We Appreciate Your Donations

We are so grateful for the many people who bring over donations. We welcome food, toiletries and sleeping bags. Any clothes should be clean and in good condition, and we can only take clean, good-condition single bedding when we have the space to store it. We generally don’t take donations of other household items – call us to check before you travel.

If you need a FOOD PARCEL, please FIRST call 01293 447704 to make a request

Crawley Open House provides support and services for those suffering the effects of homelessness, unemployment, loneliness, discrimination, or other forms of social exclusion. Our support is available to anyone in need.

Each night Crawley Open House is "home" for 60 people who otherwise would have nowhere else to stay

8 GOOD REASONS TO SUPPORT CRAWLEY OPEN HOUSE

‘Home’ to 60 people every night

Name: Crawley Open House
Address: GB

60+% of residents resettled to permanent accommodation

Employability and life-skills classes

Drop-in day centre offering practical and emotional support

Local, independent charity with a 30-year history

We hand out up to 20 emergency food parcels each day

Outreach Teams offer Support to someone in Crawley, either sleeping rough or at risk of losing their accommodation

Helping people with their physical and mental well-being

KEY 2024/25 NUMBERS AT A GLANCE

99.3%

Our hostel beds were full almost every night

(some were empty due to essential maintenance)

57,040

Total support hours provided to our clients at Riverside House

68%

of our hostel residents were resettled by us or found alternative accommodation

48,000

Meals provided to our hostel residents, day centre visitors or in the community in partnership with other agencies

1,114

Times our Outreach Workers supported someone sleeping rough or at risk of being homeless

1,921

Times we helped someone with benefits, banking, employment and debt advice

About Us

Established in 1982 as the Crawley Community Resources Centre, then incorporated in 1994 and renamed Crawley Open House. Today we are a registered charity with a mission to support those who find themselves experiencing homelessness in Crawley and West Sussex.

Crawley Open House is a year-round, high support hostel for those who are experiencing homelessness and hardship, also providing life-skills training and resettlement support for our residents and service-users. Through the tremendous support of our generous donors and trustees, we have been able to carry out our mission for over 40 years.