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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.

Latest News…

Plan To Give Free Cash To Homeless People In Manchester

Academics and campaigners have proposed a new basic income for Greater Manchester after mayor Andy Burnham vowed to introduce one in the city region, reports the Big Issue. Academics and campaigners have claimed a new basic income pilot in Greater Manchester could “end absolute poverty” in the city region, starting with people experiencing homelessness – if […]

Rough Sleeping A ‘Source Of National Shame’ Government Told

MPs have urged the government to step up its efforts to prevent rough sleeping after branding the state of street homelessness in England as a “source of national shame”, reports the Big Issue. Florence Eshalomi, chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, wrote to housing secretary Angela Rayner and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali […]

Homeless Night Shelter To Open In City

A night shelter is set to open in Lancashire after a city council bought a property to help get rough sleepers off the streets, reports the BBC. The building at an undisclosed location will have cubicles for up to 14 people and will open its doors next month, Preston City Council said. The authority said […]

Housing Crisis Impacts Young People’s ‘Sense Of Belonging’

Lib Peck says London’s lack of homes is a “long-term driver” for violent incidents in the capital, reports the Standard. London’s homelessness crisis is helping to fuel violence among young people, the director of Sir Sadiq Khan’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has warned. Lib Peck, the former Lambeth Council leader who has headed up the […]


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