |
| H1 Hornsey | Homelessness | YMCA Chaplaincy | Holy Innocents Hornsey | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Hackney Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Michael & All Angels London Fields | Stepney | Hackney |
| Hackney Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Drop-in | St John's Hoxton | Stepney | Hackney |
| Hackney Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Paul, West Hackney | Stepney | Hackney |
| Hackney Winter Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Leonard Shoreditch | Stepney | Hackney |
| Hackney Winter Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Anne's Hoxton | Stepney | Hackney |
| Haringey Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Lansdowne Road | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Hillingdon Foodbank | Homelessness | Food | Uxbridge team Ministry: St Margaret's | Willesden | Hillingdon |
| Hillingdon street angels | Addiction, Homelessness, Mental Health | Drugs, Outreach, Practical support | Uxbridge team Ministry: St Margaret's | Willesden | Hillingdon |
| Homeless and Firm Foundation | Homelessness | Food | St Paul South Harrow | Willesden | Harrow |
| Homeless drop in | Homelessness | Food | St Stephen Twickenham | Kensington | Richmond |
| Homeless meal | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St James the Less Pimlico | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Homeless meal | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Bryanston Square | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Martin w St Andrew Gospel Oak | Edmonton | Camden |
| Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Upper Holloway Team Ministry - St Andrew, Whitehall Park | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Stephen and St Thomas w St Michael and St George | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Michael Sutton Court | Kensington | Hounslow |
| Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Stephen Hounslow | Kensington | Hounslow |
| Homeless shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | The Barnsbury Team - St Andrew, Thornhill Square | Stepney | Islington |
| Homelessness Support | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Andrew Fulham Fields | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Hope for Southall Street Homeless | Homelessness | Drop-in | St George's Southall | Willesden | Ealing |
| HTB Shelter | Homelessness | Drop-in, Shelter | Holy Trinity with St Paul, Onslow Square and St Augustine, South Kensington | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| Islington Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Peter De Beauvoir Town | Stepney | Hackney |
| Joel Homeless Shelter | Homelessness | Shelter | St John Hampton Wick | Kensington | Richmond |
| London Citizens | Homelessness, Housing, Political Engagement, Refugee & Asylum | Drop-in | London Inter Faith Centre | Willesden | Harrow |
| Ma-Hu Food Kitchen (Saturday) | Homelessness | Drop-in, Food | St James The Great in Clapton | Stepney | Hackney |
| Mobile Street Cafe | Homelessness | Outreach | St Giles-in-the-Fields | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St John Hendon | Edmonton | Barnet |
| Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Holy Trinity Swiss Cottage | Edmonton | Camden |
| Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Uxbridge Team Ministry: St Andrew | Willesden | Hillingdon |
| Night Shelter | Homelessness | Shelter | St Dionis Church, Parsons Green | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Night Shelter - Christ Church Highbury | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Christ Church Highbury | Stepney | Islington |
| Night Shelter - Edgware Team - St Peters | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Edgware Team - St Peters | Edmonton | Barnet |
| Night Shelter - Hornsey Parish | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Hornsey Parish | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Night Shelter - Old St Pancras Team Ministry | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Old St Pancras Team Ministry | Edmonton | Camden |
| Night Shelter - St Barnabas Kensington | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Barnabas Kensington | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| Night Shelter - St James Alperton | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St James Alperton | Willesden | Brent |
| Night Shelter - St James Clapton | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St James Clapton | Stepney | Hackney |
| Night Shelter - St James with St Matthew Muswell Hill | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St James with St Matthew Muswell Hill | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Night Shelter - St John at Hackney | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St John at Hackney | Stepney | Hackney |
| Night Shelter - St Luke West Holloway | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Luke West Holloway | Stepney | Islington |
| Night Shelter - St Mark Dalston | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mark Dalston | Stepney | Hackney |
