Providence Row Impact Report 2024-25

Providence Row is a 165-year-old homelessness charity based near Liverpool Street, never turning away anyone who comes through its doors. In 2024-25, it supported 1,200 individuals in East London through 24,896 interventions spanning housing, healthcare, harm reduction, psychotherapy, employment training and nutrition. Its award-winning rooftop garden and outreach psychotherapy service are recognised nationally as models of best practice.

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📋About

Day centre and safe space; housing support and accommodation advice; outreach psychotherapy; harm reduction and addiction recovery; rapid opioid replacement therapy; horticulture training programme; CV writing and employment support; health and wellness fairs; No Night Out-style emergency accommodation; rooftop garden producing fresh food for the kitchen

📊Key Metrics

1,200 individuals experiencing homelessness supported across all services in East London and the City of London Key Metric 1
24,896 individualised interventions delivered; 11,380 nutritious meals served Key Metric 2
356 Naloxone overdose reversal kits distributed; 229 rough sleepers with severe mental health issues accessed outreach psychotherapy Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 595 individuals with substance use issues advanced their recovery; 42 supported to reduce use through new rapid prescribing clinic
  • 667 individuals accessed washing facilities, phone charging, postal address and IT in a safe space; 143 instances of housing support delivered
  • 48 individuals completed vocational training achieving 51 accreditations; 9 secured employment; rooftop garden won National Certificate of Distinction and Gold Award at London in Bloom

📍Geography

London

2025

A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
2025

Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24
Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent
Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice
Key Metric 3
728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application