Nearly 40 years of
rebuilding lives,
one home at a time.
St Ignatius Housing Association provides safe, stable, supported homes for single vulnerable adults across Haringey — and the expert, trauma-informed support they need to rebuild their lives independently.
Established in 1987, St Ignatius Housing Association has spent nearly four decades embedded in the heart of Haringey, providing some of the borough's most vulnerable people with the stable home and intensive support they need to move forward with their lives.
We are not simply a provider of beds. We are a committed, values-driven organisation that goes above and beyond — offering individual mentoring, life skills coaching, education access, employment training and a structured move-on programme that genuinely breaks the cycle of homelessness.
We support Haringey's Homelessness Strategy 2025–27 and work with our strategic partners to ensure that no one falls through the gap.
Rough sleeping in Haringey
Sources: Haringey Council news release, 16 Dec 2025 (26 people / 46% reduction); CHAIN Annual Report 2024/25, GLA, Jun 2025 (9 boroughs figure)
More than a roof.
A route to independence.
Every resident receives far more than accommodation. Our offer is built around the whole person — from the moment they arrive to the day they move into their own independent home.
Safe, Stable Accommodation
45 beds across 11 Haringey sites, leased from private landlords under 3–7 year guarantees — giving residents a genuinely secure, well-managed home. We are responsible for all internal repairs and maintenance.
Individual, Trauma-Informed Support
Every resident has a personal support plan, delivered by experienced Tenancy Management Officers who build relationships. Our approach is grounded in trauma awareness and human dignity.
Education & Training
We promote access to education and vocational training on behalf of residents, supporting the journey toward economic independence. Employment support development is key to our model.
Life Skills & Mentoring
Budgeting, tenancy management, healthy eating — one-to-one life skills coaching builds the practical capability and confidence residents need to sustain an independent tenancy long term.
Move-On Programme
After approximately 12 months, most residents are ready for independence. We provide structured transition support, bridging the gap between supported and independent living.
Wellbeing & Food Security
We go the extra mile by delivering trauma-informed interventions supporting clients' wellbeing — funded spa breaks and weekends away, museum visits, and funded trips for domestic violence survivors and others including those with mental health needs. We provide food security through our partnership with Muswell Hill Foodbank.
The evidence behind the work
Our model delivers measurable results – by reducing pressure on the council's hotel and temporary accommodation bill, supporting refugees and rough sleepers and working to alleviate health and trauma among refugees. In partnership with the Refugee Council, we support clients with language and cultural needs within the refugee population.
Sources: Haringey Homelessness Review 2025 (LB Haringey Cabinet, Nov 2025) — 71% rough sleeping reduction & TA cost rise; NICE Guideline NG214 (Mar 2022, 2019/20 prices) — £38,736 statutory cost; CHAIN Annual Report 2024/25 (GLA, Jun 2025) — London rough sleeping data
Single vulnerable adults who need more than a bed
We provide accommodation and support to single vulnerable adults who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.
All residents are assessed and referred exclusively by our referral partners — a rigorous, formal assessment that ensures every person we support has a genuine and documented need.
"Behind every statistic is a person — someone's daughter, someone's father, someone who had hopes and experienced setbacks, and who now needs someone to believe they can have a future. St Ignatius believes that."
Many residents arrive from sleeping rough; many have complex needs from leaving domestic violence or from a crisis of mental health, addiction, or financial hardship. Our approach addresses all of it.
The evidence on need
Sources: Lancet Public Health 2021 (Liu et al.); Homeless Link, Unhealthy State of Homelessness 2025 (Nov 2025); ONS, Deaths of Homeless People in England and Wales: 2021 registrations (Nov 2022); CHAIN Annual Report 2024/25
Referral & Assessment
Formal referrals from our referral partners (Hope Worldwide and Haringey Council's day centre for the homeless, Mulberry Junction) — every placement is professionally assessed before it is made.
Safe Home & Welcome Pack
Residents arrive to a safe, well-maintained home and a starter pack — arriving with little or nothing is normal; we plan for that.
Individual Support Plan
A personalised plan developed with each resident: goals, support needs, trauma history, and aspirations for independence.
Sustained, Holistic Support
Life skills, mentoring and access to mainstream services, training and education — delivered by consistent key workers who residents genuinely know and trust. We advocate for clients to help them navigate complex welfare benefits.
Move-On & Independence
Structured transitions into the private rented sector, with fundraising for white goods and furniture — the bridge from supported housing to independent living.
Trauma-informed.
Person-centred.
Genuinely different.
What distinguishes St Ignatius from standard supported housing providers is a principled commitment to going above and beyond the minimum. We do not simply house people — we walk alongside them.
Our staff build genuine, sustained relationships with residents. That human consistency — a familiar face, a trusted point of contact — is the foundation everything else is built on.
We provide dedicated out-of-hours support to residents, including welfare checks and telephone support 365 days a year when our office is closed.
Every £1 invested in St Ignatius saves many times its value to the public purse
Research cited in NICE clinical guidelines puts the total statutory sector cost of one homeless person in England at up to £38,736 per year — spanning NHS services, mental health, drug and alcohol, criminal justice and homelessness provision (2019/20 prices).
