LDHAS
About the Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service
The project was set up in 1987 to provide a service for local people in housing poverty. The Homeless Action Service was built in 1992 with a considerable amount of incredible support from local people. We became a registered charity in 2002.
Our clients are ordinary people whose circumstances have altered their way of life, people who have been in care, suffered a relationship breakdown, have addictions, come out of the services, or come out of prison.
Our Mission Statement
The Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service seeks to provide and improve services for those who are homeless or have housing related needs by the following means:
Aims and Objectives
- Identifying and responding to homelessness and housing related needs.
- Working directly or in partnership with other agencies to promote accessible, responsive and suitable services.
- Offering day centre facilities that offer care and support for homeless people and those with housing related needs.
- Offering advice, information and advocacy service on housing and related issues.
- Maintain accurate and up to date awareness of the needs of those who are homeless or have housing related needs through monitoring, maintaining and generating data for both the project and a wider audience.
- Seeking to inform and guide policy locally and nationally that affects homeless people and those with housing related needs.
- Maximising available resources through seeking out alternative funding, encouraging participation of project users, valuing and developing staff and volunteers and encouraging active support from all sectors of the community.
- Promoting equality of opportunity for all throughout all aspects of the service.
