HCCT was established in December 1988 by members of the Holy Cross Church to provide support to the rapidly growing number of homeless people in the King's Cross area of London. We are now an independent, secular organisation and have grown to work alongside over 1400 individuals a year.

Our primary work involves supporting mental health recovery and promoting the active participation of the homeless and refugees and asylum seekers within the wider community.

Over the past year, the Trust has begun an exciting period of growth and change. A key driver of this development is our co-productive model of service delivery. This model focuses on eliminating the labels and hierarchies that have plagued the third sector, and it reasserts the basic need we all have to both give and take.

We recognise that the skills, knowledge, and experience our service users, volunteers, and staff possess are assets that should not be wasted. Service users, volunteers and staff all come here to learn, to explore, and ultimately to shape the profile of our projects.

The history and philosophy of HCCT is community action and a "can do" approach.