Give directly, without handing over cash.
Live nowMoney for a bed or a hot meal, held for the person you gave it to and paid straight to a hostel we have checked.
Someone sleeping rough is given money that is held for them rather than handed over. They prove who they are with a contactless palm scan, and a hostel we have checked is paid directly for a bed or a meal.
No cash changes hands, so the money cannot be lost, stolen or taken from them. If it is not used within seven days it goes back to the person who gave it, to place on somebody else.