Fifteen homeless people who are staying at the Signature Living Kingsway House shelter in Liverpool have volunteered to go out into the city centre and help clean up the streets. Daniel Bolshaw, one of the homeless guests who is staying at the shelter approached Signature Living’s Chairman Lawrence Kenwright – who was at the shelter […]
A homeless charity says it was asked to close early to avoid embarrassing dignitaries visiting the nearby town hall. A Torbay councillor made the request to Humanity Torbay, the charity’s Ellie Waugh said. The charity received two similar requests in the last month to remove the homeless. “We were told the council had some important […]
Ex-Bosco House resident and former committee member, Dave Morton, was interviewed by Independent Liverpool about how the Homeless Games started. “Means more to me than any man in Liverpool this fella, smallest man I know but the biggest to me”. Dave says this to Eric and shoots him a shot of affection I’ll probably never […]
New guidance from the Home Office states that Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) should not be used to target people simply for being homeless or rough sleeping. Since the introduction of PSPOs under the ‘Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014’, various groups and communities have expressed their concern over councils’ use of these powers. […]
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 […]
