Real life stories

I am currently looking for a place to live and also trying to find work while waiting for important documentation for the purpose of reuniting with my family.

Aarifa Read more

'I always feel at home when I come to WLM Seymour Place'

John Read more

'What I really need is the strength to keep going, to keep the feeling that things can be better. Coming to WLM Seymour Place helps me to do that.'

Mark Read more

'I am lucky to be able to sleep in a safe place, I feel protected and accompanied and that is very important.'

Michael Read more

'Being on the streets, I have met many good people and one of them told me about WLM Seymour Place'

Carl Read more

'I was very worried about how I’d cope. Thank you for getting in touch, it’s taken the stress away.'

Iris Read more

'Life has changed so much and I appreciate your help so much. I feel better and wake up and my brain is ready to learn, I am rested. I am so pleased.'

Violet Read more

Latest

Administrator

WLM Highbury Counselling Centre

‘Huge moment’ as architect’s homelessness project launches

The architect behind a scheme to match homeless people with unused addresses has described the launch of a pilot project as a ‘huge moment’

'A game changer'. The UK's first LGBTQ+ extra-care housing scheme gets go ahead

Accommodation in Manchester will support older LGBTQ+ people, whose loneliness has been exacerbated by the pandemic

Surge in homelessness in London during lockdown, figures show

Figures show 4,227 people were recorded as sleeping rough on capital's streets between March and June – a 33 per cent increase on the same period last year

Are micro-houses the solution to Britain’s homelessness crisis?

With an estimated 320,000 people homeless in Britain, charities are turning to using tiny ‘pods’ as temporary accommodation

'London is so strange and sad': the sacked hospitality workers sleeping rough

Homelessness charity says it has ‘never witnessed a more distressing situation’ than during coronavirus crisis

Administrator

WLM Highbury Counselling Centre

Housing

WLM offers a wide range of housing services to help those sleeping rough to come off the streets or those who need long-term housing solutions.

WLM St Luke's

WLM St Luke’s Hub helps local people get support to manage their money and use computers to learn how to get online.

Fears homeless charities are being turned into 'immigration enforcers'

The Home Office are using the organisations to get personal data that could see rough sleepers being deported

Affordable counselling

WLM Katherine Price Hughes House (KPH)

WLM Katherine Price Hughes house (KPH) is a temporary accommodation service for 20 men convicted of criminal offences who have recently left prison and are working towards their rehabilitation.