Stonepillow offers shelter, information and support to empower homeless and vulnerable people to make positive changes in their lives. Over the last 30 years, Stonepillow have expanded their services across West Sussex to support the growing number of people who find themselves on the streets. Currently, the two most common reasons for people accessing our services are family or relationship breakdown and loss of private accommodation. Since 2010, the number of people sleeping rough in England has increased by 164% (from 1,768 in 2010 to 4,751 in 2017). However, these rough sleeping estimates do not take into account the ‘hidden homeless’, those who are in temporary accommodation or sleeping on friends or family’s sofas or in their cars. Stonepillow provides support 365 days a year and have 96 clients in their accommodation on any given evening. Tackling homelessness requires more than just meeting the day-to-day needs of rough sleepers - providing shelter is a start but people need long term support to help them leave the streets for good. Stonepillow provides a complete recovery journey, focusing on the key areas of health, housing and work, and to help people find independent accommodation they can call home.
