The Whitechapel Centre Impact 2024-25

The Whitechapel Centre is Liverpool's leading homelessness charity, open 365 days a year since 1975. Working across Liverpool and Merseyside, it supports 2,814 people annually through a comprehensive range of services spanning street outreach, housing advice, harm reduction, family accommodation, hospital inreach and recovery support. As the city's commissioned outreach provider, it coordinates the Always Help Available rough sleeper response across the Liverpool City Region.

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📋About

Advice Centre and day centre; street outreach and city region outreach; Pathways supported accommodation; harm reduction service; hospital inreach; recovery support; shared accommodation; Steps to Sanctuary; resettlement; Wirral Support Service; family services including Yates Court and Belvidere Family Centre; children and young persons support; Always Help Available rough sleeper freephone helpline

📊Key Metrics

2,814 people supported to end or prevent their homelessness in the most recent year Key Metric 1
Open 365 days a year, 12 hours a day across services for rough sleepers, people in temporary accommodation and those at risk of homelessness Key Metric 2
Total income of £8,568,050 in 2023-24 — a 27% increase year-on-year reflecting significant growth in service delivery Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Rough sleepers across Liverpool and Merseyside connected with shelter, support and housing pathways through the city-wide outreach service
  • Families and individuals in temporary accommodation supported through specialist family services including Yates Court and Belvidere Family Centre
  • People with complex needs — including those with substance use issues, mental health difficulties and long-term rough sleeping — supported through harm reduction and recovery services

📍Geography

North West

2025

A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
2025

Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24
Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent
Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice
Key Metric 3
728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application