St Francis Homeless Projects

The parish run a number of projects to support the homeless in Newham/Waltham Forest
  • ​Sandwiches – served every weekday morning from the Friary
  • Nightshelter – part of NEWway Project in Newham
    We will be running the nightshelter from Jan to March 2025.  
  • We are serving hot meals on a Saturday morning Jan to March 2025.
  • We collect donations for the food bank at Holy Trinity Church in Leytonstone (where our 9am Sunday Mass used to be celebrated) as well as for the projects above.  Donations of non-perishable food or money can be left at the parish office.

If you have a little time and would like to volunteer with any of our projects please contact the parish office for more details.  We try to work with lots of volunteers who can each give a small amount of time so we would love to hear from you.

News from NEWdawn (part of NEWway)
If you are interested in supporting the homeless in Newham and feel that you could volunteer, please contact Ami Moulton, (NEWdawn Manager) on 07490984247.
(Please note Ami only work Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.)

For Shelter enquiries throughout the week (winter only), please call 07490983777.

If there is a homeless person who needs help they may like to be referred to Streetlink, 0300 500 0914, or via the Streetlinkwebsite, www.streetlinlk.co.uk  There is also a mobile app available for download for both Apple and Android devices.

You may also be interested in the work of The Passage

The Passage
What has The Passage been doing to help homeless people over the past few weeks?
Find out what you can do.