Oxfordshire Homeless Movement
Bonn Square Hub
Doesn't provide shelter
Provides guidance
Doesn't provide new skill learning
Doesn't accept time
Doesn't accept things
Doesn't accept money
Eligibility & Referral
Referral made via OxSPOT
Service Description
A multi-agency Hub where people sleeping rough can access a range of different services in one place. Here they can receive a comprehensive and quick assessment, providing a fast track forward.
- OxSPOT provides support, assessment, and referral to accommodation for clients
- Aspire provides an education, employment, and training specialist service
- Turning Point provides a substance misuse advice service
- Crisis provides creative activities
- Oxford City Council provides a Housing Options assessment service
The service is available to people who:
- Are currently sleeping rough
- Are at imminent risk of sleeping rough
- Are accommodated in Sit Up
- Have been previous visitors to the Hub prior to a short-lived move into accommodation services
The Hub is operating for a pilot period until October 2019.
Key functions & activities offered
- Access to personalised advice and support
- Immediate assessment and referral to supported accommodation
- Reconnecting clients to their own local area or home country
- A positive, trauma-informed environment with a wide range of positive activities