Homeless people played football on the same pitch as some of the world’s greatest ever players last Thursday. The match on Cardiff Bay’s floating pitch was one of the events ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final. “It’s absolutely huge,” Keri Harris of Street Football Wales told the BBC. “It will be the same field, arena, where the […]
As of autumn 2016, there were an estimated 4,134 people a night sleeping rough on England’s streets, more than double the number in 2010 and a 16% increase on the year before. These are estimates based on local authorities either conducting a street count on a single night or making an estimation based on intelligence […]
Two homeless men have been hailed as heroes after they rushed to help those caught up in the horrific terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. Chris Parker, 33, cradled a dying woman and wrapped a bloodied child in merchandise T-shirts while Stephen Jones described in harrowing detail how he had to pull nails from […]
You may have noticed that there’s a General Election coming up soon, but what have the major parties promised to do about homelessness? Those nice people at Homeless Link have produced a summary of the manifesto commitments of the three major parties – Conservative, Labour and the Liberal Democrats – in policy areas relevant to […]
Once granted refugee status asylum seekers have just 28 days to leave their Home Office accommodation, according to a new report. This leaves many to rely on charity as they try to integrate into British society. The report also highlights a two-tier system between refugees who journey across Europe to get here, and those the […]
Greater Manchester’s newly elected Mayor, Andy Burnham, is teaming up with national homeless charity Crisis to make homelessness a priority. Mr. Burnham, who took 63% of the vote for an emphatic win in last week’s election, promised to set up a new “Homelessness Action Network” to initiate a range of community groups toward ending homelessness […]
There have been a rising number of deaths in Europe and America linked to the use of two opioid drugs – fentanyl and carfentanil – that are reportedly being mixed into heroin. Now, both fentanyl and carfentanil appear to have arrived in the UK – several people in the northeast of England have died in […]
With low levels of voter registration among people who are homeless, and a deadline of 22nd May to register for the General Election, can homelessness services increase democratic engagement in time to make a difference? Homeless Link has produced a really useful guide for helping the homeless to register to vote in the upcoming elections. You […]
Last November the Bosco bee colony was put to bed for the winter with enough food to see them through the cold months and an extra layer of insulation around the hive. But the season has ended in disaster as the first inspection of 2017 has revealed that the bee colony has been devastated – […]
A promotional campaign to advertise Budweiser beer has divided opinion as free cans were handed out to the public, including homeless people, in Liverpool city centre. Last Wednesday afternoon a ‘Bud Light’ promotions van parked in Whitechapel and staff began handing out cans of lager to passers-by. The vehicle was told to move by council […]
