Accommodation

1625 Independent People - St George's House

Who is the project for?

Who do we help?

Young single people aged 16-22 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have high support needs. Local connection to Bristol required.

Gender

Mixed

Minimum age accepted

16

Maximum age accepted

22

How to get a referral

Referral agencies

All applications are processed through Bristol’s Housing and Support Register, managed by Bristol City Council’s HSR admin team.

Referral procedure

HSR admin team refer to St George and staff there will attempt to contact the young person to organise meeting for an initial needs assessment.

Length of stay

Minimum stay

None

Maximum stay

3-6 Months

Support and accommodation

Support offered

Staff working a 24 hour waking cover rota. Residents are allocated a lead support worker as their main point of contact, hold weekly one to one meetings. Support workers provide advice, guidance and support assisting residents to identify strengths and areas for development, continually reviewing goals and providing support to access other specialist services as required.

Total spaces

26

Units

Single rooms, each with own bathroom, within clusters of up to 3 rooms – those 3 people then share a kitchen (22 rooms in total). There are 3 assessment beds and 1 crash pad – both these can only be referred to by Bristol City Council.

Further information

Public transport

Bristol Temple Meads train station – 30 minutes walk away. 10 minutes walk from centre of Bristol and main bus interchange.