Coronavirus update
Our staff are pulling out all the stops to support our homeless and vulnerable men and women clients, even though Maidstone Day Centre is temporarily closed because of a shortage of staff and volunteers; many of whom are in the 70+ age group.
Homeless Care is working with the Salvation Army to provide food for the rough sleepers and particularly vulnerablle people in our town. We are tremendously grateful to those who are continuing to donate food items to our food bank, Food for Thought and to our volunteers who are helping to pack and deliver the food parcels.
We are mindful of the anxieties suffered by some of our clients and residents and our staff are keeping in touch daily with phone calls in order to reassure and support.
A big thank you to everyone who is keeping our funding topped up with donations, you are helping our work to carry on during these uncertain times.
Thank you to everyone and please keep safe and positive.
Our staff are pulling out all the stops to support our homeless and vulnerable men and women clients, even though Maidstone Day Centre is temporarily closed because of a shortage of staff and volunteers; many of whom are in the 70+ age group.
Homeless Care is working with the Salvation Army to provide food for the rough sleepers and particularly vulnerablle people in our town. We are tremendously grateful to those who are continuing to donate food items to our food bank, Food for Thought and to our volunteers who are helping to pack and deliver the food parcels.
We are mindful of the anxieties suffered by some of our clients and residents and our staff are keeping in touch daily with phone calls in order to reassure and support.
A big thank you to everyone who is keeping our funding topped up with donations, you are helping our work to carry on during these uncertain times.
Thank you to everyone and please keep safe and positive.
Homeless Care has been working in Maidstone for over 33 years, to support homeless and vulnerable people.
We are a registered charity and our main activity is running a comprehensive service for homeless men and women at Maidstone Day Centre in Knightrider
Street. Over that time, much has changed but our focus remains on helping people going through a difficult time in their lives and we do that through several projects.
Food for Thought, is now going into it's 16th year and in 2020 the need continues for people who would otherwise go hungry.
Goodsell House is a shared house for homeless men, that was gifted to us by a local philanthropist.Maidstone Christian Care (see below), the name we started with in 1986, remains our link with the local churches who have supported our work from the beginning.
Who are we?
A board of 12 trustees, all volunteers, who are responsible for the decisions that keep the funds coming in and the wheels of the organisation turning.
We have a team of 6 staff members and 6 regular volunteers with another 12 or so who help out on a 'when needed' basis.
Every member of the team works together to run our projects, helping our men and women clients to turn their lives around.
A board of 12 trustees, all volunteers, who are responsible for the decisions that keep the funds coming in and the wheels of the organisation turning.
We have a team of 6 staff members and 6 regular volunteers with another 12 or so who help out on a 'when needed' basis.
Every member of the team works together to run our projects, helping our men and women clients to turn their lives around.
We started as Maidstone Christian Care in 1986 with the objective of supporting homeless and vulnerable people. The charity opened the first Maidstone Day Centre in 1995 in a ground floor flat at Lenworth House and in 2004 moved to 15 Knightrider Street. Knightrider Street was a massive move requiring massive effort, none of it could have been achieved without the support of local churches. Today that strength and determination is even more important as Homeless Care makes the moves for the future it sees, serving the community and helping when things don't go right for so many people. Help, food and shelter are essential for survival for many.
Each of the four projects comes under the umbrella of Homeless Care.
How you can help
We rely on grants from organisations and donations from people in the community, to continue our work. We are always tremendously grateful for even the smallest amount you can give. See our Support Us page for more information.
Regular donations are particularly useful as they allow us to plan our work. Both one off and regular donations can be set up by clicking on the Virgin Money Giving donate button. You will be asked if you wish to add Gift Aid
Adding Gift Aid means that your donation will be increased by 12.5% at no extra cost to you.
If you are posting us a cheque you can include a Gift Aid form and we will do the rest.
Amazing, a joy to come to meet the staff and pals here, Hygiene, food, laundry showers impeccable. I love it. Lucy
