Gloucestershire Nightstop offers More Than Just A Bed

Our vision is to end youth homelessness in Gloucestershire and work towards a future whereby all young people may live fulfilled and independent lives. 

Emergency Accommodation

Emergency accommodation in the homes of volunteers in the community. 

Providing a safe, supportive bed for the night in the home of a host volunteer.

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Longer Term Accommodation

Longer term accommodation solution with support.

Longstop provides an opportunity to live independently but in a supportive environment where young people can learn life skills ready for managing their own tenancy. 

 

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Juliet’s Purse

Homeless Relief Fund for Young People aged 16-25 in Gloucestershire

The fund helps young people 16-25 experiencing and at risk of homelessness through small, quick grants that help people access accommodation or prevent eviction. 

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Daystop

Day stop was set up to compliment the work of Nightstop providing a safe space for young people during the day.

Young People told us that their biggest struggle on Nightstop was what to do and where to go in the day.

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Befriending

The GNS Befriending project connects young homeless people with our Befrienders who have lived experience, to reduce the isolation associated with Homelessness

GNS Befrienders are young people with lived experience, who build up and maintain a close relationship, social skills and confidence.

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Advice & Support

1:1 person centred support for young people who are homeless or at risk.  

Nightstop offers support to young people aged 16-25 to help prevent homelessness and support to relieve homelessness.

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WHAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY

Having someone else to talk to and being able to turn to people who understood or might have been in the same situation.

I’ve got my own house now, that I pay for, it’s a house share but I pay around £700 a month, as obviously I’ve got a job now, so I’ve been living there for about five months now, before that I was living with my mates Nan and Grandad, they helped me and I paid them rent. I stayed with them for about six months, but obviously now that I’ve got a job again, a decent job, I can live by myself.

They were very supportive and helped me a lot. They obviously made sure that I had somewhere to stay, and then kept checking in on me to make sure that it was going well with everything

Give it a try because I was like you at the start very scared. But it was great.

They can help more than you think

They can help straight away, support you and they make you feel safe.

Staff are very supportive and treat everyone equally

She was there for me whenever I needed someone to talk to, helped me register with the doctors.

Thank you for all the help, Thank you for all the support

Nightstop helped build my confidence up and helped my self esteem.

When I was homeless, I was in a low place but now I’ve come back kicking and screaming and stronger than I was before

They accepted me into their family, gave me hope as I had nowhere else to go, I will think back on it when I am older as it was the happiest, I felt in 9 years

M did a really good job of making me feel welcome, she made meals for me and was understanding