Leonard Stocks’ success at re-settling rough sleepers into permanent accommodation has been praised by the housing charity CRISIS, who pointed to a 70% success rate as well above that achieved elsewhere. Angela is a familiar face in Torquay. As a member of the...

IT is never too late to turn your life around and for some, the Leonard Stocks hostel is the crucial junction. Stuart, 48, first experimented with drugs when he was 11-years old. By 12-years-old he was “unmanageable” and in a boarding school for children with...

The Leonard Stocks centre is a life saver, just ask Ray Thake. Only after he managed to get into the hostel after years or rough sleeping was a brain tumour identified by one of the doctors who regularly attends. Ray said: “He noticed a twitch on my right cheek. When...