About the charity

SCDT helps homeless and vulnerable people in Surrey, Sutton and the Wokingham area in Berkshire. Our aim is to provide accommodation and support to people with a variety of support needs to assist them to develop their confidence and daily living skills so they can move on and live as independently as possible. Our work is mainly funded by government; however, there are always funding gaps and a growing shortfall, which makes it difficult to provide the “added extras” which maximise the effectiveness of the housing and support we provide, such as move-on grants for residents to help them move-on successfully to more independent accommodation (funding such items as cookers, fridges, carpeting or furniture). We support homeless people, lone-parent families with domestic violence issues, people with mental health problems, older people, people with physical disabilities, people with learning disabilities and those recovering from drug/alcohol dependency. We help over 1,000 people and families every year and has helped over 15,000 since 1972. Please support our important work.