Emergency/Hostel & Supported Accommodation
Including drop-in facilities
Canterbury Open Centre
Palmer House, 13 Station Road East, Canterbury CT1 2RB
Tel: (0870) 2241627
Email: info@opencentre.org.uk
Website: http://www.catchinglives.org/
The Centre can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Centre provides a range of services, including:
- 24 Hour drop-in centre for homeless people
- Meals
- Washing and laundry facilities
- Second-hand clothing available
- Advice and support on employment and training
- Access to resettlement services
- Support in moving into long term accommodation
- Advice on alcohol and substance abuse
- Advice on mental health
Carr Gomm Society
Tel: (01795) 509500
Website: www.carrgomm.org.uk
Carr Gomm provides a range of housing and support services,
including:
- Self-contained accommodation
- Shared accommodation
- Homeless projects
- Floating support for individuals
- Floating support for families
Craddock House (Porchlight)
Craddock Road, Canterbury CT1 2YR
Tel: (01227) 788544
Email: craddock@ekc.org.uk
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
Craddock House offers supported housing for 21 residents, in the
form of 5 shared flats in Dover, Canterbury and Thanet:
- Tenants have their own bedrooms, but share other facilities.
Upon entry, each tenant is assigned a key worker who helps him or
her develop a support plan to address his or her housing and
support needs. However, support is low-level and staff are
generally only available Monday-Friday.
- Staff facilitate move-on to longer term accommodation for
tenants.
The service is for single homeless people, over the age of 18,
who are:
- Willing to engage with staff and accept support
- Aware of personal responsibility and have the ability to care
or themselves
- Committed to addressing issues that have hindered housing in
the past
- Committed to controlling substance misuse
- Prepared to share with and respect people from a variety of
backgrounds, ages and cultures
- Able to manage basic living skills
Porchlight Direct Access Hostel (Canterbury)
106 Whitstable Road, Canterbury CT2 8ED
Tel: (01227) 785037
Email: 106@ekc.org.uk
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
This is a 16-bedroom hostel offering accommodation and support
to homeless people on a 3 month licence. Key workers devise support
plans with tenants, based on their individual needs. The support
given to tenants helps them plan for the future, and may include
help with drug and alcohol issues and arranging move-on
accommodation.
Porchlight Direct Access Hostel (Young People)
74/76 Whitstable Road, Canterbury CT2 8ED
Tel: 01227 781158
Email: 74@ekc.org.uk
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
This hostel offers accommodation and support to homeless young
people on a 3 month licence. Key
workers devise support plans with tenants, based on their
individual needs. The support given to
tenants helps them plan for the future, and may include help
with drug and alcohol issues and
arranging move-on accommodation.
Fern Court (Porchlight)
4 Leyburne Road
Dover
Kent
CT16 1SN
Tel: (01304) 216325
Fax: (01304) 216471
Email: ferncourt@ekc.org.uk
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
- Fern Court offers supported accommodation; it has the
facilities to accommodate 12 people for the duration of their
tenancy or licence.
- Each tenant has an individual bedroom with en-suite facilities,
but kitchen facilities are shared
- An assigned key worker helps each tenant develop a support plan
to address their housing and support needs
- Tenants have access to other appropriate support services
New Horizons (Porchlight)
65 Douglas Road, Dover CT17 1BB
Tel: (01304) 205809
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
Support for single homeless people aged 18-65, who are enduring
mental illness. Their mission is to manage, develop and facilitate
coherent, innovative responses to the problems suffered by homeless
people and those with complex needs. Their vision is to end the
cycle of homelessness and social exclusion by providing
accommodation and support services to single people and help
statutory and other voluntary groups through open, accountable and
effective partnership working. Tenants pay a small personal
contribution when in residence.
People must be referred by CPN or
Social Worker, and will require:
- East Kent Cyrenians referral
form
- Mental Health Needs Assessment
- Mental Health Risk Assessment
- ADL Assessment
- Single Agency Assessment
- CPA
New Town Street (Porchlight)
15 New Town Street, Canterbury CT1 1BX
Tel: (01227) 764887
Email: newtownstreet@ekc.org.uk
Website: www.porchlight.org.uk
15 New Town Street offers supported accommodation for young
people, in the form of 8 fully furnished bedsit rooms. Each bedsit
has its own kitchenette, and bathroom and toilet facilities are
shared. There is also a communal TV lounge, laundry facilities and
garden.
The project is staffed by a Young Person Worker Monday-Friday,
who helps tenants develop a support plan to address their housing
and support needs.
Rethink Supported Housing (Willow Lodge)
St Saviour’s Close, Folkestone CT19 5TQ
Tel: (01303) 227220
Email: willowlodge@rethink.org
Website: www.rethink.org
Supported housing for those recovering from mental illness.
Support staff help residents develop daily living skills,
including:
- Shopping
- Budgeting
- Environment maintenance
- Tenancy maintenance (including rent payment, dealing with
neighbours etc)
- Other daily living skills
Residents pay weekly support and rental charges.
St Martin’s Emmaus
Archcliffe Fort, Archcliffe Road, Dover CT17 9EL
Tel: (01304) 204550
Email: admin@stmartinsemmaus.co.uk
Website: www.emmaus.co.uk
St Martin’s Emmaus offers homeless men
and women:
- A home: all residents have a private room and shower room
- Work: St Martin’s Emmaus does its best to preserve the
environment, and as part of this ethos runs a re-cycling and
recirculating business.
- The chance to rebuild their selfrespect in a supportive,
community environment.
St Martin’s House (Stonham Housing Association)
Main Office:
Suffolk House, 302 London Road, Dover CT17 OSY
Tel: (01304) 202431
Supported housing (low-medium support) for homeless
men over the age of 18, in need of supported housing.
Contact
Tel: 01304 872265
Email: housing.options@dover.gov.uk
