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We provide emotional and practical support to people with complex needs who cannot or will not access other services. Within that group we focus on people who are homeless and rootless, especially those with issues related to rough sleeping.
We seek to work with other agencies to ensure that our service users are never left unsupported. We aim to provide continuous support to prevent relapse into problematic behaviour and to enable individuals to move to a stage where they no longer need formal support services.
We provide volunteers with the opportunity to develop new skills, and to be part of an organisation where the values of understanding, respect, commitment and trust are paramount.
We seek to enable people to respond to our service users in a compassionate, caring and empathetic way, to raise awareness of their plight and to articulate the voice of the marginalised.
We seek to work with other agencies to ensure that our service users are never left unsupported. We aim to provide continuous support to prevent relapse into problematic behaviour and to enable individuals to move to a stage where they no longer need formal support services.
We provide volunteers with the opportunity to develop new skills, and to be part of an organisation where the values of understanding, respect, commitment and trust are paramount.
We seek to enable people to respond to our service users in a compassionate, caring and empathetic way, to raise awareness of their plight and to articulate the voice of the marginalised.
Simon On the Streets is a diverse group of volunteers and outreach support workers.
Registerd Charity Number 1088245
A large proportion of the people we support have issues with drugs and/or alcohol. They tend to be at the more chaotic end of substance use.
· There were 40,872 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2006-7 with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol consumption
· There were 6,743 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2005-6 with a primary diagnosis of drug related mental health and behavioral disorder.
· The total number of drug related deaths in England and Wales in 2006 was 1,573.
· The total number of deaths directly linked to alcohol in England in 2006 was 6,517. The Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England estimates there are up to 22,000 premature deaths per year associated in some way with alcohol misuse.
All information taken from the NHS Information Centre.
Substance use can start as a coping mechanism. We know that behind the issue is a person, and we aim to give them the support to access the right services
· There were 40,872 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2006-7 with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol consumption
· There were 6,743 admissions to hospital in England in the year 2005-6 with a primary diagnosis of drug related mental health and behavioral disorder.
· The total number of drug related deaths in England and Wales in 2006 was 1,573.
· The total number of deaths directly linked to alcohol in England in 2006 was 6,517. The Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England estimates there are up to 22,000 premature deaths per year associated in some way with alcohol misuse.
All information taken from the NHS Information Centre.
Substance use can start as a coping mechanism. We know that behind the issue is a person, and we aim to give them the support to access the right services