Healthcare: difference between support and crisis

When social care, mental health services, housing support, and domestic abuse services work together, they stabilise lives during periods of illness, trauma, bereavement, and relationship breakdown.

However, when these systems fail or are unavailable, early warning signs are overlooked, crises escalate, and women fall through the cracks, which can lead to homelessness.

Homelessness among women typically arises from ongoing gaps in support rather than a single event.

Accessing healthcare poses challenges due to stigma, discrimination, and strict service requirements—like needing ID for GP registration—which leave many without necessary support.

These overlapping pressures increase vulnerability and hinder access to stability when it's most needed.

What we are doing:

At Julian House we provide safe, supported accommodation specifically designed for women with varied needs. Our approach is trauma-informed and person-centred.

I work with diverse women who live travelling lifestyles. While this way of life often conveys strength and independence, people frequently overlook the vulnerability and mental health impacts that accompany it.'

'Their stories, their resilience, and their struggles shape the wellbeing of all of us. Supporting women to be heard feels like a necessary step toward true solidarity and collective healing.'

Read more about the specialist services ensuring that women within the GRTB community receive the needed help.

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Who do we work with:

We work collaboratively with mental health, social care, and health services to close gaps in provision, help women rebuild confidence and independence, and support sustainable transitions into long-term housing.

Dentaid:

Dentaid provides outreach dental services and oral health advice for people experiencing homelessness, harm, poverty and abuse.

They also seek to offer a regular service to help to build our patients’ trust and increase their understanding of oral health.

They also seek to offer a regular service to help to build our patients’ trust and increase their understanding of oral health.

Read about Dentaid

Reach out:

This partnership in Dorset focuses on targeting individuals who require additional support around their drug and alcohol support.

The goal of the partnership is to reduce number of individuals actively using and support them with their mental health and management.  

Read more about Reach Out

Homelessness among women is preventable. With the right support at the right time, lives can be restored.