The Garden House offers a drop-in service for rough sleepers with advice and support as well as food and drink

Street Chaplains circulate the city both day and night, listening and talking to people who need support

Peterborough Night Shelter provides emergency accommodation to those needing immediate shelter

Peer Advocacy involves volunteers who have had previous experience of being homeless helping others who are now in need

The Garden House offers information, advice and support to the rough sleepers seven days a week. Our guests can also access food, drink, shower facilities, laundry facilities and clean clothing.

The doors to The Garden House opened on 8th October 2018 when it was felt that there was a real need to offer additional support to those we were able to help through the Winter Night Shelter. At least one new person sleeping on the streets comes through our doors per day for information, advice, support and love, to help them create the future they dreamed of but felt was never possible.

We have linked up with service providers including City Council housing officers, GPs, employment agencies, alcohol and drugs support specialists, mental health teams, Police, hairdressers, chiropodists, and arts therapists. These services visit The Garden House on a regular basis to support people sleeping rough that come through our doors. To coordinate and lead all this, our project workers work tirelessly at the Garden House, supported by some amazing volunteers who are kind enough to donate their time.

The Garden House is a project that really changes the lives of those that come through our doors, because people in the darkest of places are given hope and made to feel valued and supported during some of the biggest challenges they will ever face.

Partner services at the Garden House:

City Council Housing Team – They source rooms in hostels and supported accommodation across the city for those living on the streets to move into.

DDOT (Dual Diagnosis Outreach Team) – As part of the NHS Foundation Trust, the team provide mental health support and consultations to those homeless or in Temporary Accommodation.

Boroughbury Medical Centre – Nurses and doctors visit the Garden House every week to provide medical consultations to those who need it. They will utilise the Health Outreach Bus which is located onsite and provides a medical facility.

CGL Aspire – They offer one-to-one sessions, group work and substitute prescribing to help with the recovery from drugs and alcohol for those living on the streets.