DASH - standing for Durham Action on Single Housing - works with the mission statement of:
Positive Intervention
on Single Homelessness
DASH endeavours to do this in many ways, the main focus being on providing Supported Housing in our own and managed property and a Tenancy Support Service (Floating Support) to tenants of other organisations. DASH also manages and supports single homeless residents in Durham County Councils Emergency Access Accommodation. Please contact the Council on 0191 3866111 regarding all Emergency Access accommodation referrals.
Supported Accommodation
We are an independent charity that provides accommodation with support to people who are homeless or are about to become homeless.
We have many years of experience in effectively assessing and managing people that, for whatever reason have become homeless. Some of the most prevalent reasons for homelessness being; young inexperienced people on their own for the first time, people with mental health problems or learning difficulties, people with substance misuse or alcohol problems, people excluded from mainstream housing because of an offending history, relationship breakdowns. This list is not an exhaustive list as we’ve also housed people whose home has been destroyed by fire, people who have been discharged from hospitals or released from prison without an address to return to.
We currently house 43 people in a variety of properties on short, medium or longer term agreements, and our aim is to provide a supportive and stable environment in order to give people the best chance of addressing the problems that caused their homelessness and thus an opportunity of moving forward into independence.
An Introduction to DASH TALK
DASH TALK is our brand new quarterly publication designed to give people an insight in to what is going on within DASH.
The first edition includes:
- The History of DASH
About how DASH started life as a local charity in 1972 called the Durham Cyrenians, and how it was founded by people who were concerned about the plight of single homeless men. - Current Affairs
1. How liaising with the Police will continue and hopefully our accommodation may give a chance to any future rough sleepers to improve their lives.
2. Photographs of the three cheerful Durham University students who kindly volunteered to help paint one of our supported properties recently.
3. What fun events DASH staff have been organising to celebrate our 40th Anniversary. - And lots more!
A PDF version can be downloaded by clicking on the DASH TALK image.