Some of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have been sleeping in their cars and in parks, the MP for Kensington, Emma Dent Coad, has claimed. She said there is “total chaos” in the borough following the fire that left at least 79 people dead and dozens more injured. Speaking at a Justice for Grenfell […]
The shocking disaster of the Grenfell Tower fire has thrown up many questions for the government, local authorities, building regulators, housing providers and, not least, social housing tenants – many of whom will now be thinking about the safety of their own homes and, if something similar happened to them, where they can go for […]
The number of families being declared homeless has rocketed by more a third since the Conservatives took power in 2010, analysis of new official statistics has revealed. Writing in The Independent, Ben Kentish reports that between April 2016 and March 2017, 59,100 families were declared homeless by local authorities in England – a rise of […]
A homeless man came to the rescue of a stranger who was turned away from a restaurant by lending him his new boots. Akbar Badshah, from Bradford, was planning to sit down for dinner at Fazenda’s restaurant in Manchester when he was refused entry because he was wearing sandals. In an interview on BBC Radio […]
Our SSHG partners at New Start have announced they are arranging a special day to celebrate the refugee families they support as part of Refugee Week. The event will take place on Friday July 7th, 12pm to 4pm, at New Start’s office, The Job Bank, 4 Tunnel Road, Liverpool, L7 6QD. Refugee Week takes place in […]
A bid has been launched to put a giant outdoor slide on the Shankly Hotel in Victoria Street, Liverpool, and the new attraction will help raise money for the city’s homeless. The slide would spiral down from the hotel’s rooftop terrace to street level at Whitechapel. The tube would be partly clear so sliders could […]
Far-right thugs have been accused of abusing Sikh volunteers as they tried to feed the homeless in Manchester. The Sikh Sewa Organisation (SSO) provide meals for the homeless every Sunday in the same spot but were forced to move on to Stevenson Square after the fascists descended on the area in a protest against Sharia […]
Liverpool football legend Jamie Carragher was the VIP guest this week when Venus launched its new positive mental health service for children and young people across Sefton. Staff at Venus invited the ex-Liverpool and England defender to officially open the new Star Centre, based in the renovated former Orrell Arts Centre building on Linacre Lane. […]
With the Tories still reeling from the upset in last week’s election, and a number of things still to become clear in the coming days, Homeless Link has compiled a summary of what we know so far. No party has won the number of seats necessary to gain an overall majority (326 of 650 seats in […]
Our SSHG partners, The Venus Charity, held an opening day to celebrate their new emotional health and wellbeing project for young people, the Star Centre. Visitors were invited to drop in at the new project at the former Orrell Arts Centre between 3pm-5pm yesterday (Monday 5th June) to explore the new facilities and find out […]
