Bosco Lodge To Open Soon

Bosco House is pleased to announce that their new premises, Bosco Lodge, will be opening in May. The new premises will provide 13 luxury bedrooms over three floors and has office space, a meeting room, and car parks back and front. Bosco manager, Sheila Howard, said: “After winning the contract to provide supported housing, along […]

Council Set To Fine Homeless People £50 For Begging

A council committee in Worthing, Sussex, has recommended a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for approval at a council meeting later this month, says a report in The Independent. The Tory-run council is also set to bring in PSPOs to curb public drinking and camping in the town centre at the meeting on 19 April, following the recommendation of its […]

Homeless children at risk after being rehoused

Homeless charities are demanding urgent changes to housing policy across Britain after an investigation by The Independent uncovered cases of children dying from neglect and abuse after families were moved out of their local authority boundaries. Apparently, councils are moving homeless families out of their local areas on an unprecedented scale to save money on […]

Tory Minister Says People “Choose To Sleep Rough”

Tory minister Baroness Williams has caused outrage for blaming the country’s homeless crisis in part on people “choosing to sleep rough”. Homeless charities reacted with dismay after the peer said some rough sleepers made a free and conscious decision to be without a bed. When asked why homelessness had quadrupled under the Conservatives two consecutive […]

Anti-begging Posters Cause A Storm Of Protest

A local council has caused a storm of protest on Twitter after adverts depicting homeless people as fraudsters and drug users. Two bus-stop ads for Nottingham’s ‘#givesmart’ campaign, which launched last week, read: “Begging: Watch your money go to a fraud” and “Begging: Watch your money go up in smoke”. But the messages sparked fury […]

Smoke Pot To Help The Homeless

One city in America has come up with a novel way of addressing the issue of homelessness – a tax on marijuana. City officials in Los Angeles are reportedly thinking of using some of the tax revenue generated from the local medical marijuana industry to build more affordable housing units for local residents. The local […]

Money In The Budget To Help Fight Homelessness

In last week’s budget, chancellor George Osborne announced a series of measures to help curb rising levels of homelessness across England, according to a report by Homeless Link. The Chancellor said (without a hint of irony): “We’re not prepared to let people be left behind. I am also announcing a major new package of support […]

Liverpool Bands Play To Help The Homeless

Liverpool bands Cast and The Farm are to play a fundraising gig for the homelessness charity Crisis. The show, at the O2 Academy in Leeds on September the 18th, will kick-start a nationwide campaign, called Musicians Against Homelessness, that is being organised by former Oasis manager Alan McGee. As well as highlighting the issue of […]

Local Law Firm Supports Homeless Charity

Staff at local law firm Brabners voted to nominate Crisis as their chosen charity for 2016, as part of their commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Although Brabners has a dedicated charity committee to organise fundraising events over the coming year, the task actually began before Christmas when staff raised more than £3,550 to support […]

Liverpool councilor says don’t give money to homeless people

A Liverpool councilor has said that if you want to help homeless people you shouldn’t give them money. Councillor Frank Hont advises instead of giving money directly to beggars in the street your money will have a greater impact if you donate to a recognised charity. Cllr Hont said: “When they [people] see somebody who […]