Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards 2009
This year's winner: Broadway
A Broadway hit
Broadway Housing and Support has scooped the top prize of £20,000 at the 2009 Andy Ludlow homelessness awards.
The charity collected their prize from housing minister, the Rt Hon John Healey MP at the awards ceremony at the British Library. The successful project, working closely with the Barka Foundation, has helped transform the lives of hundreds of eastern European migrants by ensuring that they are treated fairly in the UK by employers and landlords, while also by helping service users reconnect with their home country.
The Ludlow awards, supported by all the London boroughs, CLG, London Housing Foundation, Shelter and London Councils' grants committee, celebrates innovation and best practice in tackling homelessness in London.
Broadway was established in May 2005 as a rapid intervention service working with outreach teams on the streets or those referred to them by the police or local authorities.
Chair of the judging panel and London Councils' executive member for housing, Councillor Steve Reed, said:
"I want to commend all the entries for this year's awards for the work they have done in helping London's homeless people. The standard of entries was particularly good this year, however Broadway Homelessness and Support really shone with their work for migrants in the UK.
"They have provided invaluable support to people facing social exclusion and I am sure the money will be a great help for them to continue the work they do getting people off the streets and back into work."
London Councils housing directors established the awards in 1998 in memorial of Andy Ludlow, former director of Housing and Social Services in the London Borough of Haringey.
Watch the Broadway short film and films of all the shorlisted entries
Other awards given at the ceremony are:
Runners up - £10,000 each
Run by English Churches Housing, King George Hostel is a housing project in Westminster for homeless men who are long-term drug users. The project provides them with intensive support to stabilise their drug use and a drop-in clinic where used needles can be exchanged.
Based in Croydon and Lambeth, the Community Host scheme run by South London YMCA provides supported lodging for homelessblack, asian, minority ethnic (BAME) and refugee 16-17 year olds. It involves the local BAME and refugee community to provide support and positive role modelling for these young people at risk.
Shortlisted Projects - £1,000 each
A project run by St Mungo's in Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea and Islington which tackles social exclusion by providing psychotherapy. The project gives adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessnessaccess to fully-qualified and registered psychotherapists.
South Lambeth based Emmaus is a workshop which provides work and training for clients through its two charity shops and second hand furniture warehouse. Residents live and work in the home and are stakeholders in the business.
Homeless in the Capital is run by The Connection at St Martin's and is based in Westminster. The project created a permanent collection of oral histories to share the experiences of homeless people, experiences which are largely missing from arts and culture projects. An exhibition of the work took place at the Museum of London recently and was viewed by over 60,000 people.
