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Your rights

The Rights Guide for Rough Sleepers outlines your rights around arrest, stop and search, answering police questions, move-ons, no-drinking zones, sleeping rough, taking a pee in public and highway obstruction. It was put together by the Pavement, Housing Justice, Liberty and Zacchaeus 2000.

If your benefits have been sanctioned (cut off or reduced) and you feel this is unfair, you can appeal. Print this letter and hand it in at the office where you sign on. If you feel you need more advice about sanctions, contact   Zacchaeus 2000 or your nearest Citizen’s Advice Bureau. And let us know contact@thepavement.org.uk at the Pavement!

SERVICES

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Notre Dame Church

5 Leicester Pl

WC2H 7BX

Phone: 020 7440 2660

Saturday: 12:30pm-2:30pm
Monday & Thursday: 11am-4pm (refugees)

Sandwiches from the ground floor of the Maison Pierre Chanel, 16 Leicester Square.

Food (free)

Open Door Meal

St James the Less Parish Centre, Thorndike Street, Nr Moreton Street

SW1V 2PT

Phone: 020 7630 6282

Friday: 7pm-9pm (2nd and 4th weeks of the month.)

Two-course hot meal.

Food (free)

Order of Malta Soup Kitchen

Crypt of St James's Spanish Place Church, 22 George St

W1U 3QY

Thursday: 7:45pm-9pm
Wednesday: 6:15am-7:45am (breakfast club, Challoner Room, 24 Golden Square W1F 9JR)
Thursday: 7:30pm-9pm (café, St James’s, Spanish Place, W1U 3QY)

Hot food, free food, some clothing.

Clothing store, Food (free), Food

Our Lady of Hal

165 Arlington Road, Camden Town

NW1 7EX

Phone: 020 7485 2727

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 12:45pm-2pm

Parish church serving the people of Camden.

Food (free)

Positive East

159 Mile End Road, Stepney

E1 4AQ

Phone: 020 7791 2855

Monday-Friday: 10:30am-5pm

Pre-Covid-19 did HIV testing. Still offers Practical and emotional support and advice by HELPLINE (020 7791 2855) for people living with or affected by HIV in E London. Option 1 psychological help. Option 2 advice line on housing & benefits. Option 3 sexual health questions. Please see website for full list of services operating during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mental health, Advocacy, Benefits advice, Careers advice, Counselling, Food, Internet access, Medical/health, Outreach workers, Sexual health

Quaker Social Action

17 Old Ford Road

E2 9PJ

Phone: 02089835030

The American Church
Tuesday: 10:30am-12:30pm
Lincolns Inn field
Wednesday: 5:30pm-8:30pm
St Giles in the field
Saturday: 9:30am-12:30pm

Quaker Social Action run a community library. ~TuesdaysTurn a Corner: mobile community library at The American Church, near Goodge Street, at 10.30am-12.30pm ~Wednesday: Turn a Corner: mobile community library at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, near Holborn on Wednesdays at 5.30pm-8.30pm ~Saturday: Turn a Corner: mobile community library at St Giles in the Fields, near Tottenham Court Road on Saturdays at 9.30am-12.30pm Providing books to everyone for free (no need to return) as well as reading glasses. Also, Tuesdays: Cook Up: free to use kitchen space in Islington, bi-weekly by appointment.

Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's Centre

The Philbeach Hall, 51 Philbeach Gardens, Earl’s Court

SW5 9EB

Phone: 020 7835 1389

Monday-Friday: 12pm-2pm Take-away and sit-in lunch available.
Monday-Friday: 11am-1pm Mental health advice on 07928 831372.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 12pm-2pm Housing advice
Wednesday: 12pm-2pm NHS nurse available

St. Cuthbert's Centre is a 30-year-old charity that was joined by Refettorio Felix in 2017 through a collaboration with Chef Massimo Bottura’s non-profit organisation Food for Soul, creating the current Refettorio Felix at St. Cuthbert’s Centre.

Food (free), Food, Bathroom/showers, Advocacy, Mental health, Outreach workers, Accommodation/housing advice

Refuge Network UK

Soup Kitchen Location:, Beside the Embassy of Zimbabwe,, Agar Street, Charing Cross.

Saturday: 1pm-2pm

Refuge Network UK runs a community soup kitchen at Charing Cross from where we distribute free food, toiletries, clothing and survival packs to rough sleepers, homeless people, and impoverished individuals from various parts of London.

Food (free), Clothing store

Remar Association UK

847 High Road, Leytonstone

E11 1HH

Phone: 020 8539 0452

Wednesday: 7:30pm-8:30pm (William IV St, Strand - hot drinks, biscuits and sandwiches)

Offers assistance for free to disadvantaged people and individuals suffering from drug or alcoholic addiction. 24-hour helpline: 0791 758 5056

Alcohol workers, Drugs workers, Food (free)

Royal Connections

The Hub Studios, 90 Monier Road (off Wick Lane), Bow

E3 2ND

Phone: 0300 111 1111

Sunday: 4pm-6pm (hot meal on 4th Sunday of the month)

Christian charity dedicated to helping people who need help. Works with other local organisations.

