Shelter
Project Title: | STAR Partnership (Supporting Tenancies, Accommodation and Reconnections) |
Total London Councils Grant: | £4,013,980 |
Funding period: | 01 April 2017 to 31 March 2021 |
Priority: | Combatting Homelessness |
Service area: | 1.1 Prevention and Targeted Intervention |
Description
Shelter is leading the STAR Partnership (Supporting Tenancies, Accommodation and Reconnections), a specialist partnership with Thames Reach, Stonewall Housing and St Mungo's. Through this partnership the following will be provided:
- An integrated multiple point of access for all users, enabling rapid response triage and advice.
- London-wide targeted engagement and promotion to be relevant and accessible to key priority groups in all 33 boroughs.
- Support for users to directly access the PRS and innovative housing solutions.
- Assertive and targeted outreach direct to street homeless people especially in hotspots and encampments.
- Safe and secure pathways into emergency accommodation.
- Intensive support, including skills training, money management and housing advice to enable families and individuals to maintain their tenancy.
- Personal resilience and independence planning to secure a long-term, healthy and happy home.
- Real opportunities for work.
Referral route
Ben Tovey, London Hub Manager
4 Garrtt Street | London | EC1Y 0TY
Email: ben_tovey@shelter.org.uk
Telephone: 0344 515 1269 M: 0770273391 Referrals: https://england.shelter.org.uk/get_help/local_services/london
Borough benefits
Borough | Anticipated service users per year |
---|---|
Barking and Dagenham | 182 |
Barnet | 196 |
Bexley | 78 |
Brent | 216 |
Bromley | 121 |
Camden | 190 |
City of London | 6 |
Croydon | 194 |
Ealing | 181 |
Enfield | 164 |
Greenwich | 96 |
Hackney | 344 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 234 |
Haringey | 256 |
Harrow | 46 |
Havering | 43 |
Hillingdon | 79 |
Hounslow | 114 |
Islington | 142 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 114 |
Kingston upon Thames | 52 |
Lambeth | 198 |
Lewisham | 187 |
Merton | 57 |
Newham | 348 |
Redbridge | 94 |
Richmond upon Thames | 57 |
Southwark | 221 |
Sutton | 50 |
Tower Hamlets | 166 |
Waltham Forest | 251 |
Wandsworth | 148 |
Westminster | 175 |
Partners
- Thames Reach
- Stonewall Housing
- St Mungo's