What To Do If You See Someone Sleeping Rough
We are committed to assisting people who are homeless. Our service does not provide temporary accommodation (often called TA). If a person is rough sleeping, we recommend the following:
- For immediate or temporary accommodation between 9:00am and 4:00pm, call Home In Place on 1300 333 733.
- For immediate or temporary accommodation after hours, call Link2home on 1800 152 152.
- Home In Place: Emergency Temporary Accommodation
- Link 2 Home: Link2home Homelessness Line
What you can do:
- Contact Upper Hunter Homeless and let us know about the situation. We will refer the person to appropriate services.
- If you feel someone is in danger, keep yourself safe and call Emergency Services on 000.
What Community Members Can Do
If you know someone is sleeping rough and are concerned about them, please email Upper Hunter Homeless via this link: administration@uhhsos.org.au and let us know.
If you are concerned about someone’s safety please call 000 and inform emergency services.
If you have safe communication with a homeless person, whether they are sleeping rough or have some other form of temporary accommodation, you can let them know about our service and also about Link to Home, a government service that provides temporary accommodation. Their number is 1800 152 152. This service is available for everyone, everywhere and is free.
If you believe that you might be homeless or have to sleep rough
If you are homeless and have nowhere to sleep tonight please call Link to Home on 1800 152 152. This number operates at all times, including weekends and public holidays.
Upper Hunter Homeless offices are open from 9:30am Monday to Friday. Please contact us as soon as possible.