London Homeless Welfare Team
London, UK
We are a multi-award-winning, volunteer-led Community Interest Company: a small team of unpaid volunteers providing around 200 meals a week, about 10,400 a year, for people sleeping rough or vulnerable across London. We have gone out every week since 2020, with zero profit and nobody paid. Current appeal: we are raising £9,995 for a bigger van for food deliveries and outreach, so we can stop turning down vital food support. We will trade in our old van, and the appeal stays open until we reach it. Use the donate link on this page. Our work has two strands: • Street outreach: trained volunteers give out hot meals, clothing and care bags (toiletries, food, socks, underwear and more), offer mental health support and signpost people to shelter, health and recovery services. • Food redistribution: we collect surplus food from Sainsbury's and M&S through Neighbourly and deliver it to homeless shelters and food banks. More than 45,000 meals have been collected through Neighbourly so far. We also offer: • Counselling and addiction support and referrals • Check-in and Chat visits bringing food support to elderly, disabled and lonely people at home • Support for struggling families, including nappies and baby essentials for food banks such as Middle Lane Church • Summer hydration stations with bottled water and care bags Trained and trusted: • MHFA: Mental Health First Aid • ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training • First Aid Level 3 • Naloxone (opioid overdose response) • Trauma-informed Rough Sleeping and Mental Health Awareness training (2026) • Level 2 Food Hygiene and £1,000,000 public liability insurance • Our founder is a Senior Member of ACCPH and a Professional Associate of the Institute of Counselling, and holds an ACCPH-accredited Certificate in Addiction Counselling, Level 8 (SCQF) • Safeguarding policy in place, with a Designated Safeguarding Lead • 100% recommended in our Facebook reviews Awards and recognition: • Two Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards (2022): Contribution to Sector Development and Making a Difference • Global Humanitarian Innovation Award, World Leaders Summit, Oxford (2025) • Global Excellence Awards winner (2026) • Most Inspirational Volunteer Counsellor, National Counsellors' Day Awards (2022), won by our founder • Big Issue Changemakers (2021) • Invited to the King's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace (2025) • Part of a Guinness World Records title for the most people performing CPR in one hour (2026) • Featured in The Big Issue, the Islington Gazette and Care Management Matters Volunteering: volunteer opportunities are updated on our socials. Working in partnership with: • Haringey Recovery Service (HAGA) • Haringey Council • Middle Lane Church food bank • A local women's refuge Community Interest Company, company no. 16004064.
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