Services and Programmes
We work in partnership with people, helping empower them to stabilise their lives during times of crisis and improve the quality of their lives in the longer term.
We offer a range of specialist, personalised support, legal, advocacy and advice services, along with a programme of activities and schemes designed to empower young and disabled people in our local community.
Learn more about our services and programmes and how you can get involved below.
Safer Renting
Providing specialist advice, support and advocacy to help protect tenants who are victimised by criminal landlords
Disabled People’s Empowerment
Arts, life skills, social and wellbeing clubs for disabled children and adults and people living with learning disabilities.
Cambridge House News
How Good are Licensing Schemes at Stopping Rogue Landlords?
Safer Renting works to tackle criminal landlords and support their victims across London. The Project Director Roz Spencer, as seen on Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, has over 30 years’ experience working with private sector and social housing in London. This blog details her experiences tackling criminal landlords and working with some of the most vulnerable tenants in London.
‘I, Daniel Blake’ – Not So Far From The Reality
Ken Loach’s new Palme D’Or winning film, I, Daniel Blake hit our cinemas on Friday. The film follows a 59-year old carpenter navigating a hostile welfare system to claim sickness benefit and a single mother who, in order to escape a homeless persons’ hostel, with her family is forced to relocate to a residence 300 miles away. I have high hopes for it to make the case to government about the dire state we’re in, both in housing and on welfare – governments are unfortunately slow to see the imperative for change until popular culture sets out the case.
Advocacy
Protecting the legal and human rights of people living with learning disabilities or mental and physical health conditions by speaking up for them when they cannot and supporting them when they can.
Law Centre
Offering free, independent and expert legal and crisis mitigation services in housing, employment, discrimination and welfare benefits law to help people protect their home, job and family.