Our Basis services are the bedrock of our North East homeless support for people who are rough sleeping and have nowhere else to go.

3,898 people sleep rough across England every night

At the heart of our Basis provision is are the charity’s drop-in resource centres in Gateshead and Sunderland. Through these we provide a community of support for everyone who walks through the door, drawing services and specialists together rather than expecting people to attend multiple appointments and repeat their devastating story over and over. And from here we do so much more.

Basis Gateshead, Aquila (Progress) House, Warwick Street, Gateshead NE8 1PZ. 0191 477 7100

Basis Sunderland, Park Road Church, Sunderland SR2 8HR. 0191 567 0033

Our crisis services conduct early morning outreach to support people who are rough sleeping and run our 58:7 Project to meet the need for same-day emergency accommodation.

Our Housing First approach is put into action through Basis Beds, which provide housing for people in crisis through a number of flats in Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside.

The team has been very supportive and helped me in ways unimaginable, and I can’t wait to also give back the support and kindness they offered me in my time of need.

Peter*