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SHP (Single Homeless Project)
SHP is an independent UK charity working with single people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in London. It aims to provide a range of accommodation and floating support services for homeless and socially excluded people, including those suffering from mental health issues, substance misuse, risk of offending and young people experiencing homelessness or housing trouble.

Background
SHP was established in the mid 70s by a group of homeless single men who had been sleeping rough in central London. It was registered as a charity in 1977 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 1984. It now runs projects around London, providing services in the following London boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Camden, Hackney, Havering, Islington, Lambeth, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster City Council.

The charity employs around 150 staff and supports 2,000 people a year in its accommodation and floating support services, and supports a further 800 people in a range of other tenures including council, housing association and private rented tenants as well as those in bed and breakfasts and other temporary accommodation.

SHP aims to help those facing homelessness and chronic social exclusion and its services provide for those suffering with mental health issues, substance misuse, and those at risk of offending. It provides two types of service: accommodation and floating support.

Accommodation services involve providing hostel room or temporary housing for service users. SHP manages 430 units of housing with support, providing a range of temporary and permanent accommodation.

Floating Support provides service users with a support worker who will help them find or keep housing and help them with personal issues whether they be mental health probles, learning disabilities, substance misuse or violence and criminal offending.