“To enable homeless people to access accommodation, and those at risk of homelessness to maintain their accommodation. To support all our service users to the point that they no longer need us.”

SPEAR is a charity working with homeless people in and around Richmond. Over the last 21 years we have offered services to thousands of homeless and vulnerable people, successfully transforming lives and supporting many of our service users to the point that they have achieved total independence.

Our integrated services cover the full spectrum of homelessness. We operate a 12-bed hostel, an outreach team, a tenancy support service, a rent deposit scheme, a young persons' project and a team working with people who have drug and alcohol problems. This unique model enjoys much success in the Borough and is very highly regarded.

Our mission is to support our service users to the point that they no longer need us. This means that we don’t just take people off the streets, but that we enable them to take that final step to reintegrate fully into mainstream society.