About The Purfleet Trust

Find out more about The Purfleet Trust

We’ve been supporting people since 1993

The Purfleet Trust was set up as a charity in 1993 to provide help for homeless people in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.

We saw first-hand the struggles that people experiencing homelessness faced, from finding a safe place to sleep to accessing healthcare and support services. We expanded year on year, and in our first 10, we helped 2500 people find homes and live independently.

Our 30 Year Timeline!

What is homelessness?

Rough sleeping Experiencing homelessness Sofa surfing

Sleeping rough is when someone is sleeping on the streets. It is the most visible form of homelessness.

Experiencing homelessness is not necessarily sleeping rough, but being in unstable accommodation such as a hostel, B&B, or facing eviction.

Sofa surfing is moving between friends’ or relatives’ houses. It can also be known as “hidden homelessness”.

We have evolved over the years

Our strong local partnerships means that we can provide the best service possible to the people who need it most.

We have developed incredible partnerships with local authorities, volunteers and local businesses to ensure that we can provide wraparound homelessness services to meet the needs of our clients, including food- and furniture- poverty support, counselling, healthcare support, and more.

We strive to achieve more

We’ve seen the needs of our clients change – so our services have as well.

In 2023, we launched the Purfleet Pantry, a social supermarket aimed at supporting those in food- and furniture- poverty to help to tackle some of the root causes of homelessness.