Welcome
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.
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/in News /by Jamie LeemingSocial Bite has opened its second homeless village in Scotland and the charity believes it could be a blueprint to helping councils address rising homelessness, reports the Big Issue. Residents have moved into a new homeless village that organisers believe could offer councils an affordable way to address rising homelessness. Social Bite’s new £3 million […]
‘People Are So Judgmental’: The Growing Cohort Of Over-55s Facing Homelessness
/in News /by Jamie LeemingRichard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many in the UK hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing, reports the Guardian. When Richard Hewett’s relationship broke down, he was forced to leave his partner’s council house – but found his disability […]
Former Homeless Man Opens Pizzeria Thanks To Foodbank Chef
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA man who was once homeless is now running a successful pizzeria thanks to a chef at a soup kitchen who taught him the art of making pizza, reports the BBC. Mark Clarey, of Blackpool, said his life had “spiralled” and “he lost everything” in 2019, including his home and his events company, after the […]
Half A Million Empty Homes Are ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’
/in News /by Jamie LeemingA study by Habitat for Humanity found that empty council properties have soared in the last five years while empty privately owned, non-residential buildings could yield 500,000 homes, reports the Big Issue. Empty council properties are up by a third in England in just five years, research has found, with a charity explaining that half […]