St Basils

Overview

St Basils works with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, helping over 4000 young people per year across the West Midlands region with specific services in Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Worcestershire, the Wyre Forest and Coventry. Ever year over 1200 young people are housed in our 29 supported accommodation schemes, which for some young people includes their young children as well. We have a range of prevention, accommodation and support services to help young people regain the stability they need to rebuild their lives, gain skills, training and employment and move on. The aim is to help them successfully break the cycle of homelessness so that they can go on to experience a bright, fulfilling future and never return to a state where they are at risk of homelessness again.


St Basils also works with young people and partners on a national basis (funded separately). We facilitate the National Youth Reference Group and the Youth Homeless Parliament, we are part of the national End Youth Homelessness Alliance and we are working to roll out our 'Positive Pathway' model nationwide.

What we do

St Basils has a full range of prevention, accommodation, support and engagement services as well as services which aim to ensure young people develop the skills and have the support needed to move on successfully. 

Homeless prevention services include:  STaMP; Raising awareness with school-age students, Advice services (inc. Youthline and St Basils Youth Hub in Birmingham and the Turnaround project in Solihull), Parenting Young People workshops and Family Mediation.
Accommodation and Support services include: Emergency accommodation (inc. Nightstop schemes), Supported Accommodation and Supported Lodgings, 
Engagement and Skills services include: Youth Engagement (offering both internal/ local and national opportunities), Learning, Skills and Work services (including Life Skills), Live and Work initiative in partnership with local NHS Trusts, and Transformational Services delivered in partnership with University of Birmingham.
Move-on services include: Private Rental Sector service and Floating Support (offered as both a move-on and prevention service).

Where we do it

West Midlands region with specific services in Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Worcestershire, the Wyre Forest and Coventry.

How to access

For all enquiries including Head Office departments & Birmingham accommodation schemes please call Head Office on the number below.

Head office contact information...

Head Office switchboard Tel: 0121 772 2483 (Open: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm)

Email: info@stbasils.org.uk

Our Head Office has moved location but St Basils postal address remains as: 

St Basils Centre
Heath Mill Lane
Deritend
Birmingham
B9 4AX

Visitors to Head Office  should report to:

71-75 Allcock Street
Birmingham
B9 4DY

important information regarding car parking

Unfortunately there is no visitor parking on site.

However there are plenty of public carparks nearby on Fazeley Street and Lower Trinity Street. Please see Parkopedia for information and for charges.

We rent the spaces in the carpark adjacent to our Head Office for staff who need access to their cars to visit our other sites in the course of their daily work.

Cars not displaying a permit badge risk being fined by external parking company Elite Management Ltd so please don't park in the carpark adjacent to our offices. 

Getting to us by public transport

By Bus

The 97 stops on Heath Mill Lane outside St Basils Youth Hub and around the corner from Head Office.

By Train

Nearest stations are Birmingham New Street (around a 15 minute brisk walk), Moor Street (around a 12 minute brisk walk) and Bordesley (a 10 minute brisk walk).