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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.
Youth Rough Sleeping In London Falls By 45%
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe number of young adults sleeping rough in London has fallen by nearly half, according to official figures published by City Hall, reports the BBC. Quarterly data from the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) shows that 202 people aged 18 to 25 were recorded sleeping rough in the capital between April and June 2026, […]
Charities Welcome Burnham’s Vow To End Rough Sleeping
/in News /by Jamie LeemingBut they warn he cannot ignore the ‘hidden homeless’ crisis, reports the Independent. Andy Burnham said that his first instruction to his government would be to “end rough sleeping” and that he will put “the care of people at the heart of everything I do.” The prime minister added: “For too long, we’ve been told […]
Smells Like Team Spirit
/in News /by Jamie LeemingHow compassion and group effort make a difference in outreach, by Emdad Rahman for Pavement magazine. There is no better time to care than here and now. Homelessness is rarely a single event and it is often the final chapter in a long sequence of hardship, where illness, family breakdown, unemployment, rising living costs, debt, […]
Andy Burnham Starts With Vow To End Rough Sleeping. Here’s How He Aims To Do It
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe new Prime Minister also told crowds outside 10 Downing Street he would set out a 10-year plan for Britain and make imminent cost of living announcements in a push for ‘more preventative state’, reports the Big Issue. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said his first action in 10 Downing Street will be to […]