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Sefton Supported Housing Group (SSHG) is a consortium of four organisations that have joined forces to tackle homelessness in the borough.
Bosco Society Ltd, Venus, Excel Housing and New Start have won a five-year 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.
Man Who Handed Out A Fortune To The Homeless Is Told To Pay It Back
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA window cleaner who converted his late brother’s fortune into gold coins to give to the homeless has been ordered to pay the money back to his family. Peter Ivory, 58, said it was brother Michael’s dying wish for him to give his estate, worth £414,000, away and argued that he had done the morally […]
No Return To Homelessness Say Charities
/in News /by Jamie LeemingForty charities are urging Boris Johnson to end the “patchy” help for homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic by passing an emergency law. Crisis, St Mungo’s and the Big Issue Foundation are among the groups who have drawn up a bill they say would truly deliver on the government’s “everyone in” campaign to accommodate all […]
Pizzas For The Homeless Of Birkenhead
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe manager of a local Papa John’s branch helped to feed homeless people in Merseyside with a kind-hearted gesture. Staff at Wirral’s Homeless CIC would like to thank Mike, who works at Papa John’s in Liscard, after he gave them 50% off all food for the homeless at their night shelter on Wednesday, reports the […]
Funding Announced For Continued Support Of The Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingHousing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has launched the Next Steps Accommodation Programme, a £266 million fund to enable local areas to continue to provide somewhere safe to stay for 15,000 people currently experiencing homelessness. The launch has been keenly anticipated since the announcements on 24 May and 24 June of the Government’s intention to fund interim […]