Our impact
Today we are the UK’s largest independent hosting charity and have found temporary accommodation for thousands of guests who might otherwise have ended up sleeping on the streets.
GUESTS PLACED
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The accommodation we provide costs us less than £20 per hosted night. Our guests not only get a safe place to stay and a good night’s sleep, they get a period of stability with a welcoming host family, many of whom become lifelong friends.
Ali, Guest
Our latest impact report
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our hosts we created 972 placements for 1,173 guests across the UK in 2023 – an increase of nearly 10% over the previous calendar year.
We have a network of over 2,000 active hosts across the UK and over 750 volunteer home visitors. We have strengthened and grown our exceptional staff team, supported by our trustees who share their skills and expertise to guide the organisation.
In 2023, the majority of our guests were single people, although we continue to host families of all shapes and sizes including couples, people from Ukraine with children, including multi-generational families. Our oldest hosted guest was 83.
A significant change in 2023 is that we are now hosting more refugees who self-refer into us than those who are supported by a caseworker. The scale of need has meant that many of our referral partners are no longer able to assist guests as they had previously. 60% of all guests hosted in 2023 self-referred to us and were supported by our placement team.
You can read our full impact report 2023 here.
