Projects and charities partnering in the Gospel across the city
OneBody also exists to connect and celebrate projects across the city motivated by our shared faith in Jesus. Here are some of those projects, together with links and contacts if you would like to find out more.
Southampton Family Trust
We provide information, parenting courses, couple work and one-to-one support for the various life stages, difficulties and joys that family life brings.
Email: info@sftrust.org.uk
The Mission to Seafarers
The Mission to Seafarers is a global charity which started in the Bristol Channel over 150 years ago. We now have a presence in over 200 ports around the world and our aim is to serve seafarers when their ships come to port. We take direction from Jesus in Matthew 25:35 - "I was a stranger and you welcomed me" - and it is a real honour to do this. The seafarers are so grateful for a warm welcome; whether it is ship visiting, driving them to the Seafarers Centre for a couple of hours or to St Mary's for 20 minutes to walk around the stadium or helping them contact their families at home.
Email: kate.powell@mtsmail.org
Cross Connecting
With the vast majority of children and young people having no access to church, the need to reach them where they are at is paramount, i.e. in schools. Cross Connecting is all about connecting all those who want to be involved in some way in sharing and living out Christ in schools. Cross Connecting is a start-up online platform that allows Christians from different churches to identify each other based on which school they’re linked with. It is currently piloting in Southampton, but will soon be ready for nationwide impact.
Email: hello@crossconnecting.co.uk
Safe Families and Home for Good
At Safe Families and Home for Good, we have a vision rooted in hospitality, justice, belonging and collaboration. Together, we hope for a society where no family feels alone, and every child has a home where they can flourish. We believe the Church is central to this vision. Through our family support programme, we connect volunteers from local churches and communities with families who are isolated and overwhelmed. These volunteers offer friendship, practical help, and a listening ear – building relationships that restore dignity, reduce pressure, and help families stay together. It’s grassroots, relational, deeply personal and all about creating communities of true welcome and belonging.
Web: safefamilies.uk
Caraway
Ecumenical Charity using a Chaplaincy model, serving older peoples' spiritual needs including supporting people living with dementia and their families. 13 Memory Cafes across Southampton, 3 Carers Courses & 2 Bereavement Courses a year and Support to 13 Care Homes providing Christian Acts of worship & visiting individuals.
Web: www.caraway.uk.com
Email: ros.simpson@caraway.uk.com
WTC Southampton Hub
WTC is an interdenominational, theological college with the vision of making theological study accessible to church leaders and members across the UK. Our goal is to equip and empower people of all ages and backgrounds for leadership, mission, and discipleship and, through this, to effect personal and community transformation. WTC offers part-time, university-accredited qualifications in theology to around 230-250 students per year. Our local hubs are in 12 locations around the UK. The Southampton Hub meets at Portswood Church on Monday nights and provides a space where students worship and learn together in community and in and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hope into Action: Southampton (HiA:S)
Hope into Action UK, believes that everyone deserves a home. We partner with local churches to house and support the most vulnerable in our community, including ex-street homeless individuals, recovering addicts, refugees, survivors of domestic abuse, and ex-offenders. As a project at City Life Church, together, we are transforming lives in the heart of Southampton.
Email: danp@citylife.org.uk
Southampton Street Pastors
Serving the city since May 2009, working to make Southampton a safer place for everyone — especially for those who are vulnerable, unwell, homeless, or at risk. A Christian organisation, with over 150 trained volunteers from more than 50 local churches across Southampton. Our mission is simple: offer reassurance, safety, and practical support through simple acts of caring, listening, and helping wherever it’s needed. We support people in three main ways: Protecting those at risk in the night-time economy, Supporting those who are homeless or vulnerably housed and Building trust and community cohesion with young people in schools and the local communities
Amber Chaplains
A part-time chaplaincy and outreach service offering non-judgemental care, hope, and practical support for women involved in selling sex on the streets of Southampton. The women we walk alongside are some of the most marginalised and vulnerable in our city, and face complex challenges, including violence, exploitation, addiction, unstable housing, food poverty, and poor physical and mental health. We believe these women are deeply loved and valued by God and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. This has been our motivation and driving force since the project began 30 years ago.
Email: danp@citylife.org.uk
The Hazel Project
Impacting the street and homeless community of Southampton with love, friendship and the Kingdom of God. Offering hope and routes out of addiction and chaos.
Outreach to CIty Centre homeless/Street community. Also offering mentorship and facilitating routes into rehabilitation
Email: thehazelpro@gmail.com
Southampton Church Rent Deposit Scheme
The Southampton Church Rent Deposit Scheme is designed to assist individuals who are on low income or receiving welfare benefits and are either homeless or at risk of homelessness and who require financial support to access privately rented accommodation in the City of Southampton.
Email: danp@citylife.org.uk
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