Help someone experiencing homelessness
Being homeless is tough. Robes is here to help, and you can too.
How to get help for someone sleeping rough
SUBMIT A STREET LINK ALERT - WWW.THESTREETLINK.ORG.UK
The alert is sent to the correct local outreach teams so that they can find the person and help connect them with support services that are only available to verified rough sleepers.
Making a quality StreetLink alert:
Alerts should be accurate, specific and detailed.
1. Place a pin in the map to provide an exact location (make sure the pin is in the correct place).
2. Provide descriptive location details for added context, to help the outreach team locate the person. Give as much detail as possible and be specific.
Remember that outreach teams operate overnight and can ONLY help people sleeping rough.
Accessing Robes Winter Night Shelter (November to March)
In order to access our Winter Shelter we require a referral from one of our partner day centres or the homeless outreach teams in Southwark and Lambeth. The reason for this is twofold - firstly our partners can pre-screen suitability for our shelters, and secondly by having a partner agency also supporting a guest, it doubles the chances of successful move on into more permanent accommodation. Below are some of our partner agencies who can refer to our Shelter. Please advice the person you know who needs the shelter to approach one of them.
SPIRES ROUGH SLEEPER SPACE
Monday & Thursday 9 – 10.30am – St Leonard’s Church, 8 Tooting Bec Gardens SW16 1RB / Tuesday & Friday 9am – 12.30pm – St Luke’s Church, 13 Norwood High St, SE27 0DT / Women’s Space: Every Wednesday 10am – 12.30pm – St Leonard’s Church, 8 Tooting Bec Gardens, SW16 1RB. Phone: 0208 696 0943. Email: info@spires.org.uk
THE MANNA CENTRE
Open seven days a week from 8.30am – 1.30pm. Address: 12 Melior St, Bermondsey, SE1 3QP. Phone: 0207 357 9363. Email: mail@mannasociety.org.uk
ACE OF CLUBS
Monday – Friday 12pm – 2.30pm. Address: St Alphonsus Road, SW4 7AS. Phone: 0207 720 2811 / 0207 720 0178. Email: info@aceofclubs.org.uk
WEBBER STREET DAY CENTRe
Open 6 days a week, Mondays – Saturdays 8.30am – 12pm. Address: 6-8 Webber Street, Waterloo, SE1 8QA. Phone: 0207 928 1677. Email: wsenquiries@lcm.org.uk
CRISIS SKYLIGHT (LONDON)
Open Monday – Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm. Address: 66 Commercial St, London, E1 6LT. Phone: 0300 636 1967. Email: london@crisis.org.uk
THE PASSAGE
Open Monday – Friday 9am – 3.30pm (closed b/w 1pm – 2pm). Address: St Vincent’s Centre, Carlisle Place, SW1P 1NL. Phone: 0207 592 1850. Email: reception@passage.org.uk
How else can I help?
We are always looking for volunteers to help in our shelters or Wednesday Club. We have many different roles, and different locations around Southwark and Lambeth.