ipswich housing action group limited

Ipswich Housing Action Group (IHAG) is an award winning homelessness charity based in Ipswich, England which provides a range of services to over 3000 people who are homeless, or in danger of becoming homeless, every year. IHAG provides hostel accommodation, runs a day advice centre, the Chapman Centre, and is also Ipswich's largest provider of money advice. Twitter @IHAG_Homeless Facebook www.facebook.com/IHAGhomeless Additional Information About IHAG: Ipswich Housing Action Group Ltd (IHAG) is a small, independent, local Charity with a voluntary management committee of 10 Trustees, 32 paid staff and about 15 volunteers. IHAG started life in 1976 in response to concern about the lack of accommodation for single people in Ipswich. Today IHAG operates a dispersed hostel of 14 houses, has a busy Money Advice Service which helps individuals each year deal with their debt, budgets and welfare benefits and runs the IHAG Chapman Centre a day advice centre for homelessness services in Ipswich. The IHAG Chapman Centre supports over 1100 local people annually and provides a variety of services: walk-in advice & support, welfare benefits, housing advice, money advice, lunches, shower facilities, food parcels, post collection, phones, computers, pathway to drug & alcohol services, health clinics, meaningful activities and training sessions. IHAGs Street Outreach is based at the Chapman Centre and works directly with people living on the streets of Ipswich. . The Chapman Centre is the base for the Ipswich Locality Homelessness Partnership a network of over 30 organisations joined together to magnify their impact to help homeless individuals.