Crisis responds to Corporate Watch report

Responding to the Corporate Watch report that reveals concerns about homelessness charities’ links to immigration enforcement, Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive of Crisis, said:

"At Crisis, we don't provide outreach services - our services are focused on providing homeless people with education, training and support with employment, health and housing. We don't work with, or share data with Home Office information, compliance and enforcement teams."

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NOTES TO EDITORS 

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. Our purpose is to end homelessness.

Homelessness is devastating, leaving people vulnerable and isolated.  We believe everyone deserves a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilled and active life. 

Crisis helps people rebuild their lives through housing, health, education and employment services. We work with thousands of homeless people across the UK and have ambitious plans to work with many more. We currently offer services in Birmingham, Coventry, Edinburgh, London, Merseyside, Newcastle, Oxford and South Yorkshire.

We are also determined campaigners, working to prevent people from becoming homeless and to change the way society and government thinks and acts towards homeless people.