In London, a coffee company staffed by homeless people is now launching kiosks at tube stations, whilst one former homeless woman turned her life around and opened a café. Founded in 2015, Change Please is a social enterprise that trains homeless people to become baristas at its carts, eventually supporting them into the workplace in […]
Hundreds of thousands of homes were left vacant across England for over six months last year as levels of homelessness reached record levels in parts of the country. The latest figures, published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, showed that the number of empty houses is at its highest in six years, having increased by 5.3 per […]
Nearly a third of homeless people die from treatable conditions, meaning hundreds of deaths could potentially have been prevented, a major new study shows. The research, by University College London (UCL), was exclusively shared with The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism (BIJ), and shows that homeless people are much more likely to die from certain conditions […]
A 73-year-old cancer sufferer who was left homeless in a doorway has been ‘overwhelmed and embarrassed’ by the incredible response his story has received. And it has also been revealed what George has been enjoying doing now that he has a roof over his head and feels safe. Last week, the Liverpool Echo reported how […]
The number of teachers and school support staff applying for emergency charity grants to prevent them being made homeless in the wake of growing housing costs has more than doubled in the last five years. The Education Support Partnership (ESP), a charity dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the entire education workforce, says […]
The isolation felt by homeless people is being highlighted by hard-hitting posters positioned in spots in a UK city where rough sleepers are likely to rest. The posters bear slogans such as “if this were a homeless person, then most people wouldn’t even look down” and “a bad place for a poster, an even worse place for a bed” […]
Liverpool City Council is to receive funding of £9.9m as part of the government’s £450m Local Authority Accelerated Construction (LAAC) programme. The awarded funding will allow up to 1,500 family homes to be built at the Festival Gardens in Liverpool, in bids to tackle the housing crisis, writes Esmee Joinson-Evans at 24housing. The news comes […]
Councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are spending on dealing with criminal landlords compared with 2009/10, reports Bill Tanner for 24housing. According to an analysis by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), whilst spending by local authorities in England on housing standard activities was £44.5m in 2009/10, by 2017/18 that had […]
A rough sleeper was threatened with a fine of up to £20,000 for ‘loitering in a public place to the detrimental impact of others’. The man, who has chosen not to be identified, had the notice placed on him by police officers ‘while he slept outside the Palace of Westminster’ reports The Metro. According to […]
On Friday 22nd February, our colleagues at New Start, in conjunction with Edge Hill University, hosted an Impact Event – ‘Linking Research with Policy and Practice: Refugee Arrival and Settlement in Liverpool and Glasgow.’ The event was a real success with visitors attending from Liverpool and across the region. There were a number of keynote speakers […]