St Ignatius's cost per placement is a fraction of this — and prevents the underlying causes from recurring. At a time when London boroughs spend £5.5 million every single day on homelessness (London Councils, September 2025), and Haringey's temporary accommodation costs have risen to nearly five times what they were two years ago, the case for investment in quality supported housing has never been clearer.
Source: NICE Guideline NG214, Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness (published March 2022), citing Pleace & Culhane, Better than Cure? (Crisis, 2016), uprated to 2019/20 prices
Working together across Haringey's homelessness systems
St Ignatius is embedded in the formal network of organisations addressing homelessness across Haringey and other boroughs. We work in active partnership — not in silos — to ensure the best possible outcomes for the people we serve.
We are currently developing formal Service Level Agreements with key partner organisations, directly aligned with Haringey's strategic commitment to structuring critical prevention relationships.
Supporting Haringey's Homelessness Strategy 2025–27
St Ignatius supports four of Haringey's Homelessness Strategy 2025–27 priorities, through the following work – from prevention through to accommodation quality.
Prevent through partnership
Working with referral partners and other agencies to prevent homelessness across the borough.
Protect the vulnerable
Move-on programme prevents return to homelessness; life skills coaching addresses root causes of housing instability.
Targeted interventions
DV survivors, complex-needs adults, refugees and rough sleepers, care leavers, racially diverse cohort — we serve them all.
Improve accommodation
38-year track record, FCA-regulated, internal repairs responsibility — a benchmark for quality in Haringey.
How to refer a client
St Ignatius Housing Association accepts referrals from Haringey Council Housing Needs and other providers.
We do not operate a direct access or self-referral service. All applicants are encouraged to approach the local authority for referral to our organisation, or — if sleeping rough — to seek a referral via Mulberry Junction.
This pathway ensures every resident has been formally assessed and that placements are made where they will be most effective. If you work with a vulnerable adult in Haringey who may benefit from our accommodation and support, please contact one of our referral partners or Haringey Housing Needs for help and support in applying to us.
Get in touch
50 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22 7DE
Mulberry Junction
Thames Reach
Nearly four decades of trust, accountability and impact
St Ignatius Housing Association was established in 1987 and has operated continuously in the London Borough of Haringey ever since. We are one of the largest accommodation-based support providers in the borough — a position earned through nearly four decades of committed, high-quality delivery.
We are registered with the Financial Conduct Authority as a Registered Society under number IP25851R. Our governance is led by a Board of Trustees chaired by a Methodist Minister — a signal of the values-based, ethical leadership that has guided our work since our foundation.
We serve people of all faiths and none. Our faith-rooted governance is a source of integrity and accountability — not a precondition of support.
FCA Registered Society — IP25851R
Registered with the Financial Conduct Authority. Transparent, regulated, and fully accountable.
Established 1987 — 38 years of delivery
Unbroken presence in Haringey for nearly four decades.
What makes us different
Rigorous formal needs assessment before any placement
Every resident has been professionally evaluated by our referral partners.
Landlord guarantee model
3–7 year lease guarantees — a sophisticated market asset enabling PRS access in one of London's most challenging rental markets.
Above and beyond — always
Starter packs and more — we go beyond providing just support, taking a therapeutic approach to harm reduction to keep clients safe in their home.
Help us do more for the people who need it most
Housing Benefit covers our core costs, but the activities that truly transform lives fall outside it: rent deposits for private sector landlords; starter packs for bedding, toiletries and furniture; staff costs; help with removal and relocation costs; specialist therapies not available on the NHS, available only from private practitioners; and alternative therapies such as Reiki.
Make a Donation
Every gift — however large or small — goes directly toward the activities that make the real difference: rent deposits that open the door to independence, starter packs for residents who arrive with nothing, and spa breaks and wellbeing days for domestic violence survivors.
- £25 funds a starter pack for a new resident
- £100 contributes toward a rent deposit
- £250 funds a wellbeing day for a DV survivor
- £1,000+ covers a full rent deposit — opening a door to independence
St Ignatius is a Registered Society, not a charity. Donations are not eligible for Gift Aid. Please contact us to discuss how your gift will be used.
Gifts in Kind
Practical donations make an immediate, tangible difference for residents who arrive with very little. We regularly need household items, toiletries and other everyday essentials for starter packs.
- Bedding, towels and household linen
- Kitchenware and basic utensils
- Toiletries and personal hygiene products
- Clothing (good condition)
- Small household appliances
Corporate Partnership
Partner with St Ignatius and demonstrate your organisation's commitment to tackling homelessness in North London. We offer a range of partnership options to suit your CSR objectives and team size.
- Named corporate supporter recognition
- Team volunteering days (fully organised)
- Matched-giving programmes
- Staff fundraising support
- Annual impact report and updates
Leave a Legacy
A gift in your will is one of the most lasting ways to support St Ignatius. Legacy gifts help us plan for the future, sustain the programmes that fall outside statutory funding, and ensure no one in Haringey is left without support.
- Residuary legacies (a share of your estate)
- Pecuniary legacies (a fixed cash sum)
- Specific legacies (a named item or property)
Please speak to your solicitor when making or updating your will. We are happy to provide a letter of wishes or further information on request.
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