Award-winning television presenter Terry Christian will join Rochdale-founded charity Stepping Stone Projects at a gala lunch celebrating its 40th anniversary, reports Rochdale News. The charity, established in 1984 by Rochdale Council to address rough sleeping and homelessness, has grown over the years to serve vulnerable people across Greater Manchester and the northwest. The anniversary event […]
John’s life turned around thanks to a chance meeting two months ago, reports the Liverpool Echo. A TikTok famous busker who became a viral hit after he was recorded singing in a McDonald’s drive-thru has finally got himself a new home after a GoFundMe was set up for him. A video of John Metcalfe playing […]
Across the UK, a deadly new drug has been linked to 284 fatalities. In Birmingham alone, it killed 21 people last summer. Yet few outside the city noticed. Big Issue investigates a shocking and hidden tragedy. Authorities are reluctant to discuss the growing epidemic that has ravaged Birmingham, but Big Issue’s investigation led us to a retired […]
In the UK right now, racism and discrimination in our society, services and systems contribute to a person’s homelessness, writes Georgia Leith, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at Crisis. Crisis’ new research report “Where do I belong? Where Is Home? Experiences of Racism and Homelessness” shows how racism can lead to homelessness through 58 testimonials […]
Wirral Council officers said it is more difficult now “than it has ever been” to keep people off the streets with people living in temporary accommodation for longer, reports the Liverpool Echo. The local authority is currently doing a regular review of homelessness in the borough to help develop its next five-year plan to manage […]
The café shared an urgent plea after a difficult day, reports the Liverpool Echo. A city centre coffee shop has made an urgent appeal to people in Liverpool. Paper Cup Coffee supports homeless people in the city as part of the wider Paper Cup Project. The café, located in Queen Square in Liverpool City Centre, […]
A 450-mile (724km) walk from Wales to the East of England – the widest part of the UK – has raised almost £50,000 for a homeless persons’ charity, reports the BBC. A group of six people from Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney spent six weeks trekking from St David’s, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, to its base in […]
This World Homelessness Day (Thursday 10th October), Sefton is facing the highest ever demand for the support it provides around homelessness, reports MySefton News. Since August 2023 there has been an increase of over 100% in the number of eligible households in temporary accommodation in Sefton. As many as 200 households per month are presenting […]
Failure to extend funding risks biggest setback to ending homelessness ‘in recent history’ Rachel Reeves told, reports the Guardian. Rough sleeping will head back towards record levels unless Labour fills a looming £1bn shortfall in frontline funding when deals agreed by the last government expire in the coming months, dozens of homelessness charities have said. […]
Visitor bans in temporary accommodation can cause children to become isolated from their peers and affect their development, reports the Big Issue. “It was an abnormal, unhealthy way of living, and I wasn’t willing to subject my children to it.” Hayley Blanks remains defiant about her decision to break the rules at her temporary accommodation, even […]
