Since 1989, we’ve been helping people build better tomorrows by small but powerful acts of human connection. We work with everyone individually, and create steps and pathways that help people to thrive.

CCP is a registered charity (No.1043143) that exists to prevent the causes and reduce the effects of homelessness, family breakdown and social exclusion. With a head office in Cheltenham, we currently employ more than 340 staff, backed up by a team of bank workers and volunteers, currently delivering services and projects in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon. We work with 36 different Councils and Local Authorities across these counties, and support around 10,000 people per year.
The charity was originally founded in 1989 by a local businessman in response to the growing number of homeless young people in Cheltenham. Recognising that people as young as 16 were sleeping rough around the town after having been thrown out of their family home, he purchased a building and opened a 10 bed hostel.

Over the years, the charity has grown to become one of Gloucestershire’s foremost voluntary sector social care providers, and some 30 years after it was founded the original hostel is still managed by CCP as part of our supported accommodation service, offering integrated accommodation and training to young people who are working to achieve sustainable independent living. The charity has also expanded in terms of the range of services offered and the geographical reach, currently working across nine counties in the South West.