Our aim is to offer medium to long term hostel accommodation to vulnerable,  homeless men in and around the Watford area.

Our primary aim is to support our residents  around  drug and alcohol misuse issues, providing them with a safe and secure environment in which they can begin to address there issues . The service will provide assertive engagement using a harm reduction approach,  via the cycle of change with the view to abstinence.

Here at GROW,  we aim to direct all service users into recovery from drugs and or alcohol dependence at the earliest opportunity, while recognising that a significant number of individuals may not yet be motivated or be in a position to stop immediately   .

GROW stands for the Group for the Rootless Of Watford. Our sole purpose is to fully support residents on there road to recovery

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Accommodation

In total we can house 21 residents, we have three properties, the main house can accommodate 12 with two further move-on houses which can accommodate 4 and 5 people respectively, making a total of 21. Residents can stay with us for a  up to 18 months  and some stay longer  as long as they have an active move on plan.

EUSTON AVENUE

This is one of our move on houses, sometimes referred to as GROW More, where four of our Rickmansworth Road residents have the option of moving to once they are well on their way to recovery. Here, our residents are far more self-sufficient, they are far more independent so less reliant on the main house for their day to day needs. These include cooking, cleaning, gardening and for the security of the house and for one another. They are encouraged to establish good relationships with their neighbours.

Residents here are of course welcome to come to the main house every day should they want to but their main focus is to eventually be less reliant on benefits and start back paid work once more, basically they are given more opportunity to progress.

PRINCES AVENUE

This is the other of our move on houses which can accommodate five, this also comes under the banner of GROW More, where five of our Rickmansworth Road residents have the option of moving to when both parties feel that they are at that stage in their recovery. Just like Euston Avenue, our residents are far more self-sufficient, they are far more independent so less reliant on the main house for their day to day needs. These include cooking, cleaning, gardening and for the security of the house and for one another. They are encouraged to establish good relationships with their neighbours.

Residents here are of course welcome to come to the main house every day should they want to but their main focus is to eventually be less reliant on benefits and gain paid work once more, basically they are given more both the flexibility and opportunity to progress. All of our move on house residents have the full support of our staff members for and extra assistance that they may need.