Winter Night Shelter Milton Keynes

We aim to relieve poverty, distress and homelessness and help homeless people rebuild their lives.

WNSMK provides supervised overnight accommodation and meals to homeless and vulnerable people who would otherwise be rough sleeping in Milton Keynes during the coldest months of the year (November–March). We work in partnership with many churches and community centres across the city who provide their facilities as an overnight venue.

In addition to essential shelter our staﬀ and trained volunteers provide welfare support. We enable our guests to access drug and alcohol support services, to obtain housing advice, move on to longer-term accommodation and to ﬁnd work.

People arrive at the Winter Night Shelter for many reasons. They can be old or young, men and women. Some are long-term homeless, but many are the victims of circumstance. They may have deteriorating domestic issues; they may have lost jobs and no longer be able to pay for accommodation. Illness, disability, mental health struggles, language barriers and lost or stolen identity documents can all play a part in someone ending up on the street. We help all those in need regardless of whether or not they have recourse to assistance from public funds.

“Without a supportive network of family or friends this could happen to any of us”

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Covid-19 response

The end of our winter season in 2020 was like no other before it. We had to close our emergency accommodation early before the nationwide lockdown began on 23rd March and urgently find our homeless guests a safe place to stay. In the weeks and months following we have been providing emergency food relief and welfare support to those who have no other source of help. This is the story of the help we are currenlty providing, made possible when the community and volunteers come together to support those in urgent need.

This work is being supported by public donations and funding from MK Community Foundation. If you would like to support our work please make a donation via our JustGiving page. Thank you.

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Concerned about someone sleeping rough?

Within Milton Keynes only:

Concerns can be referred to the Winter Night Shelter’s welfare team on 07549 609427 or by emailing welfare@winternightsheltermk.com.

Alternatively:

StreetLink is a nationwide project whereby members of the public can report incidences of observed rough sleeping and welfare concerns. Street Link will then alert the appropriate agencies to offer support. You can report a rough sleeper to Street Link via their website or calling 0300 500 0914.

Could you give £3 or £5 a month?

Small, regular donations help us to provide consistent help for rough sleepers including welfare support during the summer months.

See our Donate page for details.

Reception café and base for daytime support services:
Unity Park Station (formerly The Old Bus Station), 401 Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1LR.

Registered office:
The Ridgeway Centre, Featherstone Road, Wolverton Mill South, Milton Keynes, MK12 5TH.

Charity Reference No. 1149480
Registered Company No. 08232340