Homelessness & Winter Provision
Warmth, privacy and protection for homelessness, rough sleeping and winter provision.
Cocoon Relief helps winter shelter operators, homelessness charities, outreach teams and severe-weather responders give people coming in from cold, wet or exposed conditions a warm, private and protected space — where they can sleep, keep belongings close and feel unobserved.
Illustrative deployment visualisation — shelter setting with numbered Cocoons in an organised layout
Cocoon can support homelessness and rough-sleeping responses wherever fast protection from cold, wet, wind and exposed ground is needed — indoors as part of winter provision, or outdoors as part of an emergency, outreach-led or supported response.
More than a place to lie down
Warmth, sleep and privacy change the night.
For someone coming in from cold, wet, wind or difficult ground conditions, the immediate needs are physical: get warm, sleep, keep belongings close and be protected from the conditions around them.
Inside Cocoon, a person can get warm, sleep, keep belongings close, close the door and separate from the activity around them. For someone who has been on the street, in shared rooms or under prolonged pressure, that enclosed space can support proper rest, recovery and a stronger sense of control.
Person inside a Cocoon — warmth, privacy and protection in a managed shelter or supported emergency setting
Focus areas
Where Cocoon Relief is appropriate.
Cocoon is designed to provide fast protective shelter across a wide range of environments, including outdoor emergency conditions. Outdoor deployment should be considered carefully and, where possible, supported by outreach, welfare, sanitation and site oversight — paired with night shelter, winter shelter and supervised emergency operations where they are running.
Warmth, privacy and control
A closed space in difficult circumstances.
Open shared sleeping arrangements can be especially difficult for people with trauma histories, mental health needs, or experience of long-term homelessness. A private enclosed space changes that experience meaningfully.
Privacy
A defined enclosed space, not a position on the floor of a shared room.
Warmth
Insulated floor, walls, roof and door — important for people coming in from cold.
Body-heat warming
Cocoon’s compact insulated volume is intentional. There is less internal air to warm, while the 50mm drop-stitch floor, walls and roof reduce heat loss on all sides. This allows occupant body heat to warm the internal space rapidly — particularly important in winter or severe-weather conditions, where warmth can be created quickly without relying on built-in heating.
Integrated insulated floor
Cocoon does not depend on perfect ground. Its integrated 50mm drop-stitch floor creates a raised, insulated and stable internal surface, helping provide usable shelter on cold, damp, uneven or damaged ground — especially relevant for rough sleeping and outdoor emergency shelter.
Wind kept out
Once zipped closed, Cocoon keeps wind out while the protected hood, mesh layers and downward air path prevent a straight-through draught from reaching the occupant.
Belongings
Documents, ID, phones and medication kept close and out of sight.
Control
An enclosed space gives the occupant a boundary of their own. They can close the door, keep belongings close, reduce exposure to surrounding activity and rest without being constantly visible to others.
Trauma-informed
Reduced visual exposure and surrounding noise can support better rest.
Reusable
Units can be cleaned, packed, stored and redeployed between winters or events.
Discuss winter provision.
We welcome conversations with homelessness charities, winter shelter operators, severe-weather responders, outreach-linked services and local authority homelessness teams.