Addressing the housing crisis
Foxton plays a crucial role in addressing the deepening housing crisis in the UK. With rising numbers of people experiencing homelessness, our centre is dedicated to providing multifaceted support to those in need. Our staff are extensively trained in trauma-informed care, safeguarding, risk management, health and safety, food hygiene, and motivational interviewing. Additionally, our management team has completed advanced training in management and leadership, ensuring effective and compassionate service delivery.
Outreach
We currently provide outreach services on the streets for rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness. We work with various partners such as Park View Medical Practice, the Probation Service and Change Grow Live (Inspire) to support a number of health and harm reduction priorities on the streets. Our teams are out daily with food and hot drinks to support people where they need us.
Our Homeless Day Centre unfortunately closed in September 2026 due to funding, and we transferred our accommodation over to other housing providers in March 2026. No one was made homeless by this decision.
We continue to provide accommodation through our own property funded by our 2019 Sleep Out.
In response to growing need in 2026, we have expanded our support for homeless young people aged 16–25.
The growing need
The housing crisis in the U.K has worsened significantly since we supported ‘Everyone In’ during covid. In England, rough sleeping has reached a record high, with 4,793 people estimated to be sleeping on the streets on a single night in autumn 2025; 12% more than in 2019.
More than 177,000 children were living in temporary accommodation in England in March 2026 (around 39% more than before the pandemic).
Across the UK, almost 124,000 young people aged 16–24 were homeless or at risk of homelessness in 2024/25, a 6% increase on the previous year.
Our access to health, mental health, and addiction services is crucial, given the average age at death for rough sleepers is just 43. We are committed to preventing these tragic and premature deaths.
We are here
At Foxton, we are dedicated to addressing homelessness and are open to collaborating with any partner to tackle this crisis.
For more information or to speak with a team member, please call us at 01772 555925 or email info@thefoxtoncentre.co.uk.
How we’ve helped.
As a mother I feel The Foxton Centre is a massive part of our community. It brings people together, helps and supports us all, especially our children.
Foxton Women’s Services is extremely important to me because of the other women, they do so much for us, we would be lost without them.
The Foxton has never let me slip through the net. It has been there to drag me out of the darkness so many times.
