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Sefton Supported Housing Group (SSHG) is a consortium of five organisations that have joined forces to tackle homelessness in the borough.
Bosco Society Ltd, Venus, Excel Housing, Light for Life and New Start have the 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.
Homeless People Beaten With Stick In Broad Daylight Attack
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA man launched an attack on two homeless people before pulling out a large knife, reports the Liverpool Echo. The shocking incident happened at around 11.30am on Sunday, June 14, on Houghton Street in Liverpool city centre. A woman was left with a bloodied nose after being struck in the face, while a second man […]
Big Issue Founder Urges Action On Empty Homes
/in News /by Jamie LeemingLabour’s Social Housing Bill is aiming to limit Right to Buy rules and protect domestic violence victims but Lord John Bird has urged ministers to take action on empty homes too, reports the Big Issue. Big Issue founder Lord John Bird has urged the government to take action to fill up empty homes in England […]
Homeless People Will Be Given Free Flu Jabs This Year – Here’s Why It Could Save Lives
/in News /by Jamie LeemingSharon Hodgson, parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department for Health and Social Care, writes in the Big Issue about why the government is giving free flu vaccines to people facing homelessness. Every person across the country is rightly entitled to healthcare. But accessing it can be a lot harder for those experiencing homelessness. Illnesses […]
Building Social Homes At Current Speed Will Take 119 Years To Clear Housing Waiting Lists
/in News /by Jamie LeemingShelter urges government to end unfair debt burden that stops councils delivering new homes. It would take over a century (119 years) to clear existing social housing waiting lists in England at the government’s current speed of delivering new social homes, new Shelter research shows. Despite more than 1.3 million households being stuck on social […]