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Hackney Night Shelter

@hackneyns.bsky.social
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Providing shelter and routes out of homelessness for over 25 years. Find out more and support us through the links below. linktr.ee/hackneynightshelter

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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
T moved on this week into his new place. He said "I was able to open a new page in my life."
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here at Hackney Night Shelter, we recently supported T, a 48-year-old man who was facing homelessness after being illegally evicted from his home when the locks were changed while he was out. While staying at the shelter he was able to receive support with his housing situation
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's some positive news to brighten your feed ☀️ over the past week we've been very pleased to see 8 more shelter guests move on positively into stable housing - to either private rented places or supported accommodation. We're wishing them all the best in their new homes
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s a great opportunity to take on a fundraising challenge as team which could make a huge difference to people facing homelessness in Hackney - whether its with friends, family, colleagues or community members. If you have any questions please contact sleepout@hackneydoorways.org.uk
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We will also hear stories from former shelter guests about their experiences and how Hackney Night Shelter made an impact on their lives.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Sleep Out is a community fundraiser with live music and comforts provided like toilets and a steward throughout the night - it is not meant to replicate the unsafe conditions of rough sleeping.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Over the past year, the numbers of people rough sleeping in London reached record high. Behind the figures are real people who need support. Join the Sleep Out to help keep Hackney Night Shelter open 365 nights a year and provide people facing homelessness with assistance into settled accommodation.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Calling all of our neighbours in Hackney(and beyond)! On Friday 9th October join our local community for a night of connection raising funds to create routes out of homelessness. We need YOU to make this year's Sleep Out the best one yet. Find out more & sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
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Buy tickets – Hackney Night Shelter Sleep Out 2026 – St John at Jerusalem Church
Hackney Night Shelter Sleep Out 2026 – St John at Jerusalem Church, Fri 9 Oct 2026 - Hackney Night Shelter's annual Sleep Out fundraiser is back for a fourth year and we need you to make it the best o...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We welcome the news that ending rough sleeping is high on the new Prime Minister's agenda. We hope this statement is followed up with the necessary action to tackle the scale of the housing crisis.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In his first speech as Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to end rough sleeping in this country. If he wants to end rough sleeping, he must scrap the hostile immigration rules that push people onto the streets. Here's why 👇
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What an amazing day! At the weekend our team of 140 people ran the hashtag#HackneyHalf marathon 2026 for routes out of homelessness 👟 there's still time to donate, all funds raised will go towards keeping the shelter running every night of the year 💙 www.justgiving.com/campaign/hns...
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Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Join us this afternoon (2-3) and this evening (6-6.45) to learn about the new Renters’ Rights Act! JOIN HERE: www.generationrent.org/renters-righ...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hackney Night Shelter has a couple of spaces left on our team running for routes out of homelessness in the Hackney Half Marathon on 17 May 👟 Contact events@hackneydoorways.org.uk for more info
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Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Join us this evening (6-7pm) to hear about how tenancies and evictions will be changing from 1st May. You'll hear from @sheltercharity.bsky.social & Safer Renting about what new protections you will get, and what to do if something goes wrong. Sign up for FREE via the link below ⬇️
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Alastair Owens @alastairhackney.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
On 17 May I am running the 2026 Hackney Half in aid of Hackney Night Shelter (@hackneyns.bsky.social) where I volunteer. It which provides temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness and support to find more secure places to live. Can you support? justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Alastair Owens is fundraising for Hackney Night Shelter
Help Alastair Owens raise money to support Hackney Night Shelter
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We need urgent and systemic change to address the scale of the housing crisis. That's why we're joining organisations from across the country to call for rent controls, council homes and affordable housing. See you at Soho Square 1pm!
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
As one of very few shelters in London open all year round offering free emergency accommodation, every day we see the impact of years of austerity, the cost of living crisis and lack of affordable housing pushing more people into homelessness.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Join the crew from Hackney Night Shelter tomorrow at the National Housing Demo! Rough sleeping has reached a record high, with 4,793 people recorded in a single night in England. Thousands more people aren't included in these figures who are also facing homelessness.
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Relationship breakdown driving homelessness crisis, research warns
More than 85,000 homelessness applications across England and Wales were linked to relationship breakdown in the past five years, according to research by a family law firm
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 10/04/2026
Research has found that support systems for victim-survivors can fail to recognise gambling-related domestic abuse.
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How gambling and domestic abuse are driving homelessness
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
And a big thanks to our amazing volunteers who helped keep the shelter open over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend! 👏
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We've been able to accommodate some of these people leaving winter shelters but there is a dire need for more services and support for people experiencing homelessness, with rough sleeping recently reaching a record high.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
While many winter night shelters are closing up as they don't have the resources to run for longer, Hackney Night Shelter is one of very few year-round night shelters.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
And we welcomed lots of new guests into the shelter including a man who arrived today - he was facing homelessness after a relationship breakdown.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
He also said there was a part of him that was very sad to leave the shelter as he found it to be a healing place at a time when he very much needed it. We were pleased to see three more guests also move on to longer term housing in the past few days.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🧵 Happy Friday from Hackney Night Shelter! 🌞Some recent news: one guest moved on positively to supported accommodation. He left these kind words "it was amazing staying here. everyone was respectful and welcoming"
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
With your help we can support over 200 people each year who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets. Tickets: www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/belte...
