Homeless London: What services are not included?

The following types of services are not specifically for homeless people and are beyond the scope of Homeless London:

Accommodation

• Private hostels, bed and breakfast or other privately-run accommodation
• Hostels for students and back packers
• Sheltered housing and other accommodation for older people. Visit the HousingCare website for details of these schemes.
• Care Homes and Nursing homes for older people - visit the HousingCare website for further details of these schemes.
• Projects for people with learning difficulties or physical disabilities. Visit Supporting People Directory for details of these schemes.
• Probation and bail hostels (as these are approved premises with conditions of residency and are for people on bail, probation or licence only).

Non-residential services

eg advice sevices

• Small services that are only open a couple of hours a week (unless working directly with homeless people)
• Specialist services on particular health problems (eg cancer organisations) or disabilities (eg organizations for deaf or blind people)
• Day centre services for older people, and people with learning difficulties or physical disabilities
• Local Victim Support services. Visit the Victim Support website for details of these schemes.
• Services for carers and Crossroads Care schemes
• Small self help groups (unless they provide substantial advice or other services relevant to homeless people) and groups operating from volunteers’ home addresses
• Community centres (unless they provide substantial advice or other services relevant to homeless people)
• Second tier organisations that provide services to other agencies (unless of direct relevance to homelessness organisations)
• Colleges, schools and other mainstream education services
• Hospitals, GPs and other mainstream health and mental health services
• Police stations
• Private practice solicitors. Details about solicitors and advisors at not-for-profit organisations are available from Community Legal Service Direct on 0845 345 4 345 (calls charged at local rates) or from Community Legal Advice
• Commercial services or businesses
• Leisure or sports organisations
• Libraries
• Political parties and Trade Unions
• Environmental and animal welfare organisations