It Takes a City is Working to End Homelessness in Cambridge, Together.

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It Takes A City is different. We’re putting a stop to the cycle of poverty and homelessness in Cambridge, for good. We directly deliver two key services in the city: our Crossways winter project and The Haven, our women-only space. These provide shelter, safety, comfort, and advice, alongside other crucial support services.

Working in a trauma-informed way, we build successful pathways from street to home. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, and no one should face their problems alone.

We couldn’t do any of this important work without the support of the community, our donors, volunteers and local organisations, all of whom share our vision to end rough sleeping due to homelessness in the city.

For updates on our work, please read the latest edition of our newsletter and subscribe to receive future editions directly to your inbox.

Members of the ITAC team collecting a certificate from Housing Justice.

Latest News & Events

  • Plastic bags containing dental hygiene products and information leaflets

    Bringing A Smile

    We are grateful to Shelley Belgrove, Clinical Director and co-founder at well:o, for her support in [...]

  • Photo of ADC Theatre stage with safety curtain down

    Production Supports The Haven

    We are delighted to announce that this production of Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ has chosen [...]

  • International Women’s Day Event

    This event is a collaborative, city-wide gathering dedicated to addressing and ending women’s homelessness in [...]

Our Case Studies

  • Four assorted suitcases on heavy duty racking at the Street Storage unit

    L’s Story

    ‘L’ had been evicted from their accommodation and was living in a homelessness hostel with [...]

  • Neil

    ‘Neil’ is in his late thirties and a forces veteran. Prior to coming to Crossways [...]

  • Photo of Burwell Lode stretching into the distant blue sky with white clouds scudding by. Rushes line both sides of the waterway

    Darren

    ‘Darren’ is in his early forties and had exclusions from multiple services in the city [...]