We're delighted to reveal HARP's first ever Virgin London Marathon charity runner for this year’s event. Local mum Laura Dawson, 44, of Southend-on-Sea, will take on the 26.2 mile challenge on April 28th 2019, raising much needed funds for our services for homeless people in Southend. Laura said “I had a difficult start in life, and things could’ve ended up very differently for me. I now work with children in care in my role with a local authority, and I know that people who

2018 was a very busy year at HARP, as sadly more and more local people find themselves caught up in the housing crisis. We helped a total of 1,206 people with specialist advice and support in the year, and 457 of these were new to HARP. Of the 457 new people, 229 were sleeping rough, 160 were sofa surfing, and 68 were at risk of losing their accommodation and needed help and support to keep it. We housed 358 people in HARP accommodation over the course of the year, and 88 peo