From the centre on Deptford Broadway they offer services for homeless people. As well as people who sleep rough, they support those who are vulnerably housed; sofa surfing or living in temporary accommodation.
People who have nowhere to live can come to the Gateway centre to have a shower, do their laundry and eat breakfast. They can also access healthcare from visiting nurses, mental health workers and health professionals.
The 999 Club Advice & Support service offers guidance so that people can identify what help they are entitled to through housing provision and benefits, and maintains strong links with private landlords willing to accept former rough sleepers as tenants. They also provide individual support, including accompanying people to appeals and court hearings.
The Night Shelter is a first step away from the streets for many of its guests, and gives us the opportunity to work intensively with people to help them find a place to live.
Alongside these essentials, they offer Learning & Activities and Employability Support programmes designed to build self esteem, allow for self expression and teach skills that will help people achieve nationally recognised qualifications and get back into the workplace.
The services create the opportunity for people to gain the confidence and skills needed to transform their lives. They accomplish all this with 13 members of staff, and over 50 regular volunteers and they are proud that the charity makes such a big difference to the lives of the people they help. The commitment to best practice and transparent process has enabled us to achieve the Advice Quality Standard for the advice service that they offer, and the PQASSO quality mark for the way they run the charity. They are registered with the Fundraising Regulator.
They have attracted funding from major trusts, foundations, and corporate social responsibility funds, as well as Comic Relief and Big Lottery.
The local community in Lewisham and Greenwich give us fantastic support, as do a number of regular donors from across the country who’ve come across the 999 Club and made a long term commitment to support the work they do. They honour that commitment by delivering high quality services for homeless people.
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