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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.
Councils To Get Nearly £1bn New Funding To Tackle Homelessness
/in News /by Jamie LeemingCouncils in England will receive nearly £1bn in new funding next year to deal with and prevent homelessness, reports Inside Housing. Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing secretary, said she would allocate the funds to local authority budgets to increase resources for frontline homelessness workers. She described the intervention as the “largest-ever investment” […]
Homeless Support Group Steps Up Help In Cold Snap
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA community group that supports homeless people has said it has stepped up its help for those sleeping rough as temperatures have plummeted, reports the BBC. Don’t Walk Past hands out food, drinks and sleeping bags six nights a week in Manchester. Founder Ronny English said the situation in the city was “absolutely terrible” and […]
“No Time Is A Good Time To Be Homeless”
/in News /by Jamie LeemingTony, who spent three or four months sleeping rough in central London, described his experience as “very horrible”, reports the BBC. He added: “No time is a good time to be homeless. It’s a place that I never want to be again.” London’s severe weather emergency protocol was reactivated on Tuesday, meaning charities tried to […]
Bank Locks Homeless Charity Account Over Christmas
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe boss of a Liverpool homelessness charity said it had been left in a “precarious position” after Santander suddenly locked its bank account, reports the BBC. Michelle Langan, chief executive of the Liverpool-based Paper Cup Project, said the problems began in September after she contacted the bank to update the list of trustees who were […]