A number of partner organisations are offering Christmas meals and provision for meals and hot drinks over the festive period. Other partners have slightly revised opening hours over the holidays.

Festive Events

• Christmas lunch (18 December) 12.00-13.30 Oxford Community Soup Kitchen, Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way OX4 1GH
• Christmas dinner (18 December) 17.30-21.30 Aspire, held at Yarnton Nursery (transport provided, contact Aspire)
• Christmas party (23 December) 12noon start Oxford Homeless Project, Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way OX4 1GH
• Christmas Eve breakfast for people sleeping rough (24 December) 9.30-11.30 Crisis, 40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ
• Christmas Day lunch (25 December) 12.30-16.00 The King's Centre, Osney, OX2 0ES

Services available over the Bank Holidays

• The Gatehouse open 17.00-19.00 Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve (closed Christmas Day)
• The Porch open 12.00-16.00 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day
• O'Hanlon House Day Service 10.00-15.00 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve
• Crisis open 9.00-13.00 Christmas Eve, 9.00-16.30 New Year's Eve (closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day)
• Luther St Surgery normal opening 8.00-18.30 (closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day)
• Bonn Square Hub Mon-Wed open Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve (closed Thursday-Sunday)
• OxSPOT normal service 9.00-17.00 (closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day)

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need. 

During severe weather or every time the temperature falls to zero degrees Celsius or below (Met Office forecast) SWEP emergency accommodation is made available to anyone experiencing rough sleeping. This includes people who have no local connection to Oxford, no right to claim benefits or housing in the UK or who have refused offers of accommodation and support.

SWEP is not open tonight

From January to March the Oxford Winter Night Shelter also operates every night.

For what to do in an emergency see the Oxford Mental Health Partnership website

If your need is less immediate there are numerous organisation that can help and support you

A dog is man's (or woman's!) best friend and if you are living on the streets, it is great to know that there are people that can help keep your friend fit and healthy.

The organisations below offer free of charge help for dogs that live on the streets with their owners.

Homeless Oxfordshire run a women-only housing project for people who have been verified by the outreach team, OxSPOT.  

Your first port of call should be OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life.

If you are currently experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence or abuse, you may be able to get advice and support from the Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Service or the Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre.

The Women's Hope Forum offers support to women who are vulnerably housed or experiencing homelessness and Refugee Resource provides activities specifically for female refugees.

If you’re worried about someone sleeping rough, you can let OxSPOT or StreetLink know about them – including where they normally sleep.

OxSPOT and StreetLink aren’t emergency services but they will follow up all calls and referrals as quickly as possible. If your health or someone else’s is in immediate danger, please call 999.

If you’re sleeping rough you can discuss your options with OxSPOT in the first place. If you’ve got a bed in supported accommodation, please speak to your support worker.

You can also contact the organisations below directly

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life. This could include helping you return home if you want to.

At the moment, you need a local connection to access council-funded supported accommodation.

You may be able to find a bed through services that aren't funded by the council, such as Edge Housing and ACT.

You can use day services at all times and emergency beds during the winter.

You don’t have to have ID to use all services. If you need help obtaining ID, one of the organisations below may be able to help you.

You can get warm, shower, change your clothes and get free or cheap food at day services. You need to have been verified by OxSPOT before you can use some day services

Some student and community groups provide help directly to people on the streets

Oxford City Council has also collaborated with Feeding The Gaps and Good Food Oxford to create a map and database of services providing free or subsidised food within Oxford.

If you’re not already registered with a GP and are experiencing homelessness, you can register with Luther Street Medical Centre.

Luther Street Medical Centre isn’t an emergency service. If your health or someone else’s is in immediate danger, please call 999.

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life.

Citizens Advice Oxford and neighbourhood advice centres in Barton, Blackbird Leys and Rose Hill may be able to help if you need to claim welfare benefits or have an issue with benefits you are claiming at the moment.

You can get warm, shower, change your clothes and get free or cheap food at day services i.e. O'Hanlon House and The Porch. The Gatehouse Café also provides a safe and welcoming place to eat. You do need to have been verified by OxSPOT before you can use day services at O'Hanlon House.

Some student and community groups also provide clothes directly to people on the streets.

If you're an EU national, homeless and not working, you may not have the right to claim benefits or housing in the UK.

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life - if you are eligible for help.

If you're not entitled to benefits or housing, OxSPOT may be able to help you return home if you want to, or link you in with services who can help you into or back into work.

You can use day services at all times and access emergency accommodation during the winter.

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life

If you’re sleeping rough, you can talk to OxSPOT or Luther Street about the help that may be available. If you’re in supported accommodation, you can also speak to your support worker.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) does not hold meetings specifically for homeless people, but you can find an AA meeting near you on their website.

The services on this page are not emergency services. If your health or someone else’s is in immediate danger, please call 999.

If you’re worried about losing your home, you should get advice as early as possible. The council has to try to prevent you from becoming homeless.

We want to hear from you if you’ve got a question that’s not answered here. We will try and respond as soon as possible and will use your feedback to improve the site. Please email info@oxfordhomelessmovement.org.uk, drop us a line on social media or Get in touch.

Your first port of call should be the outreach team, OxSPOT. If you’re sleeping rough, OxSPOT will assess you and help you find the accommodation and support you need to rebuild your life.

You need to be verified by OxSPOT before you can access most beds and services funded by councils.