Healing Homes West is a small women led community project, with social work, trauma recovery and healing design expertise. We transforme unsafe homes into healing spaces for children and single parent families living in poverty. We provide bespoke makeovers, essential furniture, thoughtful decoration and hands-on-support, fast compassionate relief where poor housing undermines a child's health and wellbeing.
We are supported by volunteers, fundraising and donations inc quality second hand furniture helping us champion sustainability by diverting gooods from landfill. Families we support are encouraged to volunteer with us and participate throughout.
To ensure that each home makeover is tailored to the individual needs of every family we must purchase certain new items inc beds, mattresses, decor and bedding when suitable donations are unavailalbe.
Our referrals come from LBHF Children services and other local support partners where poor housing conditions are negatively impacting childen and family's well being. Other working partners include Young Hammersmith & Fulham, The Childhood Trust and 4 in 10, Little Village, Old Oak Community and Advance.
Since July 2024 we have supported over 120 people in LBHF, we have completed 15 bespoke children's bedrooms as well as refurbishing 12 whole flats. We have also refurbished two refuges and a garden space in the borough, for women and children escaping domestic abuse to create welcoming, calming shared spaces that would support connection and recovery. We have supported families where there safeguarding concerns about hygiene and hoarding.
Up until now we have operated remotely, from home and in community spaces. We take in furniture and items for our makeovers on a just in time basis. Without an office space we can not increase our makeovers, have to turn donations away and is a barrier for our development and volunteers we can have.
The establishment of a Healing Hub in Bollo Lane (on the edge of LBHF and Ealing) will enable us to increase our outreach, supporting more families in LBHF - the area is undergoing massive regeneration around Old Oak and is in easy reach of Hammersmith, Fulham and Shepherds Bush. We want to increase our support to give childen the start in life they deserve, a sense of dignity and improved self esteem. We want to empower people out of work, or who have time on their hands, to share their skills, connect, build confidence in our mission.
