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.
Sefton Council And One Vision Housing’s Partnership To Tackle Rough Sleeping
/in News /by Jamie LeemingSefton Council and One Vision Housing are launching My Place, a project to tackle the rise in rough sleeping across the Borough, reports MySefton News. Funded by the Government’s Rough Sleepers Initiative, the project will provide properties for eight rough sleepers in Sefton. They will be supported to independent living through My Place which will provide bespoke person-centred […]
Liverpool’s £90m Plan To House City’s Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe cost of housing homeless people in Liverpool could be as much as £90m in the next few years, reports the BBC. Liverpool City Council said it had seen demand for temporary accommodation rise in recent years, in part due to cost-of-living pressures and so-called “no fault evictions”. While the council said it had managed […]
Record-High Number Of People Sleeping Rough In England
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA record-high 4,793 people were counted as sleeping rough across England in autumn 2025. Homelessness minister Alison McGovern has written to councils over reports children are homeless on the streets, reports the Big Issue. Homelessness minister Alison McGovern has written to councils warning of families with children being left homeless on England’s streets as new […]
More Than 1,600 Households Still In Temporary Accommodation Across Liverpool
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe city council is to enter into a new contract in a bid to reduce the number of temporary beds needed, reports the Liverpool Echo. More than 1,600 households across Liverpool are in temporary accommodation with some having to be housed outside the city. Homelessness continues to be one of the growing cost pressures facing […]