Accommodation/housing advice, Barber, Careers advice, Dentist, Education/training, Food (free), Medical/health, Legal advice

Sadhu Vaswani Centre

25 Cricklewood Lane

NW2 1HP

Phone: 0844 500 1744

Wednesday: 8pm-8:30pm (Lincoln's Inn Fields)

Helps the poor, needy, sick and aged, irrespective of caste, creed or colour. Serves Indian food, rice and bhaji, hot and cold drinks, chocolates and fruit.

Food (free)

Sally's Kitchen - Good Food in the Community

Salvation Army Hall, Southwell Grove, Leytonstone

E11 4PP

Phone: 07944281485

Tuesday: 12pm-1:30pm

Good food in the community. A place for people to go for a free, delicious two-course meal in warm company. Sally's Kitchen is run by local people for local people.

Selby food hub

Selby Centre, Selby Road, Tottenham

N17 8JL

Tuesday: 2pm-4pm
Thursday: 5pm-8pm

Offering a food bank for non-perishable foods and sometimes other food donations.

Food (free), Food

Seventh Day Adventist Church (Stoke Newington)

Yoakley Rd

N16 0BD

Phone: 020 8800 8422

Wednesday: 12:15pm-1:30pm (open door drop-in)
Sunday: 7pm-7:30pm (Lincoln’s Inn Fields)

Shree Jalaram Mandir

2 Wadsworth Road, Perivale

UB6 7JD

Phone: 020 8578 8088

Tuesday: 6:30pm-7pm (Lincoln's Inn Fields)
Wednesday: 7:30pm-8pm (Temple station)
Friday: 6pm-6:30pm (Strand, nr Charing X)

Wonderful vegetarian curries!

Food (free)

Simon Community

129 Malden Road, Kentish Town

NW5 4HS

Phone: 074 230 6000

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:15am-7:30am (tea run: 7.15 Arundel St, Temple; 7.30 Agar St, Strand)
Thursday: 8:30pm-1:30am (soup run: Duke's Rd/Euston; Temple; under W'loo Br, behind NT)
Sunday: 1:30pm-3:30pm (street cafe: St Giles, nr Centrepoint)
Winter shelter:
01 January to 31 March
Monday-Sunday: 7pm-8am
01 January to 31 March
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30pm-11:30pm (street work)

Outreach support out on the streets, taking food and support to their homeless guests in central London. Mobile outreach to Covent Garden and the Strand on Tues, Weds and Thursday evenings and they can be found at the Edith Cavell statue outside St Martin in the fields at 9.30pm. Hot drinks, food, sleeping bags, toiletries and clothes available on request.

Food (free), Clothing store, Outreach workers

St Andrew's Church

Star Centre, Greyhound Road

W14 9SA

Phone: 0207 385 5023

Saturday: 8am-11:30am 15 mins walk from Barons Court Tube

Hot takeaway meal with snacks, fruit and drinks and we offer a shower (with towels and toiletries provided) for around 12 people one-by-one throughout the morning.

Clothing store, Food (free), Bathroom/showers

St Anne's Drop-in Kitchen

St Anne's Church Hall, Hemsworth Street

N1 6TS

Phone: 07847 761 361

Saturday: 5pm-7pm

Soup kitchen offering food,warmth and friendship to all in need.

St Ignatius Church

27 High Rd, Stamford Hill

N15 6ND

Monday-Friday: 1pm-2pm Hot meal eaten outside.

Directions: next to church through car park.

Food, Food (free)

St James Conference of Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP)

St James Catholic Church, George St

W1U 3QY

Tuesday & Friday: 7:45pm-8:15pm (Lincoln’s Inn Fields)

Tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes.

Food (free)

St John the Evangelist

39 Duncan Terrace, Islington

N1 8AL

Phone: 020 7226 3277

Tuesday-Saturday: 12:30pm-1:30pm

Food (free)

St John the Evangelist Church

Brownswood Park, Queen’s Drive

N4 2LW

Phone: 020 8809 6111

Tuesday & Sunday: 8am-12am - Food Bank
Sunday: 8am-12am - Hot Lunch
Tuesday: 6:30pm-6:30pm - Soup Kitchen

Clothing store, Food, Food (free)

St John The Evangelist Church (Duncan Terrace)

39 Duncan Terrace

N1 8AL

Phone: 020 7226 3277

Sunday: 3pm-4pm - Free food (sandwiches and tea) for homeless people

Free food (sandwiches and tea). Clothing available sometimes.

Food (free), Food, Clothing store

St John Vianney Catholic Church

4 Vincent Road

N15 3QH

Phone: 020 8888 5518

Saturday: 5:30pm-6pm (Temple)

Sandwiches, cakes, soup, tea and coffee. Clothing, mainly for men.

Clothing store, Food (free)

St John's Soup Kitchen

St John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park, Gloucester Drive

N4 2LW

Tuesday: 7:30pm-9:15pm (every week; advice 1st Tuesday of month)

Open to all who are homeless or in need, providing a vegetarian meal in a welcoming and friendly environment.