"It's remarkable what some understanding, help and support can do to a life" ... "Years of heavy drinking were taking their toll.  I was suffering physically, mentally and emotionally and after a two-week drinking binge I ended up in a hospital on a chemical detox.  I...

When we first met Sonia she'd been sleeping rough for three years and was struggling with addiction issues.  She had accessed housing in the past but all previous tenancies had quickly ended in eviction.  Sonia couldn't look after herself properly but had such a deep...

Stuart is just one of the clients to benefit from our Housing First programme.  Although committed to being an artist, he was in poor health, using drugs, accessing accident and emergency regularly and sleeping rough.  He had lacerations on his legs, that if weren't...

A trip on Ocean Venture. When Liam - a client in our Portsmouth Foyer service - was offered the trip of a lifetime aboard the Ocean Venture yacht he dived in feet first! Liam helped crew the 60 foot ocean going yacht from Newcastle to Portsmouth.  During the 400 mile...

Jon Roberts, a resident at Patrick House hostel in Southampton, found that the power of music helped him on the road to a new life. He's just one of the clients who enjoyed jamming in weekly sesssions held in the music room there. Jon arrived at Patrick House when his...