Housing & Homelessness Health & Wellbeing 2025
Turning Tides

Turning Tides Impact Report 2025

Turning Tides is West Sussex's leading homelessness charity, working across Worthing, Littlehampton and surrounding areas. In 2024-25, the charity supported 1,065 people through outreach, community hubs, addiction recovery programmes and supported housing — helping 214 into accommodation. Two new residential properties, Evans Court and Skywaves, added 34 self-contained flats, expanding its housing-led approach to ending local homelessness.

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1,065 clients supported across all services in West Sussex in 2024-25; 409 of these were new clients Key Metric 1
214 clients supported into accommodation; 7,792 drop-in visits across community hubs in Worthing and Littlehampton Key Metric 2
228 residential units across supported housing properties; 95% occupancy; 51 weeks average stay Key Metric 3
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Community hubs in Worthing and Littlehampton providing food, clothing, washing facilities and specialist advice; outreach; recovery project; supported housing; move-on housing; harm minimisation programme; social enrichment activities; digital inclusion; counselling; volunteer programme; two new residential properties opened — Evans Court and Skywaves (34 self-contained flats)

📊Key Metrics

1,065 clients supported across all services in West Sussex in 2024-25; 409 of these were new clients Key Metric 1
214 clients supported into accommodation; 7,792 drop-in visits across community hubs in Worthing and Littlehampton Key Metric 2
228 residential units across supported housing properties; 95% occupancy; 51 weeks average stay Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 73 clients in Worthing and 91 in Littlehampton found accommodation through community hub support
  • Total income grew from £7.1m to £7.7m in 2024-25, with a net surplus of £359,698 maintained despite rising costs
  • 191 volunteers and 20 corporate volunteer groups supported service delivery; two new residential properties developed from unused sites providing 34 flats

📍Geography

South East

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