Georgia Sims
Chief Executive Officer and Safeguarding Lead
Services
Greenwich Homeless Project
Eltham
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A volunteer-led Eltham charity giving shelter, a year-round day centre, and housing and welfare support to people facing homelessness across the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Greenwich Homeless Project is a local, volunteer-led charity offering warmth, emergency accommodation, support and advocacy to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in and around the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
It began in 2014, when a group of local churches opened their buildings as a rotating winter night shelter. After the pandemic paused that model, the charity renovated a building of its own on Middle Park Avenue in Eltham and relaunched there in January 2022.
Today the night shelter offers 14 single rooms. Since April 2026 it has been open every month of the year, through the Emergency Winter Night Shelter and a new spring and summer shelter, with places given by referral from partner agencies and the Day Centre. Guests receive one-to-one casework, meals, washing and laundry, and health, wellbeing, education and skills support.
The year-round Day Centre is a drop-in for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness, with breakfast and hot lunches, showers and laundry, housing, welfare rights and employment advice, wellbeing workshops, a gardening club and arts and crafts.
More than 100 volunteers, a small staff team and a board of trustees run the services together. In April 2026 the charity received the Housing Justice Quality Mark, and it says it has helped 68 guests into a home since October 2025.
This Christmas it is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, where donations made between noon on 1 December and noon on 8 December are doubled, up to £25,000.
If you need urgent help, contact Streetlink on 0300 500 0914. Greenwich Homeless Project is a registered charity (no. 1197388).
Fundraising campaign
Big Give Christmas Challenge: double your donation
From noon on Tuesday 1 December to noon on Tuesday 8 December 2026, every donation made on Greenwich Homeless Project's Big Give page is doubled by match funding, up to £25,000, towards the charity's £50,000 Christmas goal. The money supports the Day Centre and night shelter, including mental health support and practical help for guests moving into a home of their own.
What’s On at Greenwich Homeless Project
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Day Centre
Year-round drop-in for anyone homeless or at risk of homelessness: breakfast, hot lunches, showers, laundry and a warm welcome. Mon 9am–1pm, Wed 9am–3pm, Thu and Fri 9am–1pm.
Night Shelter
Emergency accommodation in 14 single rooms, now open all year round, with one-to-one casework, meals and support. Places by referral from partner agencies and the Day Centre.
Casework and advocacy
One-to-one support with housing, welfare rights and employment advice to help guests move on to a stable home.
Homelessness prevention
A prevention programme helping people at risk of homelessness keep or find a home before they reach crisis.
Employability coaching
Coaching and learning and skills support to help guests into work.
Wellbeing workshops and counselling
Wellbeing workshops at the Day Centre, with counselling and mental health support.
Gardening club
Guests and volunteers grow food and flowers together in the charity's garden.
Arts and crafts
Creative sessions at the Day Centre, from painting to pottery.
Volunteer with us
Night shelter shifts (evening, cook, overnight and morning) and Day Centre shifts. Over 100 volunteers keep the services running.
Organise a fundraiser
Run your own event or sponsored challenge for the charity; the team will support you.
Corporate partnership
Businesses can partner with the charity, as Safe Homes SE did in October 2026.
Donate
One-off and regular gifts fund the shelter and Day Centre. Gift Aid is offered when you donate.
Big Give Christmas Challenge
Noon 1 December to noon 8 December 2026: donations on the Big Give page are doubled, up to £25,000.
Meet the Team
Mandy Brinkhurst
Operations Lead
Destinie Okoibhole
Operations Coordinator
Catherine Champney
Casework Lead
Bliss Moore
Caseworker
Aisha Buabin
Caseworker
Angie Elder
Fundraising & Community Coordinator
Alice Murray
Learning & Skills Coordinator
Paul Hudson
Counsellor
Miran Goesiel
Volunteer Champion
Hugh Moir
Chair of Trustees
Richard Basham
Treasurer (Trustee)
Kate Topham
Trustee (Safeguarding)
Caroline Risdon
Trustee (Safeguarding)
Farai Mauchaza
Trustee
Charlie Uddin
Trustee
Joanna Killian
Trustee
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