London Hostel News

New Projects

• Centrepoint - Housing Support Sutton Team
• Depaul UK - The Crash Pad
• ECHG - Parliament Hill
• Hope House
• St Mungo's - Birkenhead Street
• St Mungo's Spring Gardens

Hostel Refurbishments (Communities and Local Government's Places of Change Programme)

Further information about the CLG's Hostels Capital Improvement Programme can be found at Policy Briefing 12 and Places of Change.

• Branches Nightshelter Moved to a temporary address July 09. Project due to re-open at new venue summer 2010.
• Centrepoint - Berwick Street closed 1/6/09 for approx 1 year whilst a major refurbishment takes place.
• London & Quadrant - Monument Way currently closed for a major refurbishment. Reopening time currently unknown (at least until October 2009).
• Novas Scarman - Arlington House - Refurbishment expected to be fully completed by November 2009.
• Providence Row - Fidelis House remains closed due to a refurbishment. Re-opening date not known.
• South London YMCA - Letts House - remains closed due to a rebuild. Due to re-open late 2009/early 2010.
• Redbridge Nightshelter Closing August 2009 for re-building. Due to re-open sometime in 2010. In the meantime the service will move to an address in Mansfield Road.
• Servite Houses - Ravenna Road opening date not currently known.
• St Mungo's - Pound Lane closed in 2008 for a rebuild. The project is temporarily located at 350 Seven Sisters Road, N4. Re-opening date approx April 2010.

Hostel Closures

The following projects have recently closed:

• Centrepoint - Delancey House

Hostel Name Changes

The following projects have recently changed their name:

• Cara Irish Housing Association projects now known as Central and Cecil
• Depaul Trust now known as Depaul UK
• Equinox Women's Service - Oulton House now known as Nacro - Broadhurst Gardens
• London & Quadrant - Brent Refugee Project now known as ECHG - Brent Refugee Service
• London & Quadrant - Waltham Forest Refugee Project now known as Forest YMCA - Waltham Forest Refugee Project
• Nacro - Creekside Foyer now known as Nacro - Greenwich Foyer
• Rugby House - ARP projects now known as Foundation66
• RH-ARP - Croydon Rough Sleepers Project to be transfered to Thames Reach on 1/6/09. Project now known as Thames Reach - Croydon Reach
• Thames Reach - Floyd Road now known as Thames Reach - Greenwich Third Stage Project
• The Arbour now known as The Nehemiah Project
• The Haven now known as The Haven @ St Luke's Centre