We try to produce the most complete service listings, so if you notice any omissions or mistakes, or if you'd like to stock the Pavement, please get in touch. If you click on the word site beside an organisation's name, you will be taken to its website, and if you click on map, you can find out where it is. The listing is divided into these categories:

day centres | night shelters |soup kitchens | medical services | drug/alcohol services |
advice services | benefits agencies | ex-Forces services | telephone services |seasonal services

Also listed are: basic support facilities (benefits advice; barber; bathroom/showers; clothing; food and free food; housing advice; laundry; luggage stowage; outreach workers; outreach workers links; safe keeping; SSAFA; and tenancy support); health-related facilities (Alcohol workers; counselling; drugs workers; dentist; foot care; mental health; medical services; and sexual health advice); and education and leisure facilities (art classes; careers advice; education/training; internet access; and music classes). And, of course, Pavement stockists!

If you'd like a print-out of these details, please use this version.

Day centres [Top of page]

Ace of Clubs (16+) (site, map)
St Alphonsus Road
Clapham, SW4
020 7622 3196
Sun, Mon, Tues: 2pm-6pm; Wed, Thurs: 12 noon-2pm; Fri, Sat: 12 noon-6pm
Bathroom/showers, dentist, food, foot care, housing advice, internet access, laundry, medical services, outreach workers

Acton Homeless Concern (site, map)
Emmaus House
1 Berrymead Gardens
Acton, W3
020 8992 5768
Call for opening times
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, barber, clothing, drugs workers, dentist, education/training, food, foot care

Aldgate Advice Centre (site, map)
St Botolph's Church
Aldgate High Street, EC3
020 7283 1950
Mon-Fri: 9.15am-11.30am for rough sleepers; 1.30pm-3.30pm: appointments and activities; Fri: 3pm-4pm for rough sleepers
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, housing advice, laundry, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists

Broadway Day Centre (site, map)
Market Lane
Shepherds Bush, W12
020 8735 5810
Mon-Fri: 9.30am-2.30pm (drop-in); 8.30am-4.30pm (breakfast for rough sleepers)
Clothing, education/training, food, foot care, housing advice, medical services, Pavement stockists

Choral Hall Lifeskills Centre (site, map)
310 Barking Road
Plaistow, E13
020 7511 8377
Mon-Fri: 10am-2pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, food, foot care, laundry, medical services

Cricklewood Homeless Concern (site, map)
60 Ashford Road
Cricklewood, NW2
020 8208 1608
Housing drop-in: Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-11am (for advice, please be at front door at 9am for ticket). Day services: Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-3.30pm (10am-12.30pm for advice; 1pm-3.30pm for basic services)
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, housing advice, internet access, laundry, medical services, outreach workers links

Crisis Skylight (site, map)
66 Commercial Street
Whitechapel, E1
020 7426 5661
Mon-Thurs 2pm-9.30pm
Art classes, education/training, internet access, Pavement stockists

Deptford Churches Centre (site, map)
Speedwell Street
Deptford, SE8
020 8692 6548
Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri:
9am - 3.30 pm
Bathroom/showers, education/training, food, housing advice, laundry

Finsbury Park Street Drinkers Initiative (map)
91 Tollington Way
Finsbury Park, N7
020 7263 4140
Mon-Thurs: 8.30am-3pm
Alcohol workers, bathroom/showers, drugs workers, food, housing advice, laundry, outreach workers links

Hanbury Community Project (SCT) (site, map)
22a Hanbury Street
Spitalfields, E1
020 7377 2497
Wed-Thurs 10.00am-4.00pm
Art classes, benefits advice, counselling, education/training, internet access, Pavement stockists

Holy Cross Centre (site, map)
The Crypt, Holy Cross Church
Cromer Street, WC1
020 7278 8687
Mon: 2pm-5pm;
Tues: 6.30pm-9pm; Thurs: 5-8pm (Italian speakers session); Wed: 12-2.30pm and Fri: 12-3pm (refugees and asylum seekers session).
Free food, housing advice, mental health, Pavement stockists

London City Mission - see Waterloo Christian Centre

Manna Day Centre (site, map)
6 Melior Street, SE1
020 7403 1931
Mon-Sun: 8.30am-1.30pm
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, dentist, free food, foot care, housing advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists

North Lambeth Day Centre
* Closed, but we'll be looking at what comes of it.

North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH) (site, map)
Church Hall
24-30 Bouverie Road
Stoke Newington, N16
020 8802 1600
Tue: 12pm-1.30pm (drop-in); Thurs 7pm-8.30pm
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, Pavement stockists

Rochester Row Day Centre (map)
97 Rochester Row
Victoria, SW1
020 7233 9862
Mon and Fri: 5.30pm-8pm (appointments only); Tues 2pm-4.30pm (art workshop); Wed and Thurs: 5.30pm-8pm (drop-in session); Thurs 1pm-5pm (Benefits); Thurs and Fri 2pm-4pm (English classes)
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, education/training, free food, Pavement stockists

Shoreditch Community Project (SCP) (site, map)
St Leonard's Church
Shoreditch High Street, E1
020 7613 3232
Mon, Wed, Fri: 9.30am-12.30pm; Tues: 2.00pm-4.00pm
Free food, benefits advice, outreach workers links, Pavement stockists

Simon Community (site, map)
House of Hospitality
129 Malden Road
Kentish Town, NW5
Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm
* So much more than a drop-in centre, and they've many services listed with the soup runs.

