More than 2,200 people turned to Knowsley Council for help avoiding homelessness in 2018/19 – 400 more than the year before, according to the local authority’s draft homelessness strategy. Jon Sparkes, chief executive of homelessness charity Crisis, described the figures as “shocking”, adding that nationally more than a quarter of households that were homeless or at […]
Wales could follow Scotland’s lead and make a case for safe injecting rooms to cut the number of drug-related homeless deaths. According to 24Housing, a report released by the Welsh Assembly’s Equality, Local Government, and Communities Committee pitches the potential for the Welsh government to work with Westminster, and non-devolved bodies such as the Police, […]
Residents of Bosco are wrapped up nice and warm for the start of the new year after a massive donation of hoodies from local skate park Rampworx. The donation of nearly 100 hooded tops, all brand new, was the brainchild of Rampworx employee, Jay Matthews. Jay said: “We had a lot of old stock that […]
Unite union has called on the CEO of homelessness charity St Mungo’s, Howard Sinclair, to step down immediately after a misdirected email revealed the charity had worked with a top London PR agency on a strategy to stop people joining the union and ‘erode [its] support’ during this summer’s industrial dispute. The email which was […]
A nine-year-old boy left a homeless couple in tears when he gave them food and clothes from his trolley. Dylan O’Neil, from Norris Green, is only nine but has been out in the city centre delivering food and supplies to homeless people every week over the festive period. His family have been inundated with donations […]
For the first time, not having a fixed address won’t prevent you from being able to open a bank account, thanks to a new bank account from HSBC. In partnership with Shelter, a UK charity dedicated to helping people struggling with bad housing or homelessness, HSBC has launched a new bank account. It’s called the […]
Support services for nearly 9,000 homeless people have disappeared following a decade of cuts, charity St Mungo’s has said. The charity has called on the next government to guarantee funding for homelessness services after new analysis found that there were 8,755 fewer places in accommodation services for people compared with nine years ago. Bed spaces […]
“Homelessness is a barometer of social justice that reflects a serious problem in our society, the remedy to which is within our grasp”, writes Rob Aldridge in The Lancet. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the UK has dramatically increased since 2010, In the autumn of 2018, 4,677 people in England were estimated to […]
Sefton Council has a range of services for rough sleepers throughout the borough that are available all year round. This is especially important during the cold winter months between November 2019 and March 2020. If you are concerned about someone’s wellbeing, please direct them to their nearest Sit-Up services available at both New Start in […]
After nearly ten years of Tory rule, Chancellor Sajid Javid has blamed Labour for Britain’s rise in homelessness – despite his own Conservative party being in charge. The remarks were made during an interview on 5th December, in which the former secretary for state of housing said the issue “reached its peak” in 2008 under […]
