Welcome
Sefton Supported Housing Group (SSHG) is a consortium of four organisations that have joined forces to tackle homelessness in the borough.
Bosco Society Ltd, Venus, Excel Housing and New Start have won a five-year contract from Sefton Council to deliver supported housing to homeless people in Sefton.
You can find about more about the work the consortium will be doing, and the member organisations involved, on the other pages of this website.
Crisp Packet Blankets For The Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingTwo women are on a mission to help the city’s homeless by making blankets out of recycled crisp packets. Friends Jodie McGonagle and Ella Gamble, 23, set up the Rough Sleepers Project last year after taking inspiration from the Crisp Packet Project that first started in East Sussex, reports the Liverpool Echo. Jodie, from St […]
Landlord Fined For Operating Without Correct Licence
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA Sefton Landlord who had been previously prosecuted in 2019 for operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without the required licence and fined £5,000.00. The landlord in question has now been ordered to pay back the housing benefit and universal credit that they received for a year whilst the premises was operating without the […]
Report: Homelessness In England 2021
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe Homelessness Monitor is commissioned by Crisis, and is a longitudinal study providing independent analysis of the homelessness impacts of recent economic and policy developments in England. This ninth annual report updates their account of how homelessness stands in England in 2020, or as close to 2020 as data availability allows. It also highlights emerging […]
Liverpool Lad Finds Homeless Dad
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA son reunited with his dad who had spent years sleeping rough said he’s amazed how alike they are. In December 2020, the Liverpool Echo ran a story about Jason Kelly and his dad David being reunited on Christmas Eve after years apart. Jason, 23, hadn’t seen his dad since he was 12 years old when […]