HIVE Directory: Homelessness Support

The Portsmouth Recovery Hub is a one-stop confidential drug and alcohol treatment service available to anyone who lives in Portsmouth concerned about their own or a loved one’s drug and/or alcohol use. We have decades of experience and skill and are ready to help you as soon as you are ready yourself. We understand that sometimes the first step can feel the hardest.

Our supportive staff team are non-judgemental and helps connect you with a whole range of services that can help. This includes access to help from a Doctor or Nurse, one to one support, groups, a community day rehab program, counselling, complementary therapies, detoxification, fun and social activities and education/volunteering opportunities.

Can you please change our information so that it reads as follows:-
Café (the Lounge), open Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm, offering fresh, wholesome food and a variety of drinks
Foodbank, open Tuesday 1-3pm and Friday 10-12 noon. One off parcel, no voucher required
Family HUB Parent & Toddler session, Wednesday morning, 9.30-11.30am, term-time only. Please contact The Salvation Army to find out more
Employment Plus, Wednesday morning, 9.30-12.30pm. Employment drop-in offering help and support with job searches, CV's etc.
Craft Club, Thursday morning, 10-12.30pm. Come and meet some new friends over a warm drink whilst enjoying a craft activity
Alpha Course (exploring Christianity) running Spring and Autumn - please contact The Salvation Army to find out more

We work in close partnership with Portsmouth City Council and other local providers to end homelessness in Portsmouth. Society of St James’ dedicated staff support rough sleepers through our Rough Sleeping Support Service.

This is the first point of contact for many people who have found themselves homeless in Portsmouth. Becoming homeless is a truly frightening experience and many people who come through our door are distressed and confused and simply don’t know where to turn. We aim to make people feel safe and welcome and then we start to build a relationship with them so that we can understand their circumstances and help them to find the support they need.

We provide breakfast, hot drinks, shower and laundry facilities, access to the internet, locker facilities for people to store their belongings and we can help people with clothing.

Our staff are always available to help people to sort out their immediate needs, including:

Support applying or managing welfare benefits
Registering with a GP
Help with substance misuse
Help in finding accommodation
Referring for appropriate housing
We also offer a therapeutic programme of meaningful activities, including arts and craft workshops, educational sessions to help people improve their literacy and numeracy skills and life skills workshops.
Regular food available.

We have regular visiting support from substance misuse services, healthcare professionals and from Portsmouth city council’s housing team, who can advise on accommodation options.

Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun Parish.
We are a vibrant community and come together to worship our Lord Jesus Christ in our two churches of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Swithun’s here in Southsea

Sunday Suppers at St Simon’s has been running for nearly 30 years, offering friendship, companionship, a listening ear and hot, freshly-cooked food to vulnerable people from 5:30pm to 7:00pm nearly every Sunday (check the calendar).

We are an organisation with a reputation for developing innovative responses to people who are struggling to improve their family’s difficult circumstances whether from homelessness or family breakdown. We work with families, children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Wednesday at 9am - Hot Breakfast sit down meal
Thursday at 6pm - Hot Dinner sit down meal

The LifeHouse offers meals for homeless people and support/help with addictions to vulnerable adults.

We also offer:
free clothing, regular hairdressing, regular foot care, advice and signposting services, free eye tests and glasses

Gosport (not a Cafe) open for shopping

Shop selling hampers and groceries. Roast Dinner bags plus normal shopping.

SUMMARY:

The Trash Cafe works with food business to stop waste. Pay as you feel for meals and groceries means everyone chooses what they pay, which could be in volunteering time, cash and skills.

We work with people to identify and build their circle of support, which may be friends, family, colleagues, or supporters who form a group, supporting the person to make their own decisions about their life. YOU works in partnership with The EC Roberts Centre and HOPE Portsmouth to support people in crisis in our community.

The Project promotes independence, resilience and recovery from the impacts of COVID through developing Community Circles of Support. We have three Community Circles of Support Partners who help people through outreach, food banks, community larders/pantries and community meals across Portsmouth.

The Community Circles of Support Partners will undertake a holistic assessment identifying skills, potential, root causes of crisis, actions the clients want to take and identify strategies to help themselves for future situations.

The aim of Community Circles of Support Partners is to help people in hardship, including those with complex needs such as mental ill-health, domestic abuse and social isolation. They will benefit from improvements to their health, wellbeing, skills and independence and to understand how to take personal control of their situation.