Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
All local authorities in England have a legal duty to provide 24-hour advice to homeless people, or those who are at risk of becoming homeless within 28 days.. A local authority must accept an application for assistance from a person seeking homelessness assistance if they have reason to believe that the person may be homeless or threatened with homelessness.
Homeless shelter in London, 1866 Policy on homelessness is overseen by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Homes and Communities Agency in England, [ 15 ] the Scottish Government Housing and Social Justice Directorate, [ 16 ] the Welsh Government , [ 17 ] and the Department for Communities and Northern Ireland Housing ...
Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns for housing justice in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information, and advocacy to people and campaigns, and lobbies government and local authorities for new laws and policies.
One in 160 people were estimated to be homeless in England on a given night this year, new research from Shelter has suggested. The charity said its research into people living in temporary ...
Housing First is an approach that offers permanent, affordable housing as quickly as possible for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and then provides the supportive services and connections to the community-based supports people need to keep their housing and avoid returning to homelessness.
According to Shelter’s analysis, in Newham, east London, there are 61 children - or one in nine - who are homeless in every primary school. In Birmingham, there is the equivalent of 15 children ...
A total of 660 people sleep rough on any given night across Kent, Sussex and Surrey, data reveals.
The Passage, founded in 1980, runs London's largest voluntary sector day centre for homeless and vulnerable people helping over 200 people every day to access diverse services, including primary services (breakfast and lunch, showers, access to clothes, laundry facilities, etc.), housing and welfare advice, health services and employment and training services. [2]