Centerpoint Outreach services for low income in Lincolnshire

Many services are available to the homeless, people in poverty, and rough sleepers in Lincolnshire from the charity known as Centerpoint Outreach. They help people from the area, regardless of their age or the hardship they are faced with. While the assistance available from the charity mostly includes food, hot meals, and basic needs, they can also signpost the vulnerable to other government benefits or charity schemes in Lincolnshire County.

Most of the assistance is from the Drop in Centre in Boston, and this will provide some or all of the following services to those that are struggling. For individuals that are homeless, they can be offered clothing as well as a shower to use. While this is occurring, a hot meal will be served to them, and social workers will try to help the rough sleeper find some type of hostel or other shelter to move into.

Free food is available, as many residents across Lincolnshire are struggling to feed their families while paying other bills, so the programmes from Centerpoint Outreach can be a source of assistance for them. Volunteers collect groceries and items from the community and pack the items into parcels, and the food is then passed out to those in need that are facing a crisis. There may be meats, milk, tea, and other items in these free parcels.

Families on a low income that are setting or or resettling into a new home can get a starter pack from the Re-use project. This may be small utensils for a kitchen, and some people may even receive bed or other large pieces of furniture from Centerpoint Outreach. The charity wants to help people maintain their tenancy.

Referrals and signposting is available, including from schemes such as Lincs2Advice. This will help people apply and access a range of benefits, grants and schemes that are available in Lincolnshire County. This may include bond guarantees for paying a deposit on a new home, local welfare, mobility devices for the elderly or disabled, housing payments for rent arrears, and similar support. The specialist will provide free advice on these options, and read more grants for bills.

Assistance for the homeless in Boston is a key goal. Centerpoint Outreach will liaise and partner with the staff from the Emergency Nigh Shelter and local council on finding solutions to this challenge. All housing options will be explored.

Housing assistance is for people threatened by homeless, and others that are rough sleeping as noted below. Specialists from Centerpoint Outreach will signpost a client to rent deposit schemes or offer advice on arrears. The aim is to end the cycle of poverty and homelessness, so they do their best to help tenants apply for financial aid, whether that is a grant from the local welfare scheme or it is rent or housing payments.

A charity shop sells goods to the public in Lincolnshire County. Volunteer staff run this centre in the community for people of all incomes, and it will sell clothing, books, food to the public, and other items. The cash raised from the sale of goods is used to pay for the operation of their charity programmes, so the funds are put to good use.

The charity is located at Belmont House on 15 Red Lion Street in Boston. The assistance, including an extensive amount of referrals, is provided to the vulnerable across Lincolnshire, and ring the organisation at 01205 360900 for more information.