St Mungo’s work to prevent homelessness and support people at every step of their recovery from homelessness.  Each night they offer a bed to approximately 2,700 people across the south and south west.  We were appointed by St Mungo’s to undertake an expansion to their existing facilities at their premises in Hither Green.

The project comprises the refurbishment and development of a single-storey extension to create a larger Assessment Centre for 37 clients with modern administration facilities for “No Second Night Out” (NSNO).   

The existing hostel (Garden House) underwent extension, refurbishment and conversion into Staging Post accommodation, which is connected to and administered by No Second Night Out’s Assessment Centre. This provides 43 refurbished short-term bed spaces for people during the transition to their own private accommodation. Additionally, a replacement new build hostel was constructed using light weight metal framing, to the rear of Garden House and proving 28 additional beds.  This development provides modern facilities along with improved assessment capabilities and support programmes.

“I’m particularly pleased that clients were involved in the design of these buildings, for example, choosing the paint colours in Hilda House and shortlisting the name itself. In addition, people on our skills and training project ReVive helped build an external store area while our Putting Down Roots gardening volunteers helped with planting.”      Howard Sinclair – Chief Executive, St Mungo’s