Oxfordshire Homeless Movement
Connection Support - Rough Sleeper Outreach Service
Contact Details
OX2 8AH
Service Type
Rough sleeper outreach and verification
Funding Status
Funded by Cherwell District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council
Operating Hours
Flexible. Staff members cover various hours to complete verifications.
Eligibility & Referral
This service provides support and verification for those rough sleeping in Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, and South and Vale district areas
Service Description
Connection Support Rough Sleeper Outreach Service supports people who are sleeping rough by helping them find more settled accommodation, access health and mental health services and drug and alcohol support services and receive the benefits they are entitled to.
If you’d like to make a referral for this project then please complete the referral form on the website and email it back to outreach@connectionsupport.org.uk.
Connection Support is part of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership—OMHP.
As an organisation Connection Support offer volunteering roles that support the provision of their services. To find out how to apply to volunteer, please see their website.
Key functions & activities offered
The Connection Support Rough Sleeper Outreach team:
- Provide a rapid response to those who are rough sleeping.
- Support people who do not having existing connections in Oxfordshire to be linked back to their local areas services.
- Help local people to get into homeless accommodation in Oxfordshire.
- Provide support to enable rough sleepers to build a better future beyond street life.
Connection Support's services on this website:
- Benefits Specialist Service
- Housing Support
- Mental Health Support
- Rough Sleeper Outreach
- Step Down Housing Service
- Supported Housing
- The Beacon Banbury
You may also be interested in:
- Daily services
- How to help someone rough sleeping in Oxfordshire
- I need help for women only
- Oxfordshire Homelessness Alliance
- Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership—OMHP