Concrete - making homelessness history

Concrete - making homelessness history Concrete is a local charity, support network and campaigner leading the fight to erase homelessness within Staffordshire and its surrounding areas.

Support means standing alongside you through difficult moments. Over the past few weeks, Concrete’s Phoenix team has con...
18/06/2026

Support means standing alongside you through difficult moments.

Over the past few weeks, Concrete’s Phoenix team has continued advocating for and supporting LGBTQ+ customers through incredibly challenging situations.

This has included helping one customer challenge barriers around accessing gender identity healthcare, while also supporting another vulnerable customer experiencing a mental health crisis and financial difficulties while waiting for disability benefit support.

At Phoenix, we know everyone’s journey is different, and we’re here to help you feel supported, listened to and not alone 🌈

Find out more about Phoenix and the support available here 👇
www.thisisconcrete.org.uk/services/lgbtqplus-community-homes

Your voice helps shape Phoenix 🌈 Recently, customers supported by Concrete’s Phoenix service came together with the team...
16/06/2026

Your voice helps shape Phoenix 🌈

Recently, customers supported by Concrete’s Phoenix service came together with the team to share ideas for future activities, trips and support sessions within the service.

The session gave customers the chance to speak openly about what they’d like to see more of, helping shape how Phoenix continues supporting LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness moving forward 💛

At Phoenix, we want you to feel listened to, involved and empowered in the support you receive.

Want to find out more about Phoenix and how we could support you?
www.thisisconcrete.org.uk/services/lgbtqplus-community-homes

We're proud to share that SPHERE has been Highly Commended at the 2026 Homeless Link Excellence Awards 🏆 SPHERE supports...
12/06/2026

We're proud to share that SPHERE has been Highly Commended at the 2026 Homeless Link Excellence Awards 🏆

SPHERE supports people experiencing homelessness and addiction to find a home and get the support they need to move forward.

Because homelessness doesn't define you. Recovery is possible. A safe place to sleep changes everything.

This recognition belongs to our customers, our team and our partners at Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Stoke CDAS, who show up every day to help people take that next step.

We're not giving up. Not until homelessness is history across Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding areas.

Find out more about the service and how we can support you here: www.thisisconcrete.org.uk/SPHERE

People with lived experience help shape better support. In this month’s customer voice update, Customer Voice Specialist...
12/06/2026

People with lived experience help shape better support.

In this month’s customer voice update, Customer Voice Specialist Jayne shares how customers across Honeycomb Group have been influencing decisions, reviewing services and helping make sure people’s voices are heard.

Your experiences matter and could help improve services for others facing homelessness in the future.

Read the full update or get involved:
🌐www.honeycombgroup.org.uk/customervoiceupdatemay
📞 01782 744533
📧 [email protected]

A home can change everything 🏡 At Concrete, we don’t just help you find somewhere to live, we work alongside you to help...
09/06/2026

A home can change everything 🏡

At Concrete, we don’t just help you find somewhere to live, we work alongside you to help you move forward, rebuild stability and create the future you want for yourself and your family 💛

Our new Move-On Team is already making a huge difference, supporting customers moving on from supported accommodation into safe, affordable homes that truly meet their needs.

Recently, the team supported a mum affected by domestic abuse to secure a safe home and reunite with her children, helping the family begin rebuilding their lives together again.

From helping you understand housing options and access financial support, to sourcing furniture and preparing for independent living, we’re here to support you every step of the way.

Read the full story and find out more about how the Move-On Team could support you 👇
www.thisisconcrete.org.uk/news/concrete-news/helping-families-move-forward-the-impact-of-concrete-s-move-on-team

🏡 Catch up on the latest from ConcreteThe latest edition of Be Mag is now available, featuring stories from people takin...
05/06/2026

🏡 Catch up on the latest from Concrete

The latest edition of Be Mag is now available, featuring stories from people taking positive steps towards safer, more concrete futures.

Inside, you'll find:
🏆 News about our national homelessness award shortlist
🤝 How we're working with partners across Stoke-on-Trent
🌈 Updates from Phoenix, our specialist LGBTQ+ homelessness support service
💼 Information about jobs, training and skills support available to customers
✨ How our new Move-On Team helped reunite a family and support them into a safe home

Every day, we're working alongside people to help them find stability, build confidence and move towards a brighter future.

📖 Read more: www.honeycombgroup.org.uk/bemag

Happy Stoke Day! 🏠 Last year, many of our customers joined thousands of local people for the Big Centenary Tea Party, he...
05/06/2026

Happy Stoke Day! 🏠

Last year, many of our customers joined thousands of local people for the Big Centenary Tea Party, helping celebrate 100 years of Stoke-on-Trent.

The event brought together more than 15,000 people from communities across the city to share stories, make memories and enjoy a cuppa together.

To mark Stoke Day, a special free exhibition is taking place at Stoke Minster today and tomorrow, showcasing photos, videos and audio from this incredible moment in our city's history.

📍 Stoke Minster
📅 Friday 5 June and Saturday 6 June
🎟️ Free entry

If you were there, why not take a trip down memory lane and see if you can spot yourself in the exhibition?

To our incredible Peer Mentors, thank you 🤝This Volunteers' Week, we brought together volunteers from across Honeycomb G...
05/06/2026

To our incredible Peer Mentors, thank you 🤝

This Volunteers' Week, we brought together volunteers from across Honeycomb Group for a special thank you event at The Quarter. For Concrete, it was all about celebrating our Peer Mentors.

Our Peer Mentors aren't volunteers because they've read about homelessness in a book or heard about it on the news. They're volunteers because they've lived it.

They know what it's like to feel lost, isolated or unsure where to turn next. They've faced challenges, overcome barriers and come out the other side. That's what makes their support so powerful.

Every day, they use their experiences to help people living in our supported accommodation. They build trust, offer encouragement and show customers that they're talking to someone who genuinely gets it.

When someone is struggling to engage with support, a Peer Mentor can often reach them in a way nobody else can. They help people take that first step, then the next one, and the one after that.

At Concrete, we're working to make homelessness history. We know we can't do that alone.

To our Peer Mentors: thank you for sharing your stories, your time and your belief that things can get better. You prove every day that homelessness doesn't define a person and that a brighter future is possible.

We're proud to have you on the team 💚

From supported… to supporting ⭐ Jamie experienced homelessness and addiction before rebuilding his life with support our...
04/06/2026

From supported… to supporting ⭐

Jamie experienced homelessness and addiction before rebuilding his life with support our support here at Concrete.

Today, he uses his lived experience to support others as a volunteer peer mentor - helping people build trust, confidence, and hope for the future.

Volunteering has become a turning point in his journey – and it could be for you too.

🗣️ Interested in volunteering? Speak to your Support Worker today!

💻 Visit www.thisisconcrete.org.uk/volunteering

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