Spectrum Centre (site, map)
6 Greenland Street
Camden Town, NW1
020 7267 4937
Mon: 10am-12pm (advice), 2pm-4pm (drop-in); Tues: 10am-12pm (advice), 2pm-4pm (women only); Wed: 2pm-4pm (advice); Thurs: 10am-2pm (advice); Fri: 10am-2pm (advice); 2pm-4pm (advice)
Alcohol workers, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, foot care, housing advice, laundry, luggage stowage, mental health, medical services, tenancy support

Spires Centre (site, map)
8 Tooting Bec Gardens,
Tooting Bec, SW16
020 8696 0943
Tues and Thurs: 9-10.30am (rough sleepers only), 10.30am-2pm (drop in); Wed: 10am-12pm (rough sleepers), 10am-1pm (adult learning centre); Fri: 10am-1pm (women only); Sun: 11.30am-3pm (drop-in)
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, free food, foot care, housing advice, music classes, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists

Spitalfield's Crypt Trust - see Hanbury and Shoreditch Community Projects

St Christopher's Fellowship (map)
Lime Grove Resource Centre
47 Lime Grove,
Shepherds Bush, W12
020 8740 9182
Call for opening times
Art classes, bathroom/showers, careers advice, education/training, foot care, internet access, laundry, medical services

St Cuthbert's Centre (map)
The Philbeach Hall
51 Philbeach Gdns
Earls Court, SW5
020 7835 1389
Mon-Fri: 11.30pm-3.45pm
Art classes, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, food, housing advice, internet access, laundry, outreach workers links, Pavement stockists

St John's at Hackney Community Space Centre (map)
Lower Clapton Road
Clapton, E5
020 8985 6707
Mon-Thurs: 10am-12.30pm; 2pm-4.30pm; Wed: 10am-12.30pm
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, education/training, food, housing advice, internet access, medical services

St Stephen's Church (site, map)
The Manna
17 Canonbury Rd
Canonbury, N1
020 7226 5369
Tues: 7pm-9pm (drop-in); Weds: 1-3pm (drop-in: benefits advice and foot care); Fri: 10am-1pm (drop-in)
Bathroom/showers, clothing, foot care, free food, laundry, Pavement stockists

The Connection at St Martin's (16+) (site, map)
12 Adelaide Street, WC2
020 7766 5544
Mon-Fri: 9am-1pm (12.30pm Wed). Various afternoon sessions from 1pm (except Wed). Weekends: 9am-1pm (no entry after 10.30am). There are also drop-in sessions on Tues and Thurs 4.30pm-7.30pm.
Alcohol workers, art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, careers advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, housing advice, internet access, music classes, mental health, medical services, outreach workers, Pavement stockists, safe keeping, SSAFA
* Now a mixed service, running from the door in Adelaide Street - buzzer to left of door. See story in Issue 9.

The Passage (25+) (site, map)
St Vincent's Centre,
Carlisle Place
Victoria, SW1
020 7592 1850
Mon-Fri: 7am-11am for rough sleepers. Appointments only beyond this time.
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, careers advice, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, food, foot care, housing advice, internet access, laundry, mental health, medical services, tenancy support

Upper Room, St Saviour's (map)
Cobbold Road
Hammersmith, W12
020 8740 5688
Mon-Thur: 5.30pm-6.45pm; Tue: 9.30am-11.45am; Sat-Sun: 12.30 pm-1.30pm
Alcohol workers, barber, counselling, careers advice, drugs workers, education/training, foot care, free food, housing advice

Waterloo Christian Centre (site, map)
6-8 Webber Street
Waterloo, SE1 8QA
020 7928 1677
Mon-Fri: 9am-12noon
Benefits advice, barber, bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, housing advice

West London Day Centre (site, map)
134-136 Seymour Place
Marylebone, W1H
020 7569 5900
Mon-Fri: 8.45am-10.30am for rough sleepers only; 2pm-4pm (drop in) with tenancy support and light refreshments
Art classes, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, counselling, clothing, food, internet access, laundry, luggage stowage, medical services, outreach workers links, Pavement stockists, safe keeping, tenancy support

Whitechapel Mission (site, map)
212 Whitechapel Road
Whitechapel, E1
020 7247 8280
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun: 6am-11am (cooked breakfast)
Bathroom/showers, clothing, free food, medical services, outreach workers links

Night shelters [Top of page]

Redbridge Night Shelter (map)
16 York Rd
Ilford, IG1 3AD
020 8514 8958
Year round
18 Beds (16 male/2 female)
Open Access (Dry)

St Martin's Night Centre (site, map)
Social Care Unit
St Martin's-in-the-Field (now on camp beds at 12 Adelaide Street)
Year round: 10pm-7.30am
Space for 40
Referral only (Dry)

