It will be a bleak Xmas this year for over 120,000 children in Britain who will be made homeless or have to live in temporary accommodation. An analysis of government figures by Shelter, the homelessness charity, found the number of families living in emergency B&B and hostel rooms has risen by 18% in just one […]
Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of Princess Diana, said she admires the homeless because they have a focus to their lives that she lacks. Despite her family being worth £100million, she says she struggles with having no purpose in life. But, to fill her time she volunteers at two charities, one of which, Centrepoint in […]
A photograph of children giving their “Penny-for-the-Guy” proceeds to a homeless man in Liverpool has gone viral on social media. Three lads, Stephen, Kenzie and Kaden, had been raising money all day in Liverpool when they decided to give it away to homeless people. But, unbeknownst to them, their random act of kindness was caught […]
The government has pledged its “full and unfettered” support for a bill that would force councils in England to do more to tackle homelessness. Bob Blackman MP, who put forward the Homelessness Reduction Bill, said it was a “national disgrace” that a single person should have to sleep rough. The bill passed the committee stage […]
More than 200 people slept out in the grounds of St Nick’s church to help raise money for Liverpool homeless charity the Whitechapel Centre. The annual event welcomed people from as far as Surrey, Bradford and Cardiff to get a taste of what it is like to sleep rough. Participants were given cardboard to make […]
Café owner Simon Whitter made breakfast for 170 homeless people last year – and wants to better that this Xmas. Simon, who is set to announce the venue in the near future, has already raised over £1000 on his JustGiving page for the event in little over five days. The target is currently set at […]
Some homeless people are being told to sleep on the streets before they can get help from local authorities, despite a rise in assaults and deaths of rough sleepers. Research by the homeless charity St. Mungo’s found some homeless people who went to their local council for help were turned away or told to sleep […]
Scores of mourners gave a homeless man the send-off he deserved after raising more than £6,000 to pay for his funeral. Neil Dearden, who lived on the streets around Rochdale, sadly died in hospital on September 24, without a penny to his name. But after Neil’s death, Mohammed Yousaf, the owner of local business Auto […]
A bill going through parliament that aims to reduce homelessness should be amended so current protections for vulnerable people “are not weakened”, MPs have said. Members of the cross-party Communities and Local Government Committee backed the private members bill, which was tabled by Tory MP Bob Blackman, following its inquiry that took evidence from charities, […]
A video of a five-year-old girl chastising the Prime Minister, Theresa May, over the treatment of the homeless has gone viral on social media. Brooke Blair, from Coventry, says in the video that she has seen “hundreds and millions” of homeless people on the streets and that the PM should be distributing biscuits and hot […]
