No child should lose their home

75,000 children in London are homeless

Just because you don’t see children sleeping rough, it doesn’t mean they’re not homeless.

Children across London are living in unsafe and unsuitable temporary accommodation. Forced to move schools and leave their friends behind. All while dealing with the emotional trauma of losing the place they called home. 

All People All Places are working to prevent homelessness from happening on your doorstep in Enfield and Haringey. You can help us support children, families and people of all ages, who face losing their homes right now.

Please donate today.

Your donation will be matched by the Aviva Community Fund, doubling your support.

How your donation will change lives

We’re here for people when the worst happens. But a key part of our work is preventing homelessness before it’s too late. Your donation will help us:

• Inform people of their housing rights and advocate to help them access their entitlements
• Work with people and liaise with their landlords to avoid eviction
• Help people gather essential documents to prove they are homeless to the council
• Identify affordable private rental properties for families and individuals
• Make sure people can access all of their financial entitlements, so they can afford to pay for housing and meet their essential needs
• Support people with accessing rent deposit schemes
• Challenge local authority decisions not to provide housing support
• Ensure local authorities are meeting their statutory duty to assess and prevent homelessness

Dinah’s story

Dinah had fallen into rent arrears of over £6000. New to the UK, with limited English, and a 6-week-old baby, she was overwhelmed by unfamiliar systems after moving from temporary housing to her own home. Following a friend’s advice, she sought help at APAP’s day centre.

Our project worker helped Dinah apply for housing benefit through Universal Credit, securing backdated payments to clear her arrears. To prevent future issues, we arranged direct payments to her landlord.

Homelessness prevention is a vital part of our work. Without our intervention, Dinah and her baby certainly faced eviction. With your help, we can ensure more families like Dinah’s have somewhere to turn to when they need it most.

Thank you for being part of our local response to homelessness. Together, we can help people in Enfield and Haringey put homelessness behind them - for good. 

You can find out more about our work by visiting our website, and learn more about our campaign here.