Most of us enjoy basking in the warm weather, but spare a thought for homeless people who are suffering serious sunburn and dehydration in the continuing heatwave. Charities have urged members of the public to do more to help people sleeping rough to keep safe in the sweltering conditions. Temperatures exceeded 30C across the country […]
The UK is set to get its first homeless shelter for LGBT+ people in east London, funded by the mayor Sadiq Khan. The project – a collaboration between Stonewall Housing and The Outside Project – will create a community centre and night shelter in Tower Hamlets for homeless people in the LGBT+ community. According to the organisers, […]
More than 1 million families are stuck on waiting lists for social housing in England as the number of council homes in Britain slumps to a record low. Figures from the housing and homelessness charity Shelter show that a total of 1.15 million households were on waiting lists last year, with only 290,000 homes made […]
During a parliamentary debate he led on street homelessness, Adam Holloway suggested able-bodied people could “make quite a lot of money from begging on the streets of London”. “We have to accept that some people are able to sleep rough in our cities because there are the resources to do so,” said the MP for […]
The number of homeless children and older people in temporary accommodation has reached the highest level since the global financial crisis in 2007, government figures show. A total of 123,130 children were housed in temporary accommodation in England in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of nearly 80% since 2011. The number of people […]
A Liverpool man has been sentenced to two months in jail for urinating on a homeless man while he slept rough in the city centre. In a remarkable decision, District Judge Wendy Lloyd jailed Stephen Gibney not just for degrading the homeless man as a person, but also for attacking his home. A report in The […]
A GP practice in Manchester has become one of the first in the country to pledge to provide care for homeless people. The Hopwood Medical Centre on Walton Street in Heywood has agreed to become Homeless-Friendly, which means that all patients receive quality treatment regardless of whether or not they have a permanent address. It […]
A social entrepreneur has come up with a brilliant idea to help homeless people by teaching them skills so they can busk for cash. Kai Feller, co-founder of online marketplace Bark.com, is offering people the chance to nominate homeless people in their area to receive free singing, dancing and music tuition so they can learn […]
One in six homeless people “pull their own teeth out” as they are refused access to dental services, MPs have heard. Labour’s Stella Creasy told ministers that many homeless people “hit a brick wall” when they try to access dental services. The Walthamstow MP said: “It’s little wonder that one study shows that 15 per […]
The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report last week (June 15th) that assesses the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit (UC). The report considers how the Department’s plans have evolved, whether the approach works for claimants and the organisations supporting them, and the likelihood of Universal Credit […]
