Argos Chichester (Inside Sainsbury's)

We offer a lifeline to people who homeless or insecurely housed in the Chichester, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton areas. Through supported housing, health & wellbeing services and community outreach, we help vulnerable members of our community feel empowered to transform their lives. We provide a total of 125 bed spaces across our accommodation sites. In 2024-25 we supported over 1,000 people across our services. Our Values As an organisation we are committed to being: • Client focused– Putting Clients at the heart of what we do and engaging them to actively participate at all levels of the Charity • Collaborative - Working with Clients, Local Communities, Stakeholders and partners to reduce homelessness and end rough sleeping. • Valuing diversity – Clients, staff, volunteers, trustees and communities • Innovative and high quality – Delivering high quality services which evidence value for money and positive outcomes of Clients. • Professional, respectful and kind always – When delivering services to our clients, working with communities and how behave towards each other on a day to day basis. Our History St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association (CCA) was formed in 1989 following a sermon given by the Reverend Hilary Parsons concerning the death of an ex-Graylingwell patient in a public toilet in Chichester, West Sussex. The Association was registered as a charity in 1991 (St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association, charity no 1000830) and also as a Company Limited by Guarantee (company no 2504171). Over the years the original aims have been built upon and new services have been developed and managed by CCA. By offering shelter, information and support, Stonepillow empowers homeless and vulnerable individuals to make positive changes in their lives. We aim to create an environment that promotes social inclusion with practical assistance and without prejudice for all.

1 in 5 people are living below the poverty line in the UK which means today in Chichester District their are families and individuals struggling to put food on the table. For people on low incomes, a sudden crisis such as redundancy, benefit delay or even an unexpected bill can mean going hungry. Everyday parents skip meals to feed their children and people are forced to choose between paying the rent and eating. Since opening September 2012 Chichester District Foodbank has provided 3 day emergency food parcels for those in crisis. The foodbank has also offered support in the form of signposting clients to agencies that can provide them with further help out of their crisis e.g. debt counselling from Christians against Poverty. 61% of the district is rural therefore in our second year we set up 3 satellite foodbank centres in Selsey, Midhurst and Petworth so clients in those areas could easily access our services and not have to travel to Chichester to the main centre.