The Passage

40 years ago, in 1980, at the suggestion of Cardinal Hume, the Daughters of Charity started The Passage with a day centre close to Westminster Cathedral. This centre is now the UK’s largest centre for homeless and insecurely housed people. The Passage not only offers immediate help and longer-term support, but also provides and develops a wide range of value-led support services, including innovative accommodation projects. It welcomes and treats all its clients with respect and dignity and finds out what they need and want. It offers professional and appropriate advice and help according to the client’s needs and aspirations. It agrees an action plan with clients which is time limited with the aim of supporting them out of homelessness. Further information can be obtained from the website: www.passage.org.uk