ALDI SALISBURY

For over 30 years, Alabaré has been providing support & accommodation for the homeless. Our provision is for homeless adults, ex-armed forces veterans, adults with learning disabilities & young people, including those leaving the care of the local authority, estranged from their families & homeless, vulnerably housed, adolescent parents & their children & unaccompanied asylum seeker children (UASCs). All of our clients will be experiencing some or all of the following - poverty, poor health, mental ill health, homelessness, alcohol & drug misuse, addiction issues such as gambling, debt, domestic abuse, unemployment, violence & involvement in crime. They are likely to have lost touch with their families & friends, become isolated & have no support structures. Their lives are complex & they are a risk of neglect to themselves & others. Our accommodation & structured support pathway is designed to foster the opportunity to regain independence & develop sustainable resilience necessary for good citizenship. Staff work with homeless clients to enable them to stabilise their situation & mentor them to achieve their agreed personal goals, increase & restore self-confidence, learn new skills, address addictions, debts, physical or mental health needs, & achieve employment or meaningful occupation.

Somewhere To Go is a rough sleeper drop in centre open 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 14:00. Those who are homeless are able to access: - Practical daily living support - some new and pre-loved clothing, new underwear, coats, and shoes. Sleeping bags, food vouchers (when additional funding allows), laundry facilities and washing powder, shower facilities with hygiene products, daily free hot meals, dog care items including food. The opportunity for social engagement, reducing social isolation. - Reducing the digital gap - mobile phones and pre-paid SIM cards (when additional funding allows), workshops to understand and navigate apps and websites in partnership with 3Mobile, access to IT equipment. - Health & Wellbeing - Dentaid every 3 months, stop smoking clinics on Fridays, BBV testing, Hep C clinic, and client awareness delivered by Turning Point. Naloxone training, clean syringes and sharps box, supporting harm reduction. Support with mental health wellbeing from Alabaré Riverside Sanctuary every Monday, providing an ongoing referral path. - Housing Support - Face-to-face support to access Wiltshire Council's Housing Service, and the Rough Sleeper Outreach Officer attends during the week.

This local food project has grown out of the response set up to food poverty during the pandemic. During 2020 the communities team from Salisbury City Council, along with volunteers, began delivering food parcels. This grew into an online shopping service run out of the City Community Centres. It became clear that this source of support needed to continue, and expand, so in April 2021 the project reopened in a City Centre shop and is part of the Your Local Panty franchise run by Church Action on Poverty. The shop is a membership scheme for people living in Salisbury City, who are struggling to balance the demands on their household income, leading to difficult decisions between paying essential bills and buying food. Members can shop at the Salisbury Pantry for £5 and select a range of foods averaging £25 to £35 in value. Surplus food is sourced from local retailers and via Fareshare. The shop itself is in its infancy and the team has hopes to expand the provision from one day a week to two and to respond to the clearly visible need as much as is possible.