One-time ‘comedian’, Jim Davidson, has caused outrage after claiming he “couldn’t find any” homeless ex-soldiers in the UK while helping to close down a hostel set up for them. Mr Davidson – who is CEO of the charity Care after Combat – has insisted there are barely any veterans without a place to live in […]
NHS bosses are being criticised for cutting the budget of a team of doctors and nurses who provide mental health care to one of Britain’s largest groups of homeless people. According to a report in The Guardian, Camden NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in north London is giving the Focus Homeless Outreach team £219,866 less […]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has had his say on Signature Living’s controversial Kingsway House homeless shelter, according to a report in the Liverpool Echo. Speaking about the Kingsway House project, Mr Corbyn said: “Homelessness has increased every year under this Tory Government. As a society, we simply cannot carry on walking by on the other […]
Housing secretary, Sajid Javid, has admitted a total of £817m of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) budget is being sent back to the Treasury as his department had failed to spend the cash. In an ‘explanatory memo’, Javid, who had housing added to his communities and local government brief in January, said […]
A small group of activists has taken over a building in central London hoping to house, feed and support up to 200 homeless people who would otherwise be forced to sleep outside in freezing conditions. The handful of unpaid volunteers have dubbed the four-storey space the Sofia Solidarity Centre (SSC) and have appealed for donations […]
Photographs taken by Liverpool City Council’s street cleansing team, and published in the Liverpool Echo, purport to show used syringes, mounds of rubbish and overflowing toilets at the temporary day shelter. The pictures show countless syringes scattered across the site surrounding Kingsway House, next to other drug paraphernalia. Some of the images were taken some […]
Last year the government set up a homeless task force to address the issue head-on – but it still hasn’t met because plans for that first meeting are ‘still being finalised’. A report in 24 Housing says the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce was announced by Philip Hammond in his Autumn Budget last November […]
At least 600 of Scotland’s most vulnerable rough sleepers are to be provided with homes and the continuing support they need to sustain their tenancies, says a report in The Guardian. The Scottish social enterprise Social Bite will take a minimum of 600 people out of homelessness over the next 18 months, and provide fully […]
Our lovely friends at Venus have launched a new support package that is tailored to individual needs. The Venus Step Together programme delivers intensive, multi-faceted support to women who have had children taken into public care. Support is tailored to each individual and can include one to one counselling and group therapeutic activities, sexual health […]
Our partners over at New Start have some exciting new jobs opportunities on offer! Deputy Manager – Merseyside Salary: £21,000 – £23,000 Dep on Experience Service Name: Childcare Date Posted: 15 February 2018 Closing Date: 15 March 2018 Job summary The Deputy Manager is accountable for delivering high quality care to the children and young people resident within the home. This means […]
