Turning Point

Alongside the Cost of Living Crisis, nationally we are also in the midst of a Housing Crisis. CHESS homeless who work with single Homeless adults in Essex have seen a rapid increase in the number of referrals to our service increasing from 15 to up to 50. CHESS has over doubled in size since the pandemic and have worked tirelessly to seek to deliver increased better housing provision. This year saw CHESS Homeless open its doors to it's newest accommodation site called 'Turning Point'. This site will serve 24 local people and house them in 'DuoHaus' modular homes on a landscaped site with Support and well being services offered 24/7. The Turning Point project was an ambitious project for a small / medium charity with a turnover of £1.6m. The project was a £3.1m development which was fully funded through applications to Trust funders , statutory bodies, Individual's and businesses.

From planning consent being granted the project was delivered in 7 months.