SIFA Fireside
VerifiedRegistered Charity
Homelessness Support Centre
SIFA Fireside supports adults aged 25 and over in Birmingham who are experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, or living in unstable housing. They offer a safe, welcoming place where people can get support, rebuild confidence, and take steps towards greater stability and independence.
Support is available for people at different stages, including:
People can self-refer by attending the service, and professionals can also signpost or support someone to access SIFA Fireside. Staff take time to listen and work at a pace that feels manageable, helping people find next steps rather than facing things alone.
By offering early support, practical help and routes into recovery, SIFA Fireside helps reduce the pressures that can lead to homelessness or make it harder to move on from it, supporting people to stay safer, healthier and more secure.
Opening times:
Emergency & rough sleeper support: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–12:45pm
Recovery workshops & skills: Monday–Friday from 1:00pm (excluding Wednesdays)
Reception: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–3:00pm
📞 0121 766 1700
✉️ office@sifafireside.co.uk
Support is available for people at different stages, including:
- Prevention – early help for people at risk of homelessness, including benefits support, housing guidance, and health and wellbeing services.
- Homelessness support – practical help such as hot meals, showers, clean clothes, internet access, and access to health support including nursing, podiatry, optician and mental health services.
- Recovery and skills – workshops, creative activities and peer mentoring that help people build skills, confidence and routine.
People can self-refer by attending the service, and professionals can also signpost or support someone to access SIFA Fireside. Staff take time to listen and work at a pace that feels manageable, helping people find next steps rather than facing things alone.
By offering early support, practical help and routes into recovery, SIFA Fireside helps reduce the pressures that can lead to homelessness or make it harder to move on from it, supporting people to stay safer, healthier and more secure.
Opening times:
Emergency & rough sleeper support: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–12:45pm
Recovery workshops & skills: Monday–Friday from 1:00pm (excluding Wednesdays)
Reception: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–3:00pm
📞 0121 766 1700
✉️ office@sifafireside.co.uk
Locations
2 locations available for this organisation
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Services
Training
Call before attending
SIFA Fireside’s Recovery service offers a flexible approach to enable our clients to access education, training, employment and volunteering opportunities.
- We offer a range of workshops around employability that include CV writing and interview techniques.
- We address wider issues by offering workshops around budgeting, IT skills and healthy eating.
- At different times we run drama and art programmes and other activities include cookery, football, meditation and relaxations.
- There is a weekly Job Club where clients can look for jobs online, create universal job match accounts, e-mail addresses and get support to complete job applications.
- Clients are able to benefit from one-to-one advice and mentoring.
- We also operate an outreach service to local hostels and other organisations.
- Support to sustain tenancies to prevent further homelessness.
Opening Times:
Call before attendingNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Call before attending
SIFA Fireside’s Recovery service offers a flexible approach to enable our clients to access education, training, employment and volunteering opportunities.
- We offer a range of workshops around employability that include CV writing and interview techniques.
- We address wider issues by offering workshops around budgeting, IT skills and healthy eating.
- At different times we run drama and art programmes and other activities include cookery, football, meditation and relaxations.
- There is a weekly Job Club where clients can look for jobs online, create universal job match accounts, e-mail addresses and get support to complete job applications.
- Clients are able to benefit from one-to-one advice and mentoring.
- We also operate an outreach service to local hostels and other organisations.
- Support to sustain tenancies to prevent further homelessness.
Opening Times:
Call before attendingNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Advice Services
Phone Service
We all need support sometimes. SIFA Fireside is here for you when it feels like no-one else is. If you need support, here’s what we can do for you.
SIFA are available to provide advice over the phone on 0121 766 1700 between 9am and 4pm, from Monday to Friday. If you’re looking for support outside of these hours, emergency accommodation support is available from:
SIFA are available to provide advice over the phone on 0121 766 1700 between 9am and 4pm, from Monday to Friday. If you’re looking for support outside of these hours, emergency accommodation support is available from:
- BCC Housing Service: 0121 303 2296
- Rough Sleeper Outreach Team: 0800 880 7157
Opening Times:
Phone ServiceNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Call before attending
We strive for early intervention and homelessness prevention for single adults and childless couples aged over 25 in Birmingham. We provide tailor-made services for each individual’s set of unique circumstances. This can range from offering money and welfare benefits advice, health and wellbeing services and guidance with regards to specialist housing.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Opening Times:
Call before attendingNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Call before attending
We strive for early intervention and homelessness prevention for single adults and childless couples aged over 25 in Birmingham. We provide tailor-made services for each individual’s set of unique circumstances. This can range from offering money and welfare benefits advice, health and wellbeing services and guidance with regards to specialist housing.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Opening Times:
Call before attendingNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Call before attending
We strive for early intervention and homelessness prevention for single adults and childless couples aged over 25 in Birmingham. We provide tailor-made services for each individual’s set of unique circumstances. This can range from offering money and welfare benefits advice, health and wellbeing services and guidance with regards to specialist housing.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Maintaining employment is, of course, an integral part of preventing homelessness which is why SIFA Fireside hosts Job Clubs and CV workshops, English Language sessions and regularly signposts clients to employability training and budgeting workshops.
Opening Times:
Call before attendingNext open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 16:00
- Tue: 09:00 – 16:00
- Wed: 09:00 – 16:00
- Thu: 09:00 – 16:00
- Fri: 09:00 – 16:00
Personal Services
Shower services are available during our am sessions on Monday-Friday.
Opening Times:
Next open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 12:45
- Tue: 09:00 – 12:45
- Wed: 09:00 – 12:45
- Thu: 09:00 – 12:45
- Fri: 09:00 – 12:45
Drop-In
We all need support sometimes. SIFA Fireside is here for you when it feels like no-one else is. If you need support, here’s what we can do for you.
Our Support Centre welcomes individuals over the age of 25 who are rough sleeping or in need of emergency support from 9am onwards, Monday – Friday.
There, you’ll find job clubs, community nurse appointments, English language lessons, barber visits, cooking classes, budgeting workshops and more.
From a hot meal and a warm shower to Tenancy Support, Employment Support and much more, we are here to get you back on track.
Our Support Centre welcomes individuals over the age of 25 who are rough sleeping or in need of emergency support from 9am onwards, Monday – Friday.
There, you’ll find job clubs, community nurse appointments, English language lessons, barber visits, cooking classes, budgeting workshops and more.
From a hot meal and a warm shower to Tenancy Support, Employment Support and much more, we are here to get you back on track.
Opening Times:
Next open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 12:45
- Tue: 09:00 – 12:45
- Wed: 09:00 – 12:45
- Thu: 09:00 – 12:45
- Fri: 09:00 – 12:45
Food
SIFA Fireside provides breakfast Monday-Friday.
- Breakfast from 9:00am
- Lunch from 12 noon
Opening Times:
Next open: Monday 09:00
- Mon: 09:00 – 10:30, 12:00 – 13:30
- Tue: 09:00 – 10:30, 12:00 – 13:30
- Wed: 09:00 – 10:30, 12:00 – 13:30
- Thu: 09:00 – 10:30, 12:00 – 13:30
- Fri: 09:00 – 10:30, 12:00 – 13:30
Contact Details
- Email: office@sifafireside.co.uk
- Telephone: 0121 766 1700
- Website: https://www.sifafireside.co.uk/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/sifafireside/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sifafiresideofficial/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sifafireside.bsky.social