St. Petrock's (Exeter) Ltd.
10 Cathedral Yard
Exeter EX1 1HJ
Tel. Office: 01392 422396
Tel. Centre: 01392 217550
Email: gill@stpetrocks.org.uk
Morning Session:
Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri
9.00am - 1.00pm
Wednesdays
9.00am - 12.00pm
Afternoon Session:
Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri
14.00pm - 16.00pm
Deliveries
Deliveries into Cathedral Yard can only be made between 8.30 - 10am weekdays.
About Us
From a small community project, run entirely by volunteers, the charity (as it is today) got its name when the Parish of Central Exeter allocated space in one of it’s churches - St Petrock’s - for a homeless centre. While the church’s entrance on the High Street remains open to the public, the centre’s entrances are on Cathedral Yard, opposite the Cathedral, which is an easily accessible location for our clients. Our central location and wide range of services available in the centre means that St Petrock’s is the first point of contact for many people who are homeless in the city.
Our Clients
Our clients fall into three main groups:
Rough sleepers who have no accommodation, including offenders due for release without accommodation
People who have a roof over their heads (sleeping on a friend’s floor, hostels, etc.) but have no home
People who have been resettled but who, without support, may well return to the streets
Our clients typically have overlapping needs in addition to a lack of accommodation:
42% have complex needs i.e. mental health and/or addiction issues
65% have experienced some form of family breakdown, over 20% have been in care
66% are ex-offenders
Over 90% left school early with few or no qualifications
8% are ex-services
Our Aim
Our overall aim is to tackle multiple disadvantage and social exclusion by improving independence and employability.
In order to support our clients back into healthier and more positive lifestyles, our staff use a wide range of strategies. Being homeless can cause a combination of health and social issues and people living on the streets have a lower life expectancy than those living in houses. People who are homeless are also more socially excluded for a variety of reasons and generally the longer you are homeless the deeper, more difficult and entrenched your problems become. Listed below are some of the strategies we adopt with our clients to help them combat these problems.
To improve personal responsibility, motivation and self-worth
To enable clients to manage their physical/mental health
To enable clients to reduce drug/alcohol use
To improve clients’ life, basic and vocational skills
To enable clients to access housing and successfully maintain a tenancy
To create awareness of homelessness issues, aiming at prevention