A Brief Intro

Our Story

Since 2011, Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter (ECWNS) has delivered a truly unique service to the borough’s homeless by providing food, a safe and warm space to sleep, and, importantly companionship, every night to 14 people from November to March each year (20 weeks).

Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter is the only organisation in Ealing providing emergency night shelter over the five winter months. We
also provide a dedicated support worker providing one to one support to shelter guests, including around finding permanent accommodation. We work with 20 churches across the borough, supported by 200 volunteers.

Our Mission

Enabling the community of Ealing to serve the homeless.

The shelter delivers food, temporary accommodation, friendship and community to vulnerable people living on the streets of Ealing. There is provision for individual support to transition people into permanent and dignified accommodation. Serving people of all faiths and none.

The shelter holds the values of dignity for all people, respect, honesty, inclusion, hope, love and that all individuals should have the opportunity to flourish in their lives.

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