About Us

Our Vision

Our vision is to

RESTORE lives affected by homelessness,

REBUILD community and

RENEW broken systems

so that everyone in our community has a home in which they can flourish.

Our Mission:

To support single adults in Newham, affected by homelessness, providing:

PURPOSE – to encourage purposeful lives, involving excitement, fun, learning, training, volunteering and employment.

BELONGING – to nurture community, providing daytime places of advice, support and opportunity, partnering with other expert agencies.

SAFETY – joining with churches and the people of Newham to provide cold weather shelter, and safe homes in which to heal and thrive.

Our Values:

LOVE – to love in all its fullness, with kindness, grace & truth

WELCOME – our welcome is bigger than our rules. We encourage behaviour that is

kind & respectful

EMPOWERMENT: – We want everyone to develop their strengths and skills. We won’t do for others what they can do for themselves, but we love to support and encourage all we can.

We encourage all to hold boundaries, and we encourage guests to take responsibility, recognising our role is to help people to help themselves. We seek to manage behaviour in an appropriate and compassionate way, and are willing to step back when a guest is not willing to move forward.

We work in an open and honest way, seeking to build trust with all we encounter. We value partnerships, recognising the synergy between our work and sharing our resources where we are able. We value honesty and are clear with guests and partners about what we can do, and what we cannot do.

“I will tell you the kind of day I want—a day to set people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off others. I want a day when you set troubled people free and you take the burdens from their shoulders. I want you to share your food with the hungry.

I want you to find the poor who don’t have homes and bring them into your own homes. When you see people who have no clothes, give them your clothes! Don’t hide from your relatives when they need help.”