Sky football pundit Jamie Carragher will stage a charity football match and dinner to raise money for the homeless. The former Liverpool defender announced the game will take place this month after visiting the Signature Shelter at Kingsway House in his home city along with former Reds captain Mark Wright. With over 300,000 people estimated […]
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 Leeming2018-01-09 15:57:172020-02-25 15:17:30Reds’ Stars Help The Homeless
The Tory politician demanding police take homeless people off the streets ahead of the Royal Wedding is a paid director of a government agency that’s supposed to be tackling rough sleeping. Windsor and Maidenhead council chief Simon Dudley hit the headlines after asking Thames Valley police to use the 1824 Vagrancy Act to remove homeless people […]
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 Leeming2018-01-09 15:56:442018-01-09 15:56:44Tory Council Leader At The Centre The Royal Wedding Row Gets Paid To Help The Homeless
In response to the recent news that the streets of Windsor will be cleared of homeless people MAH announce THE ROYAL BEDDING DAY on the same day as the royal wedding. We ask all of our supporters and friends to join us in putting on as many music events as possible across England, Scotland and […]
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 Leeming2018-01-09 15:56:162018-01-09 15:56:16Musicians Against Homelessness Announce ‘The Royal Bedding Gigs’
In a blog for Huffington Post, Joe Anderson wrote: “This is the net result of eight years’ of austerity: A toxic mix of public service cuts, housing shortages, high rents, welfare changes, low wages, benefit sanctions and rising drug use. Earlier this week, the Public Accounts Committee reported what all of us working on 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 Leeming2018-01-02 15:07:262020-02-25 15:18:20“Ministers Can Go And Whistle” Says Liverpool Mayor, “All Rough Sleepers Will Get Help In Liverpool”
A report by the Public Accounts Committee says there is an urgent need for joined-up strategy to help people and address underlying causes of homelessness. The report states that the extent of homelessness across England is a national crisis and that it is appalling that at any one time there are as many as 9,100 […]
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 Leeming2018-01-02 15:06:212018-01-02 15:34:11Government Criticised For ‘Complacent Attitude’ To Homelessness
It is unbelievable that, a time of record homelessness, over 11,000 homes have stood empty for over ten years. The data, collected by the Liberal Democrats through freedom of information requests to about 275 councils, showed 60,000 properties had been empty for two years or more, 23,000 for five years or more, and over 11,000 […]
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 Leeming2018-01-02 15:05:472018-01-02 15:05:47Research Reveals Thousands Of Homes Lying Empty
The run up to Christmas should be a time of happiness, joy and lots of general loveliness however the reality can be very different. Venus’ Money Management Maestro, Jo Hughes, shares her top tips for reducing the cost of Chrimbo… “It’s meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for most of us, […]
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 Leeming2017-12-20 09:42:022017-12-20 09:42:02Sound Money Advice From Venus As Xmas Approaches
The chair of house building firm Persimmon has resigned over his role in orchestrating a £100m-plus bonus for the company’s chief executive. According to a report in The Guardian, Nicholas Wrigley, the company’s chair and a former banker, said he regretted not capping the company’s bonus scheme and was leaving “in recognition of this omission”. […]
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 Leeming2017-12-20 09:41:142020-02-25 15:18:57Building Boss Gets £110 Million Bonus
Homelessness is now a serious risk for working families with stable jobs who cannot find somewhere affordable to live after being evicted by private-sector landlords seeking higher rents. The local government ombudsman, Michael King, said nurses, taxi drivers, hospitality staff and council workers were among those assisted by his office after being made homeless and […]
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 Leeming2017-12-20 09:39:412017-12-20 09:39:41Working Families At Risk Of Homelessness
A Home Office policy to deport rough sleepers from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) has been ruled unlawful by the high court. Since 2016 the Home Office has designated rough sleeping as an abuse of EU free movement rights in its administrative removal policy. However, the court ruled that the Home Office’s position was […]
Reds’ Stars Help The Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingSky football pundit Jamie Carragher will stage a charity football match and dinner to raise money for the homeless. The former Liverpool defender announced the game will take place this month after visiting the Signature Shelter at Kingsway House in his home city along with former Reds captain Mark Wright. With over 300,000 people estimated […]
Tory Council Leader At The Centre The Royal Wedding Row Gets Paid To Help The Homeless
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe Tory politician demanding police take homeless people off the streets ahead of the Royal Wedding is a paid director of a government agency that’s supposed to be tackling rough sleeping. Windsor and Maidenhead council chief Simon Dudley hit the headlines after asking Thames Valley police to use the 1824 Vagrancy Act to remove homeless people […]
Musicians Against Homelessness Announce ‘The Royal Bedding Gigs’
/in News /by Jamie LeemingIn response to the recent news that the streets of Windsor will be cleared of homeless people MAH announce THE ROYAL BEDDING DAY on the same day as the royal wedding. We ask all of our supporters and friends to join us in putting on as many music events as possible across England, Scotland and […]
“Ministers Can Go And Whistle” Says Liverpool Mayor, “All Rough Sleepers Will Get Help In Liverpool”
/in News /by Jamie LeemingIn a blog for Huffington Post, Joe Anderson wrote: “This is the net result of eight years’ of austerity: A toxic mix of public service cuts, housing shortages, high rents, welfare changes, low wages, benefit sanctions and rising drug use. Earlier this week, the Public Accounts Committee reported what all of us working on the […]
Government Criticised For ‘Complacent Attitude’ To Homelessness
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA report by the Public Accounts Committee says there is an urgent need for joined-up strategy to help people and address underlying causes of homelessness. The report states that the extent of homelessness across England is a national crisis and that it is appalling that at any one time there are as many as 9,100 […]
Research Reveals Thousands Of Homes Lying Empty
/in News /by Jamie LeemingIt is unbelievable that, a time of record homelessness, over 11,000 homes have stood empty for over ten years. The data, collected by the Liberal Democrats through freedom of information requests to about 275 councils, showed 60,000 properties had been empty for two years or more, 23,000 for five years or more, and over 11,000 […]
Sound Money Advice From Venus As Xmas Approaches
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe run up to Christmas should be a time of happiness, joy and lots of general loveliness however the reality can be very different. Venus’ Money Management Maestro, Jo Hughes, shares her top tips for reducing the cost of Chrimbo… “It’s meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for most of us, […]
Building Boss Gets £110 Million Bonus
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe chair of house building firm Persimmon has resigned over his role in orchestrating a £100m-plus bonus for the company’s chief executive. According to a report in The Guardian, Nicholas Wrigley, the company’s chair and a former banker, said he regretted not capping the company’s bonus scheme and was leaving “in recognition of this omission”. […]
Working Families At Risk Of Homelessness
/in News /by Jamie LeemingHomelessness is now a serious risk for working families with stable jobs who cannot find somewhere affordable to live after being evicted by private-sector landlords seeking higher rents. The local government ombudsman, Michael King, said nurses, taxi drivers, hospitality staff and council workers were among those assisted by his office after being made homeless and […]
EU Nationals Deported Illegally For Rough Sleeping
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA Home Office policy to deport rough sleepers from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) has been ruled unlawful by the high court. Since 2016 the Home Office has designated rough sleeping as an abuse of EU free movement rights in its administrative removal policy. However, the court ruled that the Home Office’s position was […]