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

  • 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 [...]

  • Six hands hold a selection of wooden cogs of different sizes and colours together to form a system that would work if any one cog were turned.

    Celebrating Partnerships

    Matt, our Coordinator & Community Engagement Manager, had a lovely time at the Cambridge Building Society Team [...]

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 [...]