Prison leavers: Outreach and centre-based support

Our minibus visits temporary accommodation properties across Greater Manchester, so residents can access support on their doorsteps and at the Justlife Centre. Both offer TA residents on-the-spot housing/benefits advice, support with tenancy issues and help to access longer-term support to address their physical and mental health. We also provide emergency food and toiletry parcels, wellbeing supplies and tenant information packs. At the Justlife Centre, we offer social and wellbeing activities, as well as on the spot advice to people experiencing homelessness who knock on our doors.

We also provide support for prison leavers as they move into temporary accommodation, throughout their stay, and as they move on to longer-term accommodation. Support includes developing life skills like setting up bank accounts and managing finances, registering with health services, avoiding eviction, applying for suitable housing and supporting people to settle into their new property.