Impact Report

www.spearlondon.org 2018/19 Registered charity: 1122206 www.spearlondon.org SPEAR is a charity for people experiencing homelessness in South-West . We build Our communities in which everyone has a place to call home and provide the help needed to lead a Welcome to SPEAR’s Impact Report for 2018/19. fulfilling life. We recognise that homelessness is Services much more than just a housing issue, so we provide A former client recently told SPEAR that it’s both a triumph a range of accommodation and support services to and tragedy that the charity exists. Indeed, this year, we help people reach their full potential worked with a record 839 people who were homeless or at risk. We saw increasing demand for emergency and supported accommodation and growing numbers of people with complex health and wellbeing issues. The rising number of people needing our support in South and West London reflected trends across the capital and the UK. In this difficult environment, we welcomed the Government’s new rough sleeping strategy and we are ready to play our role supporting the strategy’s aim to end rough sleeping by 2027. Jack Stephen, SPEAR’s services have grown in scope, geographical reach and RICHMOND Chairman of Trustees UPON THAMES ambition over the last three years. With investment to tackle WANDSWORTH growing rough sleeping and new partnerships with private and charitable donors, we have expanded across five London boroughs and doubled our workforce. Our goal for the future is clear: to continue to deliver effective accommodation and support services while seeking new solutions to ending rough sleeping. This will only be possible with the support of the many partner agencies, funders and supporters MERTON with whom we work alongside. Thank you for your contribution to ending homelessness. May we also thank the passionate and KINGSTON skilled workforce of 100 staff and 140 volunteers who helped UPON THAMES SPEAR to deliver the results overleaf.

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Map Key " We would have 24 hour supported Skills development service nowhere to go accommodation Young people’s supported Homelessness prevention for Homeless Health Link Service if it didn't exist" accommodation families and single households Rough sleeper outreach service First-stage accommodation Semi-independent - SPEAR client - for men accommodation Floating support and Second-stage accommodation Short-term accommodation tenancy sustainment for men for young people Support to access the Women’s supported Home-based support private rented sector accommodation Our YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAR provides accommodation and support for young people We affected by homelessness. Our goal is to equip people with the Impact in 2018/19 gave skills and tools to live and work successfully now and in the future. LIVES 426 rough young people SPEAR understands that every person 97% sleepers 46young people supported into is different. We help people with every people said that they were verified education, training aspect of their life so they can fulfill happy with the service across five a home and employment 15% their hopes and ambitions. that they received at boroughs (128) SPEAR service SPEAR in 2018/19 33 users were under 25 SKILLS AND INVOLVEMENT SPEAR recognizes that gaining new skills and

839 74% men building confidence is crucial; for a positive future people accessed SPEAR's services 26% women people found The number of employment people qualifying 17 and 43 people employed as peer mentors ACCOMMODATION we found accommodation for increased from 8 to since 1617 were still in work 18 people a month (4 a week) SPEAR provides different types of accommodation, 24 with varying levels of support, suited to the individual experts by needs of each person supported housing for experience 12 159 gave over people supported to improve 650 hours their skills, go into education of their time tenancies ended to help their and find work community

We provided We 158people, 44 were women 78% positively or continued HEALTH PREVENTION The best way to reduce homelessness is to prevent it from SPEAR helps people to improve their mental and physical happening. We support single people and households to better health and wellbeing. Our Homeless Health Link Service The manage issues that put them at risk of losing their homes. supports people to overcome the barriers they might face in prevention accessing health care. At the end of 2018/19, the service: service delivered nearly We reduced A+E and hospital admissions by 94% clients 179 7000 people supported registered Improved overall interventions in in 2018/19 with a GP Kingston, Sutton, wellbeing by 61% Merton and 131 Richmond 84% people were supported to improve their health www.spearlondon.org Who's Volunteering Board of Trustees Thanks to everyone who donated their time Jack Stephen Chair Patron and expertise this year. Volunteer roles included health support workers, outreach Barrie Hatch The Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable Charlotta Campanale Who? workers, SPEAR ambassadors, volunteer fundraisers and receptionists in SPEAR Jonathan Cardy Executive Team Paul Doe accommodation projects. Susan Philpott Chief Executive Alex Doig Lesleigh Bounds Director of Strategic Operations Grant Healy Donna Marshall Finance Director Christine Reay gave 4,270 worth hours almost £ Duncan Richford 140 50,000 Rachel Smith volunteers

What are the things I'm Community most proud of from this year? and Events * Partnership work with agencies in the community to provide coordinated support We reached over 5000 people in the local community including councils, health and * Introducing navigator posts to help the most social care professionals, schools, vulnerable people to move forward with their lives community groups, faith groups, businesses * The skills, creativity and dedication of SPEAR's workforce and residents. Thank you to those who took on in supporting record numbers of people off the streets physical or artistic challenges for SPEAR: cycling in Ride London, walking the 3 Peaks Challenge, - Mark Taylor, Assistant Director of Operations - completing runs or donating pieces for our Art Fairs.