| Night Shelter - St Mark Kensal Rise | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mark Kensal Rise | Willesden | Brent |
| Night Shelter - St Mary Acton | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Acton | Willesden | Ealing |
| Night Shelter - St Mary Magdalene and St David, Holloway | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Magdalene and St David, Holloway | Stepney | Islington |
| Night Shelter - St Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill | Edmonton | Camden |
| Night Shelter - St Matthias Stoke Newington | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Matthias Stoke Newington | Stepney | Hackney |
| Night Shelter - St Paul Shadwell | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Paul Shadwell | Stepney | Tower Hamlets |
| North London Action for The Homeless | Homelessness | Drop-in | St Paul, West Hackney | Stepney | Hackney |
| Oasis Coffee Shop and Open Church | Food Poverty, Homelessness, Practical Intervention, Prison & Ex-Offenders, Mental Health | Drop-in | Uxbridge team Ministry: St Margaret's | Willesden | Hillingdon |
| Pack-Up | Homelessness | Drop-in, Food | St James, Islington | Stepney | Islington |
| Pew Sleeping | Homelessness | Drop-in | St James's Piccadilly | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Pryors Bank Lunches | Homelessness, Isolation | Drop-in, Food | All Saints Fulham | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Route 18 Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Michael Tokyngton | Willesden | Brent |
| Saint Laurence’s Larder and Open Kitchen (Tuesday and Thursday Lunchtimes) | Food Poverty, Homelessness, Isolation | Drop-in, Food | Christ Church Brondesbury | Willesden | Brent |
| Saturday Soup Kitchen | Addiction, Food Poverty, Homelessness, Isolation, Debt and Financial Wellbeing, Mental Health | Drop-in | St Anne's Hoxton | Stepney | Hackney |
| Social Club | Food Poverty, Homelessness, Isolation | Drop-in | St Michael Tokyngton | Willesden | Brent |
| Soup at St Gabriel's | Homelessness, Isolation, Prison & Ex-Offenders | Drop-in, Food | St Gabriel North Acton | Willesden | Ealing |
| Soup Kitchen | Homelessness | Food | St Mary Ealing | Willesden | Ealing |
| Soup Kitchen | Homelessness | Food | St Mary South Ruislip | Willesden | Hillingdon |
| SPEAR | Homelessness | Shelter | All Hallows Twickenham | Kensington | Richmond |
| Spitalfields Crypt Trust | Homelessness | Practical support | St Leonard Shoreditch | Stepney | Hackney |
| Spitalfields Crypt Trust | Homelessness | Drop-in | Christ Church Spitalfields | Stepney | Tower Hamlets |
| St Cuthbert's Centre | Education, Food Poverty, Homelessness | Advice & support, Drop-in, Education & Training, Food | St Cuthbert's Church, Earl's Court | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| The Manna | Homelessness | Drop-in | St Stephen Canonbury Road | Stepney | Islington |
| The Shelter Project Hounslow | Homelessness | Shelter | Christ Church Turnham Green | Kensington | Hounslow |
| The Vision Drop-In | Homelessness, Isolation | Drop-in | St Silas Pentonville | Stepney | Islington |
| Upper Room | Homelessness | Practical support | St Saviour Wendell Park | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Volunteers for a night shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St John of Jerusalem South Hackney | Stepney | Hackney |
| Volunteers with The Upper Room | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park | Kensington | Hounslow |
| Welcome Centre | Addiction, Employment & Enterprise, Homelessness, Isolation, Mental Health | Drop-in | St John the Baptist Greenhill | Willesden | Harrow |
| West London Churches Homelessness Concern | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Luke & Christ Church, Chelsea | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| West London Night shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Paul Hammersmith | Kensington | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Philip the Apostle | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Luke West Kilburn | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Emmanuel Harrow Road | Two Cities | Westminster |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Cuthbert North Wembley | Willesden | Brent |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Mary Hanwell | Willesden | Ealing |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | St Melitus with St Mark Hanwell | Willesden | Ealing |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Holy Trinity with St Paul, Onslow Square and St Augustine, South Kensington | Kensington | Kensington & Chelsea |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Food, Shelter | Holy Innocents Hornsey | Edmonton | Haringey |
| Winter Night Shelter | Homelessness | Shelter | St John the Evangelist Palmers Green | Edmonton | Enfield |
Did you know?
— Compassionate Communities (@CompCommunities) May 22, 2023
We've created some simple resources for churches on accrediting to be #LondonLivingWage employers.
As part of our worship and witness, if you already pay the Living Wage- why not let people know by accrediting?
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