Sixth form students at the Life Sciences University Technical College, based in the Baltic-Triangle, have set their minds to work on tackling homelessness and helping Liverpool homeless people in the City Centre. Life Sciences UTC is a city-centre school for 14-19 year olds specialises in Science and Healthcare, but also offers a full-range of GCSEs […]
A Wigan charity dedicated to getting people off the streets and turning their lives around is making a comeback. Helping the Homeless Wigan was forced to close last October after more than a year of supporting some of the borough’s most vulnerable people. But founder members Dawn French and Lana Nocker were unable to walk […]
At least 13,000 former armed services personnel are homeless after leaving the military – and many are also suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder. According to an investigation by the Sunday People, military charities said the shameful figure is a record high and the Government is failing those who risk their lives for their country. They […]
Sky football pundit Jamie Carragher will stage a charity football match and dinner to raise money for the homeless. The former Liverpool defender announced the game will take place this month after visiting the Signature Shelter at Kingsway House in his home city along with former Reds captain Mark Wright. With over 300,000 people estimated […]
The Tory politician demanding police take homeless people off the streets ahead of the Royal Wedding is a paid director of a government agency that’s supposed to be tackling rough sleeping. Windsor and Maidenhead council chief Simon Dudley hit the headlines after asking Thames Valley police to use the 1824 Vagrancy Act to remove homeless people […]
In response to the recent news that the streets of Windsor will be cleared of homeless people MAH announce THE ROYAL BEDDING DAY on the same day as the royal wedding. We ask all of our supporters and friends to join us in putting on as many music events as possible across England, Scotland and […]
In a blog for Huffington Post, Joe Anderson wrote: “This is the net result of eight years’ of austerity: A toxic mix of public service cuts, housing shortages, high rents, welfare changes, low wages, benefit sanctions and rising drug use. Earlier this week, the Public Accounts Committee reported what all of us working on the […]
A report by the Public Accounts Committee says there is an urgent need for joined-up strategy to help people and address underlying causes of homelessness. The report states that the extent of homelessness across England is a national crisis and that it is appalling that at any one time there are as many as 9,100 […]
It is unbelievable that, a time of record homelessness, over 11,000 homes have stood empty for over ten years. The data, collected by the Liberal Democrats through freedom of information requests to about 275 councils, showed 60,000 properties had been empty for two years or more, 23,000 for five years or more, and over 11,000 […]
The run up to Christmas should be a time of happiness, joy and lots of general loveliness however the reality can be very different. Venus’ Money Management Maestro, Jo Hughes, shares her top tips for reducing the cost of Chrimbo… “It’s meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for most of us, […]
