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How Algimantas put homelessness behind him

When Aligmantas was forced into homelessness, he had no choice but to sleep in a tent - even though he was working; and he subsequently lost his job.

“That’s it. Enough. I’m becoming too old. I’m still on the streets with no college or normal work.”

Algimantas was supported by Crisis in Oxford; he moved into a local hostel temporarily before his Lead Worker (Will) found him a vacant room.

 

Algimantas is grateful for the financial support provided by Crisis which has enabled him to pay his first month’s rent.

 

The support from Crisis has also enabled him to purchase furniture, which was essential as the room was virtually unfurnished when he moved in. Algimantas is also extremely grateful to Will for his advice help and practical support in finding suitable accommodation.

“He is cool. He is a very nice person. Seriously, I respect this man. He is doing a good job and he has a lot of experience.”

He now offers friends experiencing homelessness support and advises them to seek help from others too. “I say to them, listen, come to my house. I feed you. You can stay two, three days. Then you go to Crisis.”

“I respect Crisis for trying to help people from the street. I really appreciate it.”

 

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How your support helps people out of homelessness

Welcome

When someone comes to Crisis for help out of homelessness, they receive a warm welcome from a member of our Engagement and Assessment team. We talk through their situation and make sure that anyone who would benefit from services, support and advice elsewhere are signposted and referred. When we are best placed to help, we rapidly allocate a Lead Worker and they become a Crisis member.

 

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Lead Working

Our Lead Workers provide one-to-one tailored support and coaching to help our members find ways out of homelessness. Lead Workers have different specialisms and they are paired with members based on the specific needs and challenges they’re facing.

 

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Mental Wellbeing

Crisis psychologists train and support our frontline staff to develop the skills, confidence, and emotional ability to work positively with members who have experienced trauma. Our psychologists also provide one-to-one support to members who are facing mental health challenges and have been unable to access psychological services elsewhere.

 

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Learning & Skills

Crisis members can engage with our learning and skills programmes while working with their Lead Workers. Programmes include vocational training, technical qualifications and equipment to help someone find their way back into employment, arts and wellbeing sessions, and practical sessions to help with finding, securing, and maintaining a home.

 

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Housing

The goal of all our work with members is for them to find a safe, decent, and affordable home. Our relationship with members ends when their home is sustainable. Crisis are lobbying the Government for new affordable homes, and we are launching a new not-for-profit lettings agency to improve housing supplies for our members and those at risk of homelessness.

 

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Why donate to Crisis

We are the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Your donation helps to fund our year-round work with people experiencing homelessness. We offer individual tailored support to help people access benefits, healthcare services, employment opportunities, and more.

Our main aim is to relieve the huge pressure of homelessness, by helping people find safe and affordable homes as quickly as possible.

We campaign on the political changes needed to end homelessness for good and conduct research to understand and highlight the scale, causes and consequences of homelessness.

How we spend your pound
A pie chart that describes how we spend your pound. For every £1 we spend, 61p of this goes on our charitable expenditure, 34p goes on fundraising and 4p on our charity shops.

 

For every £1 we spend on fundraising, we raise £3.14 to fund our charitable services.

Our fundraising promise

We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator and promise to be honest, respectful, and accountable in how we treat you.

Where we give example stories about our members, we promise these are genuine experiences, even if their names or photos are changed to respect their privacy.

Although we cannot guarantee your donation will be spent on specific items or services, we can guarantee your donation will be used wherever it is needed most to help our work all year round with people facing homelessness.

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Please contact our supporter helpline if you have any questions about making a donation to Crisis. You can also contact us if you would like to change the way we communicate with you.

 

 
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