A landlord who made headlines by saying he was banning ‘coloured tenants’ because they left behind a ‘curry smell’ has new targets in his sights. Fergus Wilson has warned he will evict single women who become pregnant and single mums with newborn babies. The 69-year-old is one of the UK’s largest buy-to-let investors and owns […]
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The annual fundraising event for the Whitechapel is at St James in the City Church, close to the Baltic Triangle, on Friday 12th October. The sleepout opens at 7pm and there will be entertainment and prizes awarded for the Best Cardboard Shelter, Best Onesie, Best Individual Fundraiser, and Best Team Fundraiser, before everyone beds down for the […]
https://seftonsupportedhousing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SSHG_Logo_RGB.png00Jamie Leeminghttps://seftonsupportedhousing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SSHG_Logo_RGB.pngJamie Leeming2018-07-24 15:14:132020-02-25 15:01:39Liverpool Sleepout Fundraiser Is Back For Its Fifth Year
Homeless charity Shelter says 33,000 families are living in temporary accommodation, over half of whom are in employment – a figure that has increased by 73 per cent since 2013, when it was 19,000 families. Shelter blames a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a chronic lack of social housing. Their […]
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A homeless man who refuses to beg for change has come up with a novel way of raising cash – he decided to use his creative talents in order to work his way off the streets. Mark, who became homeless after a relationship breakdown and losing his job, has been on the streets for the […]
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The debate about the legalisation of cannabis has been raging in the USA for over 50 years, and the decision by the state of Colorado to legalise it for recreational use was seen as revolutionary by those on both sides of the argument. Since that decision was made nearly four years ago, the state of […]
Most of us enjoy basking in the warm weather, but spare a thought for homeless people who are suffering serious sunburn and dehydration in the continuing heatwave. Charities have urged members of the public to do more to help people sleeping rough to keep safe in the sweltering conditions. Temperatures exceeded 30C across the country […]
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The UK is set to get its first homeless shelter for LGBT+ people in east London, funded by the mayor Sadiq Khan. The project – a collaboration between Stonewall Housing and The Outside Project – will create a community centre and night shelter in Tower Hamlets for homeless people in the LGBT+ community. According to the organisers, […]
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More than 1 million families are stuck on waiting lists for social housing in England as the number of council homes in Britain slumps to a record low. Figures from the housing and homelessness charity Shelter show that a total of 1.15 million households were on waiting lists last year, with only 290,000 homes made […]
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During a parliamentary debate he led on street homelessness, Adam Holloway suggested able-bodied people could “make quite a lot of money from begging on the streets of London”. “We have to accept that some people are able to sleep rough in our cities because there are the resources to do so,” said the MP for […]
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The number of homeless children and older people in temporary accommodation has reached the highest level since the global financial crisis in 2007, government figures show. A total of 123,130 children were housed in temporary accommodation in England in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of nearly 80% since 2011. The number of people […]
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Controversial Landlord Now Wants To Evict Single Mums
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA landlord who made headlines by saying he was banning ‘coloured tenants’ because they left behind a ‘curry smell’ has new targets in his sights. Fergus Wilson has warned he will evict single women who become pregnant and single mums with newborn babies. The 69-year-old is one of the UK’s largest buy-to-let investors and owns […]
Liverpool Sleepout Fundraiser Is Back For Its Fifth Year
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe annual fundraising event for the Whitechapel is at St James in the City Church, close to the Baltic Triangle, on Friday 12th October. The sleepout opens at 7pm and there will be entertainment and prizes awarded for the Best Cardboard Shelter, Best Onesie, Best Individual Fundraiser, and Best Team Fundraiser, before everyone beds down for the […]
Thousands Of Working Families In Temporary Accommodation
/in News /by Jamie LeemingHomeless charity Shelter says 33,000 families are living in temporary accommodation, over half of whom are in employment – a figure that has increased by 73 per cent since 2013, when it was 19,000 families. Shelter blames a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a chronic lack of social housing. Their […]
Cash From Cans For Liverpool Homeless Man
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA homeless man who refuses to beg for change has come up with a novel way of raising cash – he decided to use his creative talents in order to work his way off the streets. Mark, who became homeless after a relationship breakdown and losing his job, has been on the streets for the […]
Cannabis Helps Colorado’s Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe debate about the legalisation of cannabis has been raging in the USA for over 50 years, and the decision by the state of Colorado to legalise it for recreational use was seen as revolutionary by those on both sides of the argument. Since that decision was made nearly four years ago, the state of […]
Too Hot For The Homeless!
/in News /by Jamie LeemingMost of us enjoy basking in the warm weather, but spare a thought for homeless people who are suffering serious sunburn and dehydration in the continuing heatwave. Charities have urged members of the public to do more to help people sleeping rough to keep safe in the sweltering conditions. Temperatures exceeded 30C across the country […]
The First Permanent Homeless Shelter For LGBT Community
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe UK is set to get its first homeless shelter for LGBT+ people in east London, funded by the mayor Sadiq Khan. The project – a collaboration between Stonewall Housing and The Outside Project – will create a community centre and night shelter in Tower Hamlets for homeless people in the LGBT+ community. According to the organisers, […]
Stuck On The Waiting List For Social Housing
/in News /by Jamie LeemingMore than 1 million families are stuck on waiting lists for social housing in England as the number of council homes in Britain slumps to a record low. Figures from the housing and homelessness charity Shelter show that a total of 1.15 million households were on waiting lists last year, with only 290,000 homes made […]
Tory MP claims sleeping rough is “a lot more comfortable” than military exercises
/in News /by Jamie LeemingDuring a parliamentary debate he led on street homelessness, Adam Holloway suggested able-bodied people could “make quite a lot of money from begging on the streets of London”. “We have to accept that some people are able to sleep rough in our cities because there are the resources to do so,” said the MP for […]
Children And Pensioners ‘Bearing The Brunt’ Of Homelessness
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe number of homeless children and older people in temporary accommodation has reached the highest level since the global financial crisis in 2007, government figures show. A total of 123,130 children were housed in temporary accommodation in England in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of nearly 80% since 2011. The number of people […]