The number of rough sleepers being admitted to hospital has risen by 130% over the past five years – and more than 500 admissions each week now relate to homelessness. A report into the issue by the King’s Fund revealed that nearly 28,000 people were admitted to hospital in England with a primary or secondary […]
Questions have been raised about whether a Merseyside council has “failed” some people with drug and alcohol problems. In an adult social care and health overview and scrutiny committee, Sefton Council members heard how the borough has a higher number of drug-related deaths and rates of Hepatitis C than the national average, reports the Liverpool Echo. Members also […]
Nando’s Feeds The Homeless Of BirkenheadDozens of homeless people have enjoyed the generosity of a local Nando’s branch which has been supplying free meals for months. The Bromborough restaurant has an arrangement with Wirral’s Homeless Community Interest Company (CIC), a non-profit organisation that supplies the homeless with food 365 nights a year, reports the Liverpool Echo. One […]
More than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months, research by the BBC has suggested. In England five times as many rough sleepers were seen by councils in the year than reported in official figures, which are a one-night snapshot. Labour’s shadow housing secretary, John Healey, has called for an […]
From April to December 2019, Biffa employees recorded 109 “near-misses” or encounters with people either sleeping in or near its bins. The number of deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins has soared over the past five years, a new report has revealed. Increasing levels of homelessness in the UK has been blamed for the rising […]
Families facing homelessness, mothers fleeing domestic violence, and refugees could be left with no way to seek legal help if government plans to clamp down on judicial reviews go ahead. Boris Johnson has pledged to cut “abuse” of the judicial review process – a legal mechanism by which the decisions of public bodies can be […]
Hundreds more families are struggling with homelessness amid ‘unprecedented’ levels of demand on Manchester town hall. The number of people in temporary accommodation across the city is now ten times what it was five years ago, a report has revealed. Manchester City Council plans to invest an extra £2.3million into its homelessness services to provide […]
More than one family a day were evicted from their homes in Liverpool last year as a toxic mix of housing problems and benefits chaos continues to wreak havoc in the city. Tenant evictions have soared to their highest level on record in Liverpool, with new government figures revealing that 432 renters in the city […]
An incredible project is seeing recycled crisp packets turned into sleeping bags to help the homeless survive a cold winter on the streets. Pen Hutson knew that a charity she worked with simply didn’t have enough sleeping bags for everyone who needed one, reports Teesside Live. So she began to make the sleeping bags out […]
A new report has revealed the extent in which poor health can be caused by rough sleeping – as well as stressing the high health needs of women experiencing homelessness. Conducted by Groundswell and funded by the Greater London Authority, the research is aimed at understanding more about the health conditions women are facing and […]