Turnaround (Newham) (site, map)
Choral Hall Lifeskills Centre
310a Barking Road
Newham
020 7511 8377
Year round 7.30pm to 7.30am
25 beds
Referral from Choral Hall Day Centre (Dry)

Soup kitchens [Top of page]

American Church (site, map)
(Entrance in Whitfield Street)
79a Tottenham Court Rd, W1
020 7580 2791
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 10am-12pm. Serving hot meals, soup and bread, and/or sandwiches
* Now stocks the Pavement

ASLAN
All Souls Church - Clubhouse (site, map)
Cleveland Street, W1
020 7580 3522
Sat: by invitation

Medical services [Top of page]

Great Chapel Street Medical Centre (site, map)
13 Great Chapel Street
Soho, W1
020 7437 9360
Mon-Fri: 2pm-4pm; Mon, Tues, Thurs: 11am-12.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, drugs workers, dentist, foot care, housing advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Dr Hickey's - Cardinal Hume Centre (site, map)
Arneway Street
Westminster, SW1
020 72228593
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 10am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm.
Wed: 10am-12.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, drugs workers, dentist, foot care, housing advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

King's Cross Primary Care Centre (site, map)
264 Pentonville Rd
King's Cross, N1
020 7530 3444
Benefits advice, bathroom/showers, clothing, dentist, foot care, housing advice, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, sexual health advice

Project: London (Médecins Du Monde) (site, map)
Praxis
Pott Street
Bethnal Green, E2
Mon & Wed 1-5pm
07974 616 852
Medical services, sexual health advice
*  Project: London also operates at Providence Row and U-Turn.

Drug/alcohol services [Top of page]

The Hungerford Drug Project (Turning Point) (site, map)
32a Wardour Street
Soho, W1
Mon-Fri 2pm-5pm (drop in)
020 7287 8743
Alcohol workers, counselling, drugs workers, mental health, Pavement stockists

The Needle Exchange Van (map)
Centrepoint
New Oxford Street, W1
Mon-Fri 4pm-7pm
* Rumours suggest that this service has been, or will be, suspended. We'll try to get a definitive statement on this.

Advice services [Top of page]

Borderline (Scottish) (site, map)
7-9 Belgrave Road
Victoria, SW1
0845 456 2344 (advice line)
Mon-Fri: 9.30am - 10.30am (drop-in advice service); 9.30am-4.30pm (appointments)
Closed Wed pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, housing advice, mental health, Pavement stockists

London Irish Centre (site, map)
50-52 Camden Square
Camden Town, NW1
020 7916 2222
Ring for specific service times
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, counselling, clothing, drugs workers, education/training, housing advice, music classes

Notre Dame Refugee Centre (map)
5 Leicester Place
Leicester Square, WC2
020 7434 1619
Mon & Thurs: 11am-4pm (drop in)
Service for French-speaking refugees and asylum seekers
Benefits advice, counselling, careers advice, free food, housing advice

St Giles Trust (site, map)
64 Camberwell Church Street
Camberwell, SE5
020 7703 7000
Mon-Fri: 9.30am-12.30pm
Alcohol workers, benefits advice, bathroom/showers, drugs workers, education/training, housing advice, laundry, mental health, medical services, Pavement stockists, tenancy support

Benefits agency [Top of page]

Southwark Homeless Unit (map)
Wedge House
36-40 Blackfriars Road
Southwark, SE1 8PB
020 7902 8600

Specialist services [Top of page]

Quaker Mobile Library
Mon (every second): North Lambeth Day Centre (Waterloo), The Christian Centre in Webber St (behind the Old Vic), and The Manna Centre (the busiest stop).
Sat (every): am, The Passage and St Martin's.

Ex-Forces [Top of page]

Ex-Service Fellowship Centre (map)
40 Buckingham Palace Road
Victoria, SW1
020 7828 2468
Offers an excellent service.

AWOL? Call the 'reclaim your life' scheme from SSAFA on 01380 738137 (9am-10am Mon-Fri).

Telephone services [Top of page]

Shelter
Housing info and advice
0808 800 4444
Every day, 8am-12am

Message Home Helpline
0800 700 740
Every day, 24 hrs

Runaway Helpline
0808 800 7070
Free line for under-18s who have left home

Get Connected
0808 808 4994
Free advice for young people (1pm-7pm, 7 days)

National Debtline
0808 808 4000

Seasonal shelters [Top of page]

Details on winter shelters will be updated as soon as they are known.

Camden and Clerkenwell
Various churches
07908 131518
1 Jan-31 Mar 06: 24hrs
Beds for 12
Local referral only (Dry)

Hackney Winter Night Shelter
Various Churches
07985 977 751
1 Jan-31 Mar 06: 8pm-8am (7pm Sun). Last entry 10pm (9pm Sun)
Beds for at least 20
Open Access (Dry)

Islington Cold Weather Shelter
Various Churches
07960 491151
1 Jan-31 Mar 06: 7.30pm-8.30am
Beds for 12-15
Entry by booking ahead (Dry)