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Coaching spaces

Westminster Coaching Spaces

Can you imagine leaving work for the day, and having no-where to go?

Imagine working hard, doing everything ‘right’ but you still can’t make ends meet. You have nowhere to sleep. No-one to talk to. You don’t have a home.

That’s the reality for people who are working and experiencing homelessness.*

We work with people to make sure they do have a safe place to go.

Strides Coaching Spaces, in partnership with Westminster City Council, offers people in work their choice of an Airbnb or homestay for up to 3 months anywhere in London.

Alongside this they have access to professional, quality coaching, to help them make sense of what’s happening in their life. With the opportunity to talk and to create goals for themselves, they can start taking the steps to achieving them.

Coaching gives people the chance to talk about what’s important to them. For most people this is about plans for when the homestay ends, or hopes and plans for employment or learning. But there’s no set agenda, no right or wrong and no enforced direction. It’s the chance to talk about what matters most, with someone they can trust.

Coaching helps people identify their own strengths and the opportunities available for them to connect with their interests and goals. With professional coaching costing upwards of £100 per session, this would be unattainable for the people we work with.

Strides Coaching Spaces is more than just a bed for the night – by having a safe place to stay alongside professional coaching, people have the space they need to make the changes they want for their lives.

*In 2021, the Office for National Statistics Census identified 13,955 people experiencing homelessness in the UK, with 11.6% of them in some kind of paid employment: ons.gov.uk

In the same year, the Barely Breaking Even report by homelessness charity Crisis on the experiences and impact of in-work homelessness in Britain, found that 22% of households facing homelessness in England had at least one person in paid employment: Barely breaking even.