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Shelter’s response to Governments new rough sleeping strategy including joint response.
Please find below Shelter’s full response to the government’s new rough-sleeping strategy, and also a joint response from the seven housing and homelessness organisations (including Shelter) who sat on the Rough Sleeping Advisory Group. Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “This strategy is an important step forward in the fight against the rough-sleeping emergency that’s…
Read MoreShelter responds to ‘new government initiative to reduce rough-sleeping’
Shelter responds to ‘new government initiative to reduce rough-sleeping’ Greg Beales, Campaigns Director at Shelter, said: “We’re glad the government is now taking seriously the worsening homelessness crisis that is destroying people’s lives on our streets. The money and manpower announced today will make a genuine difference, but this will only work if it…
Read MoreShelter’s response to new government figures on rough sleeping
Shelter’s response to new government figures on rough sleeping, which show: In Autumn 2017, 4,751 people were rough sleeping in England – a 15% increase in a year and a 169% increase since 2010 when the figures first started being recorded – this is the highest number yet. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping. Responding to the figures, chief executive of…
Read MoreShelter welcomes major parties pledges to end rough-sleeping
Shelter welcomes the pledges made in all of the major party’s manifestos this week to end rough-sleeping. Anne Baxendale, director of policy and campaigns at Shelter, said: “Clearly the sharp rise in rough-sleeping in recent years has rung alarm bells in politicians’ ears, so it’s good to see all major parties pledging to end this…
Read MoreIncreased funding for Rough sleeping fund
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. They are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. As part of the Autumn statement the Chancellor announced a further 10 million funding over two years to the Rough Sleeping Fund. Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive of Crisis, said: _We welcome the Government_s…
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