Welcome
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.
Half A Million Empty Homes Are ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA study by Habitat for Humanity found that empty council properties have soared in the last five years while empty privately owned, non-residential buildings could yield 500,000 homes, reports the Big Issue. Empty council properties are up by a third in England in just five years, research has found, with a charity explaining that half […]
A ‘Dress Rehearsal’ For Life
/in News /by Jamie LeemingEmbassy Village offers 40 canal-side flats and support with budgeting, cooking and finding work, to help men start new lives and rediscover community, reports the Guardian. It costs a lot to live by the canal in central Manchester, with even the pokiest of studios renting for £1,000. But in Embassy Village, the city’s newest waterside […]
Homeless Young People ‘Left To Sleep Rough’
/in News /by Jamie LeemingCouncils failed to assess over a third of homeless young peoples’ needs, reports the Big Issue. Councils in England are failing to provide assessments for over a third of young people facing homelessness, with many forced to sleep rough as a result, a youth homelessness charity has found. Centrepoint reported that of the 107,585 young people […]
London’s Only Homeless Detox Clinic To Close
/in News /by Jamie LeemingLondon’s only dedicated drug and alcohol detox unit for homeless people is to close St Thomas’ Hospital has confirmed, reports the BBC. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the decision had been taken due to “rising costs”, adding that the service was “no longer affordable within existing funding”. The clinic, which is […]