In 2016/17 Central England Law Centre helped 8,000 people. 1,200 were homeless or at risk of losing their home.
Homelessness in all its forms continues to have an impact on the residents in our communities – whether this is the very visible issue of people ‘sleeping rough’ on the streets, or young people leaving home or care, or families struggling to maintain continuity and stability for their children in temporary accommodation.
The reasons people become homeless are complex.
A major focus of the work of Central England Law Centre is preventing homelessness, or working to help people get stable accommodation.
Some of the casework we do is with people who are homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness.
But we also have an emphasis on working in partnership and focusing on prevention and tackling problems early, so some of our work is aimed at helping people avoid homelessness.
In partnership with Virgin Care’s Anchor Homeless Centre in Coventry we run a regular advice clinic at the Centre.Read more
A large proportion of our debt advice service is delivered in partnership with and funded by Whitefriars Housing, the largest provider of social housing in Coventry. We help around 250 of their customers each year, where their debts have reached a stage that their tenancy is threatened.Read more
Housing advice, representation and advocacy at court. We assist individuals only, we do not act for landlords or mortgage lendersRead more
We have provided our legal advice services at the Hub in Birmingham on a monthly basis since 2015 and have done this in a way that fits in with their philosophy of building supportive relationships in order to help the local community understand that may of their problems have a legal solution.Read more
SIFA work with some of the most vulnerable adults in society: those experiencing homelessness or who are vulnerably-housed. Last year we helped 162 people - mostly with welfare benefit issues and problems relating to their immigration status.Read more