Turning Lives Around TLA Leeds

Turning Lives Around is more than housing.

Through our team, we help individuals who are vulnerable and at the margins of society develop life and practical skills to set them on a new path.

Our work includes:

Turning Lives Around also signposts people to other agencies who can directly help them develop skills and access opportunity.

While recovering from multiple strokes, Nick* returned home to find the locks changed.

Homeless with deteriorating mental health, Adam* came perilously close to taking his own life.

Danny has gone from sofa surfing to university with support from Our Way Leeds

MANDY found herself homeless and sleeping rough in her car through no fault of her own.

From homeless dependency to university success

MENTAL illness combined with alcohol and drug misuse had Adrian Atkinson plummeting

Turning Lives Around is committed to preventing homelessness. Sometimes that needs

A year ago, Lucy was sofa surfing at the mercy of friends and strangers, some of whom were violent and unstable themselves.

Sometimes life goes so badly out of control that it would be easy to think there’s no coming back from it.

Martin* became involved with the wrong crowd in his teens and spent

Ria Smith, 24 led a fairly typical life growing up in West Leeds

When lives unexpectedly derail, a bit of extra support is sometimes needed to get them back on track.

Alcoholism can destroy lives. We talked to 23-year-old Lizzie*, a chaotic drinker.