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Sefton Supported Housing Group (SSHG) is a consortium of five organisations that have joined forces to tackle homelessness in the borough.
Bosco Society Ltd, Venus, Excel Housing, Light for Life and New Start have the contract from Sefton Council to deliver supported housing to homeless people in Sefton.
You can find about more about the work the consortium will be doing, and the member organisations involved, on the other pages of this website.
Homeless People Face ‘Postcode Lottery’ Of Support Leaving Them At Risk In Heatwaves
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) is meant to keep homeless people safe when the weather poses a threat to life on the street. Big Issue teamed up with the Pavement magazine to investigate how councils responded to recent heatwaves. A joint investigation by Big Issue and the Pavement magazine has uncovered major inconsistencies in […]
Calls For Radical Action As Homelessness In England May Rise 25% By 2030
/in News /by Jamie LeemingReport warns an additional 50,000 people could be added to current record figure without bold policies, reports The Guardian. Andy Burnham has been warned that an additional 50,000 people in England will become homeless in the next four years without a radical “housing first” agenda of government. The incoming prime minister’s leadership team is understood […]
New Task Force To Tackle Region’s Homelessness Crisis
/in News /by Jamie LeemingAdditional funds will also be made available to Liverpool Council, reports the Liverpool Echo. A new homelessness task force is to be created in the Liverpool City Region to accelerate action to prevent and reduce rough sleeping. Earlier this year, the government awarded the Combined Authority (CA) £8.3m to tackle homelessness as part of its […]
PIP Assessment Process Is ‘Dehumanising’ And ‘Degrading’
/in News /by Jamie LeemingThe government has published the first part of the Timms Review into the PIP assessment process. Here’s what it found, reports the Big Issue. The assessment process for the disability benefit benefit personal independence payment (PIP) is “dehumanising”, “degrading” and “stressful”, according to the findings of the government’s own Timms Review. The Department for Work […]