Welcome to the Homeless Places Project, a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Award Number: R000238996)

The Homeless Places Project provides a detailed picture of the emergency services available to single homeless people in the UK (outside of London).

Drawing upon a national survey of providers, the project has mapped the supply and use of night shelter and hostel accommodation, day centres and soup runs across Britain. Working in seven towns and cities of differing size and levels of provision the project has examined:

• the reasons behind variations in the number of services to be found in different places
• the role of such services in the lives of homeless people
• and the experience of staff, volunteers and service users.

The project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council [New window] and co-ordinated by the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol [New window] and the Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London

Informing policy and practice
A central aim of the Homeless Places Project was to provide information that might inform better policy and practice so as to improve the services available to single homeless people. Outputs relating to the project are therefore available for downloading free of charge. Papers and directories available for downloading are attached to each of the links below. The research team welcomes any enquiries about the project. Click here to download the full final report (pdf file 240k).