Service details
All referrals come through the LB Havering Housing Solutions Team. Housing Solutions Rough sleeping Lead - Denise Reece Tel: 01708 433701 or denise.reece@havering.gov.uk
- Telephone
- 01708 370 129
- enquiries@socialinterestgroup.org.uk
- Service Manager
- Martin Holmes 07981 690 560
- Open hours
- 24x7
- Number of beds
- 25 beds
Service description
Faringdon Avenue is a 24 hour, 25-bed service in Romford, delivered in partnership with Havering Council and other local providers, supporting those who are experiencing homelessness. All admissions are jointly agreed, and placements reviewed at a weekly Complex Needs Panel chaired by the local authority. Residents are agreed on the basis that they are:
- Single and vulnerable with high complex needs – including hospital and acute discharges, drug & alcohol and mental health issues
- Street homeless with complex needs
- Aged from 18 to 55 years
- Willing to reduce the use of substances and engage with drug and alcohol treatment services