St Mungos work with Broadway to deliver NSNO
St Mungo’s is working with Broadway Homelessness and Support to take forward the Mayor’s No Second Night Out service for two more years. Charles Fraser, Chief Executive of St Mungo’s said: “It is vital that anyone newly sleeping rough is helped off the streets as quickly as possible. We are pleased to be partnering with.. read more →
Broadway wins NSNO Contract
Homelessness charity Broadway has won the £5 million two-year contract to take on the mayor of London’s no second night out project from June this year. Howard Sinclair, chief executive of Broadway, said: ‘We are committed to ending rough sleeping in the capital and by working in partnership on this tender – and by expanding.. read more →
Local authorities need to up their game and provide consistent, knowledgeable support for homeless people seeking help
This is a story of two very different men connected by the disquieting similarity in their experiences of seeking housing assistance from local authorities. Both describe with bemusement journeys that involve taking numbered tickets from machines, waiting in queues, finding it is the wrong queue, being given lists of addresses with telephone numbers that don’t.. read more →
Homeless Link launch a new vision paper – ‘A Place to Call Your Home’
Homeless Link is to present the government with a manifesto outlining how to tackle homelessness over the next 10 years. By 2016 the report calls for the government to introduce incentives to ensure that people leaving agencies are provided with the necessary support. It also asks that a reconnection service is available in every region.. read more →
Rise in rough sleeping increased for second year in a row
The number of people rough sleeping has gone up by 31 per cent in the past two years, according to government statistics released today. Communities and Local Government department figures show the number of rough sleepers in a single-night snapshot in autumn 2012 was 2,309 up from 1,768 in autumn 2010. This year’s figure was.. read more →
No Second Night Out schemes nationwide handed £3.6 million
Housing minister Mark Prisk announced today 23 charities would receive grants totalling £3.6 million to launch no second night initiatives in their areas. Mr Prisk said: ‘We have some of the strongest protections in the world against homelessness, and key to this is our £20 million investment to extend no second night out across the.. read more →
22 communities will be awarded grants totalling £3,600,000 to help ensure that no-one spends a second night on the street
Housing Minister Mark Prisk announces more grants to expand the roll out No Second Night Out nationwide, he said: “We have some of the strongest protections in the world against homelessness, and key to this is our £20 million investment to extend No Second Night Out across the country. “Nobody should have to face a second.. read more →
Homelessness charities stretched to breaking point
The fall in the number of long-term rough sleepers in many areas is just one of the many successes. The adoption of ‘No Second Night Out’ by over 30 communities across England has ensured that new rough sleepers are getting helped more quickly than ever before. But this isn’t just about money – it’s also.. read more →
New hotline which enables members of the public to connect with local advice and services
Like nearly half of all adults (according to research recently carried out by Homeless Link, the umbrella organisation for rough sleeping charities), I feel guilty when I see a rough sleeper, but I struggle with the perennial problem: you give money, you know it might well go on drugs or drink. So you do nothing;.. read more →
The Pavement magazine interviews NSNO Director
Petra Salva, argued services must redouble their efforts if they are ever to reach the target. “The number of people living on the street has hugely declined because of efforts of all agencies involved,” she told The Pavement. “Our commitment must not dwindle. If anything I think we need to double our efforts.” Salva said.. read more →