The events in Ukraine are devastating. We stand firmly with Ukrainian refugees and believe strongly in our mission that everyone should have access to accommodation, including those who have lost or don't have access to state-funded benefits. 

Our incredible partner Asylum Welcome keep up to date on the status of Ukrainian refugees in Oxfordshire on their website blog and on social media.

If you want to help those in Ukraine and/or Ukrainian refugees, there are many different donation drop-off points across Oxfordshire. Oxford University Ukrainian Society are collecting donations at St. Antony's College Porter Lodge 24/7. If donating, please inform Porters that you would like to donate for Ukraine and you will be helped. On a national level, the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukrainian Humanitarian Appealis highly recommended. 

Any of our partners listed below would be happy to be of support to anyone affected by this situation. 

Many Oxfordshire-based organisations are very concerned about homelessness in our county. Your organisation is probably one of them – but perhaps you're not sure what to do about it.  

It’s a surprisingly short step from being concerned to taking action, we can help guide your business across the gap.

From this website you can find out how to take action, now. Everyone can help out, because the skills we’re looking for are as diverse as humanity itself. Practical, creative, hands-on, hands-off - whatever your organisation has to offer, it can make someone’s life a little bit better.

Join the Movement and make a pledge...

Here are some suggested actions your organisation can take now:

GIVE TIME

• Give your time, expertise and ideas to our partner charities who need your support. This could be as a volunteer with a partner charity or through sharing your skills. Please get in touch with our friends at Team Oxford who specialise in employee volunteering

• Increase your organisation's awareness of homelessness in Oxfordshire. Please get in touch if you would like OHM to come and talk to your business about homelessness to raise your understanding

GIVE MONEY

• Fundraise for OHM

• Make a one-off or regular donation 

BE INVOLVED

• Sign the Charter on behalf of your organisation to show your support for our campaigns and events. When signing on behalf of an organisation please put your name and your organisation's name into the 'Full Name' box

• Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page, subscribe to receive updates from the Movement

• Commit to recruiting inclusively, procuring your services locally from social enterprises and purposeful businesses and pay the real Living Wage or higher

Don't let us limit your imagination! If you have an idea get in touch..

If you are signing the Charter on behalf of your organisation please can you contact us with details of your pledge(s)

In your work you may come across families, young people and single person households who are homeless or may be at risk of homelessness. 

There is now an introductory course to help you offered via the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board and developed by the Oxfordshire Trailblazer Programme.

The target audience for this course is those who work in specified bodies with the Duty to Refer listed below and those in the wider services including the voluntary sector providing support and advice to households across Oxfordshire:

• prisons
• youth offender institutions
• secure training centres
• secure colleges
• youth offending teams
• probation services (including community rehabilitation companies)
• Jobcentre Plus
• social service authorities
• emergency departments
• urgent treatment centres
• hospitals in their function of providing inpatient care

Please note that you need to register on the website to access this course.

We want to hear from you if you want to help in another way that isn't listed. We will try and respond as soon as possible and will use your feedback to improve the site. Please email hello@oxfordshirehomelessmovement.org, drop us a line on social media or Get in touch.

We really want to know if you’ve got an idea to share. We are looking for innovative ways to prevent, reduce and end street homelessness. Please email hello@oxfordshirehomelessmovement.org or drop us a line on social media.

If you’re worried about someone sleeping rough, you can let OxSPOT, Connection Support or StreetLink know about them – including where they normally sleep.

OxSPOT and Connection Support assess people sleeping rough and help them find the accommodation and support they need to rebuild their lives.

OxSPOT, Connection Support and StreetLink aren’t emergency services but they will follow up all calls and referrals as quickly as possible. If you think someone’s health is in immediate danger, please call 999.

If you want to read about some practical ways to support someone sleeping rough, then please click on the link on how to help someone rough sleeping in Oxfordshire.

To advise someone sleeping rough about where to get something to eat, a change of clothes or even just some company, then please click on this link to daytime services.

We can only solve homelessness by working together. There are many ways you can help and one of these is by donating useful items which are in good condition.

You can contact all of the services below to ask about current opportunities to donate stuff! We have also created a concise list of what some of our partners are currently accepting and where to drop-off donations.  

If you want to donate items frequently and in response to demands, please join the Facebook group(s) of Helping Oxfordshire Homeless Collaboration who have donation points across Oxfordshire and also run an Amazon wish list.

If you are concerned about someone sleeping rough then please contact OxSPOT for Oxford, Connection Support outside the city or StreetLink.

OxSPOT and Connection Support assess people sleeping rough and help them find the accommodation and support they need to rebuild their lives.

OxSPOT, Connection Support and StreetLink aren’t emergency services but they will follow up all calls and referrals as quickly as possible. If you think someone’s health is in immediate danger, please call 999.

If you want to report a crime against a homeless person, please contact Thames Valley Police or Crimestoppers.

We can only solve homelessness by working together. There are many ways you can help and one of these is volunteering or using your talents or skills.

Below are organisations which offer volunteering opportunities for individuals. For ease, we have created a list of some of the current volunteering opportunities.  

If you are a business wanting to do more in your community, our friends at Team Oxford specialise in employee volunteering. 

Thank you for your kindness.

You can find out more about how the Movement will use your donation and give directly to us by clicking on donate.

You can also donate money directly to any of our brilliant partner organisations and the ones listed below would all be very happy to accept your donation.

We really want to hear from you if you have an experience to share. There are a variety of opportunities to become involved in our work and we want people with lived experience to be at the heart of shaping what we do.

Please email hello@oxfordshirehomelessmovement.org, get in touch on social media or contact the Lived Experience Advisory Forum directly.