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Emergency accommodation/Hostels

Leicester City Councils Hostels Direct Service is available to anyone who is:
  • Homeless
  • Homeless with support needs
  • 16 and over.
 
If you are not homeless tonight but threatened with homelessness within the next month, you can get further advice from the Housing Options Centre. Call for an appointment on (0116) 252 8707.
 
If you have nowhere to stay tonight, you should visit the Housing Options Centre at Phoenix House, Welford Place as soon as you realise you have nowhere to stay and by 4.00 pm at the latest or contact one of our Hostels directly.
 
If you have nowhere to stay at weekends or outside of office hours, you will need to call Hostels Direct on one of the following numbers:
Families: (0116) 221 1407
Singles and Couples: (0116) 255 5152
 
All hostels are close to local amenities including shops, dentist, doctors, schools, places of worship and recreational facilities. (Please contact individual hostels for details)
 
Disabled facilities
All hostels have varied facilities for the disabled. Please contact the hostel direct for details.
 
Pets
Pets are not allowed in any of the hostels, except the Dawn Centre, which does have dog kennels.
 
Cost
The cost of staying in a hostel varies between hostels; you will have to pay a personal charge for water, heating, lighting, sewage, meals and laundry service.
 
Hostel Addresses and Facilities

The Dawn Centre
(Singles and couples) map
Conduit Street, Leicester.
Tel: (0116) 221 2770
Email: dawncentre@leicester.gov.uk
 
  • Catering Hostel
  • Dining room, TV rooms, quiet rooms, activities room and garden
  • Private, single bedrooms
  • Fully disabled access bedrooms
  • Dog Kennels
  • Laundry
  • Computers for residents’ use
  • Pay phone.
 
Other services at the Dawn Centre include YASC day centre, Primary Health Care services, Mental Health services and Outreach support.

More information on the Dawn Centre
 
Lower Hasting Street (Singles and couples) map
31 - 35 Lower Hastings Street, Leicester. LE2 7AT
Tel: (0116) 225 2404
Email: hostels@leicester.gov.uk
 
  • Self Catering Hostel
  • Lounge and TV
  • Laundry
  • IT suite
  • Pay phone.
 
Loughborough Road Hostel (Female only with/without children) map
129 Loughborough Road, Leicester. LE4 5 LQ
Tel: (0116) 223 2070
Email: hostels@leicester.gov.uk
 
  • Self-Catering Hostel
  • TV lounge
  • Pay phone
  • Laundry
  • Computers for residents’ use
  • Lounge and TV
  • Family Support Service.
 
Upper Tichborne Street Hostel (Singles and Couples) map
34 - 38 Upper Tichborne Streets, Leicester. LE2 1GJ
Tel: (0116) 299 5309
Email: hostels@leicester.gov.uk
 
  • Catering Hostel
  • Activity Room
  • IT Suite
  • Pay phone
  • Laundry
  • Lounge and TV.
 
Border House Hostel (Families & Singles with housing related support needs) map
33 Belgrave Boulevard, Leicester. LE4 2JD
Tel: (0116) 221 1407
Email: hostels@leicester.gov.uk
 
  • Self Catering Hostel
  • Chill out room
  • TV and IT suite
  • Sensory room
  • Laundry
  • Pay phone
  • Library service.

Related Documents

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A PDF Version of the Hostels Referral and Admissions Form  (173 KB)
 
Microsoft Word version of Hostels Referral and Admissions Form  (69 KB)
 
List of other partnership Agencies/Organisations for obtaining advice. Includes Address, and contact information  (15.5 KB)
 
List of other agencies/Organisations operating in Voluntary Sector. Includes Address, and contact information  (15.1 KB)