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Belter for the Shelter 2026 | Hackney Empire
A night of comedy in aid of Hackney Night Shelter. Belter for the Shelter is back! Hackney Night Shelter’s legendary comedy benefit night returns to the Ha
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
2 weeks to go until Belter for the Shelter! Join an evening of laughter on Thur 19 March at the Hackney Empire in aid of Hackney Night Shelter, hosted by the hilarious Laura Smyth 🎤 All funds raised will go towards keeping the shelter open every night of the year.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🗣️"When we fail to make sure we all have a decent home that we can afford, we’re failing in our most basic responsibility to protect people’s dignity." Lead Analyst @jelliott94.bsky.social in @the-independent.com on the two abysmal new records in today's homelessness stats bit.ly/4sa931L
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Rough sleeping hits record high in England
The number of households in temporary accommodation is also at record levels
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today, the rough sleeping snapshot findings reveal the highest number of people sleeping rough in England since records began in 2010. Behind these figures are real people who need support. www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
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Rough sleeping hits new high in England amid homeless kids fears
Rough sleeping in England has hit a record high as Labour's homelessness minister writes to councils over children on the streets.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Hackney Night Shelter's poetry night is back on 22 January! Join an evening of poetry and spoken word at Stoke Newington Bookshop raising funds to keep the shelter running all year round. Doors 6:30pm, starting 7pm. Get your tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
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Buy tickets – Hackney Night Shelter Poetry Evening – Stoke Newington Bookshop
Hackney Night Shelter Poetry Evening – Stoke Newington Bookshop, Thu 22 Jan 2026 - We're back with another poetry jam!  Join us for an evening of poetry and spoken word from friends, volunteers and su...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Streetlink via their online form or on 03005000914 or if they are in Hackney, Hackney Council on 02083562929 or 02083562300 out of hours. For other areas please check their local service provision
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol) is back on again this weekend with temperatures set to drop below freezing. The team at Hackney Night Shelter are getting additional emergency bed spaces ready for this evening alongside the main shelter. If you meet anyone sleeping rough contact below:
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Hackney Night Shelter's poetry night is back on 22 January! Join an evening of poetry and spoken word at Stoke Newington Bookshop raising funds to keep the shelter running all year round. Doors 6:30pm, starting 7pm. Get your tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
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Buy tickets – Hackney Night Shelter Poetry Evening – Stoke Newington Bookshop
Hackney Night Shelter Poetry Evening – Stoke Newington Bookshop, Thu 22 Jan 2026 - We're back with another poetry jam!  Join us for an evening of poetry and spoken word from friends, volunteers and su...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you meet anyone sleeping rough you can contact Streetlink or if they are in Hackney, Hackney Council on 02083562929 or 02083562300 out of hours. For other areas please check their local service provision
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol) has officially been activated in London and temperatures are set to reach -4 over the next few days. At Hackney Night Shelter we've prepared additional emergency bed spaces alongside the main shelter.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Here's a glimpse of former guest Julie* telling her story. Watch the full interview: www.hackneydoorways.org.uk/stories/from...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hear from shelter volunteer Gwladys about how your donations to Hackney Night Shelter's #Christmas Appeal can support women facing homelessness this winter as we prepare to open a new women's shelter in 2026. To find out more and donate head to the link in bio.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
With your support, the shelter can provide emergency accommodation and routes out of homelessness for another 200 people each year who would otherwise be sleeping on the street.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Get ready for a stellar line-up hosted by Laura Smyth with the likes of Jeff Innocent, Tom Ward, Rosie Holt, Athena Kugblenu taking to the stage, plus more. Your ticket doesn’t just get you an evening of laughs, it raises crucial funds to keep Hackney Night Shelter open all year round.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
📣Belter for the Shelter is back!📣 Hackney Night Shelter’s legendary comedy benefit night returns to the Hackney Empire. Grab your ticket: www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/belte...
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thanks to Lizzie McAllister for covering Hackney Night Shelter's Christmas Appeal in the Hackney Citizen today www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/11/20/h...
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Hackney Night Shelter launches Christmas appeal to open new women’s space – Hackney Citizen
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The HNS team is busy today preparing additional emergency bed spaces for this evening as the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) has been activated in London. If you meet anyone sleeping rough you can contact Streetlink or Hackney Council on 02083562929 or 02083562300 out of hours
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
When reflecting on her experience at the shelter she said "it is safe, clean, the staff and volunteers are familiar and the food is good" and said the best thing about her stay was meeting new people from different countries.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Today not only is the sun shining on the lovely plants in our courtyard, we were also really pleased to see two shelter guests move on positively! One of them was a 20 year old woman who had been sleeping rough in Brent before coming to the shelter and moved today to supported housing.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We received a lovely note from a guest after she moved out recently 💙 Before she came to the shelter, she was dealing with a relationship breakdown and losing employment. After staying at the shelter for a few weeks, she was able to secure a place in supported housing.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This year has seen the highest numbers of rough sleeping on record in London, while many more people face hidden homelessness. There's still time to donate to keep Hackney Night Shelter's vital service running: www.justgiving.com/campaign/hns...
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Hackney Night Shelter Sleep Out 2025
Back for a third year, the Sleep Out is an opportunity to connect as a community, raising funds and awareness about our vital work providing routes out of homelessness.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
On the night we heard from former guests about their experiences and enjoyed hot soup, cakes and live music. So far the team has raised over £14,000 which could support 8 guests with 28 nights stay at the shelter including hot meals and support into longer term accommodation.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Not meant to replicate what it's actually like to sleep rough, the team had facilities available to make the night safe and comfortable unlike the harsh, dangerous reality that more than 13,000 people rough sleeping in London had to face over the last year.
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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
On Friday 10 October,World Homelessness Day,30 people took part in the sponsored Sleep Out raising funds to support Hackney Night Shelter to stay open every night of the year providing emergency shelter, hot meals and structured support into settled accommodation for people experiencing homelessness
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