22,000 1,900 631 Finances How The finances below reflect those of SPEAR only. The 18/19 Annual Accounts people visited Twitter Instagram our website followers followers your money show the combined figures including the Spear Endowment Trust. can help Investments Donations and legacies Raising funds could pay for an outreach worker £169,399 £2,159 £226,405 Would you like £50 to work a shift, to help find people to get involved? sleeping rough and make them safe could buy four thermal sleeping bags, £100 keeping rough sleepers warm during cold winter nights To become a SPEAR £3m ambassador, please contact £25 could fund a new home-starter kit £ 3 .1m [email protected] 0 full of essential items for someone Income Expenditure To donate to SPEAR, please go to moving into a new property www.justgiving.com/SPEARLondon £500 could support 20 people to receive To volunteer for the charity, please contact a thorough health assessment [email protected] £1000 could support one person to develop Charitable activities Charitable activities new skills and find a job, turning their £2,770,635 £2,944,042 lives around for good Thank You www.spearlondon.org Thank you for every donation of money, time, energy, expertise and gifts in kind given to SPEAR this year. We are grateful for the generosity of the many companies, charitable trusts and foundations, community groups, schools, faith groups and individuals who supported us. We cannot list you all, but your support is hugely appreciated.

29th May 1961 Charity Our Lady of Loreto & St Winefride Church The Berkeley Charitable Foundation Ahmadiyya Muslim Community People Against Dirty The Cotton Trust All Hallows Church PMM Group The Richmond Charities Burntwood School Richmond Parish Lands Charity The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest Charlotte Wade Charity Richmond Park Academy True Beauty Salon City Bridge Trust Richmond Team Ministry Preparatory School Everyday Church Kingston Riverside Vineyard Church Unicorn School Fresalca Rotary Club of Gardens Waitrose Garfield Weston Foundation Rotary Club of Twickenham Whitton Baptist Church Hampton Fund St Andrew’s Parish Church Thank you also to our partners Hampton School St Elizabeth of Portugal RC Church Inspired Women St George plc and commissioners, including the Kew Fete Committee St Mary’s University Ministry of Housing, Communities King’s House School, Richmond St Michael & All Angels Church and Local Government, the Royal Kingston Round Table Stephen Roberts Memorial Trust Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Lotus and Laurel Yoga Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School the London Borough of Merton, Manontroppo The Albert Hunt Trust The London Borough of Richmond, Murphy-Neumann Charity Company Ltd The Barleycorn Trust the London borough of Sutton, the National Lottery Community Fund The Barnes Workhouse Fund London Borough of Wandsworth.

Michael would visit SPEAR’s for SPEAR, supporting awareness Michael's Twickenham Hub for food and raising and speaking in schools, clothes. With the help of the churches and companies about Story Outreach Team, he found a new his life. His experiences led him Michael ran a business in private property. Karen from the to apply, successfully, for a role London before he was affected Skills Development team got to in SPEAR’s Fundraising team as by the financial crash in 2008. know Michael during his regular a Corporates and Foundations Shortly after, his father died and visits to the Hub. She suggested Fundraiser. He told us “It gives his stepmother became unwell, he take part in volunteering to me enormous satisfaction to so Michael offered to care for her occupy his time and improve his think my efforts are helping full time. When she passed away, wellbeing. He decided to take a others in a small way.” he had to leave the property they Peer Mentoring course, which had shared. Without any money he enjoyed immensely and he or accommodation, he moved to became an active member of the a tent in Richmond: something SPEAR Service User group. totally outside his experience. With more confidence, Michael “Asking for help was difficult, started looking for work again. but being homeless was such a Michael wanted a change of shock that I had no choice. I was direction and a more rewarding astonished by the number of total career so, in 2018, he started a strangers who offered me help 12-month trainee project worker and support to get me back on position at SPEAR’s Complex my feet. Without SPEAR I cannot Needs hostel in Richmond. He imagine where I would be now.” continued to volunteer regularly