Welcome to More Than a Roof
About us
At More Than a Roof, we stand alongside people experiencing homelessness, whether in temporary accommodation or supported housing. We provide practical essentials and fund trauma‑informed programmes to promote successful outcomes.
We believe that everyone deserves a fresh start.
We’re a small, agile charity with big energy and purpose. We move quickly, listen carefully and deliver support that makes a difference. From the items that help someone feel safe on day one of moving in, to the programmes that rebuild confidence, wellbeing and life skills. Everything we do is rooted in two principles: Stabilisation and Growth Empowerment.
We work alongside housing providers, co‑creating every initiative with their residents and frontline teams. Lived experience leads our decisions. Nothing is designed for our beneficiaries, only with them. From this, we create change and impact.
What is temporary accommodation?
Across England, over 132,000 households, including 170,000 children, are living in temporary accommodation (TA). Hostels, hotels, B&Bs, emergency shelters: the numbers rise every year.
We see this reality. The stress. The instability. The impact on families. Temporary accommodation is meant to be short‑term, yet for many it becomes anything but.
That’s why we choose our partners carefully. For us, temporary accommodation includes any setting where someone isn’t a private tenant, from traditional TA, to supported housing and micro hostel communities. We only work with providers who want to do better, see more, and create safer, more supportive environments for their residents – our beneficiaries.
Our impact comes from these relationships with like‑minded providers. Organisations focused on real outcomes and not every provider fits that gold standard. The ones who do are the ones we stand beside.
If you’re a housing provider offering high‑quality supported accommodation, or other accommodation, and you want to optimise your residents’ Outcomes, we’d love to connect. Email or call us directly.
Our vision
A future where temporary accommodation, in any form, is rare, brief and never repeated.
Our mission
To deliver practical support and fund trauma‑informed, co‑created initiatives, that help people move beyond homelessness.
Our values
Our values guide every action and every partnership.
Future focused
We see potential, not circumstance. We hold hope and walk beside people until they can hold it too.
Co-creative
We build solutions with residents, partners and frontline teams, never for them. Real need leads the way.
Welcoming
Warmth, dignity and respect come first. Trust opens the door to real progress.
Tenacious
We don’t give up. Homelessness is complex, but our commitment is steady, patient and adaptable.
Uplifting
We celebrate every step forward. When people feel heard and valued, hope grows, and lives change.
Our team and trustees
We have a small but dedicated team of trustees and volunteers, all giving their time and skills to support the work of More Than a Roof. Contact us to find out more about becoming a volunteer.
Sasha Spencer
Our Executive Director, Sasha, leads More Than a Roof with vision, momentum and heart. She began her career in international design and PR, delivering standout global campaigns and building profitable partnerships.
For the past decade, she’s brought that same drive into the charity sector, forging strong relationships, delivering community focused initiatives, and even founding her own all‑weather body‑weight boot camps in NW London.
Sasha’s leadership is down‑to‑earth, energetic and deeply people‑centred. She loves reading, training, connecting with others and anything protein‑powered…!
James Rosenthal
James Rosenthal, is the Director of start-ups for Google Cloud.
James has held a range of Executive roles over the last 16 years in Google’s Ads, YouTube & Partnership businesses, closing multi-billion dollar deals in each.
He has worked in the UK tech sector for more than 20 years, in both UK based start-ups and with venture funds – prior to which he was a solicitor.
Matthew Vohs
Chief Executive Officer of premium talent management specialists V&C and 050C – the Age Diversity Recruiter.
Founded in 2013, V&C was established to provide a more personalised service to recruitment within the Luxury sectors.
At 050C we specialise in connecting the age-diverse population with exceptional career opportunities at clients across all sectors.
We understand that age diversity brings a wealth of experience, skills, respect, and perspectives that contribute to a vibrant and successful workplace.
Jeremy Garcia
Jeremy Garcia has been working in across both financial and corporate communications since 2000, having spent 13 years working for a WPP Group advising FTSE 100, FTSE 250, and high growth AIM companies.
Jeremy has extensive experience supporting senior management teams, PLC Boards and entrepreneurs as they navigate complex transactional and crisis communications scenarios.
Marc Gelbart
Marc Gelbart is the founder of a commercial property agency based in London and acts for property companies, developers and investors on the acquisition and disposal of commercial property in the U.K.
Marc qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and worked in private practice and in-house for a number of years. He was a director at a property company before establishing his agency in 2019.