My name is Stuart Hooper and I am pleased to be starting my new role as Co-production and Engagement Manager for the Exeter Homeless Partnership. In reality, this means I will be responsible for supporting and enabling the various people and agencies across Exeter to take part in and contribute to our City wide response […]
Churches around Southampton are making plans to open their buildings to people sleeping rough this winter. It follows a city-wide partnership commitment to end the need for rough sleeping in the city. The Street Support Network partnership believes that: “No-one deserves to live a life on the streets. We believe they deserve better.” Paul Woodman from City […]
Reading Borough Council’s Homelessness Strategy Consultation is now live! Reading Borough Council is looking for your views on proposed priorities for their next Homelessness Strategy. Your feedback will shape and inform the approach and strategic direction regarding homelessness in the town over the next five years. Reading Borough Council’s existing Homelessness Strategy is not due for […]
A strategy with a vision to end homelessness in Manchester One year ago, members of the Manchester Homelessness Partnership developed Manchester’s first co-produced strategy to end all forms of homelessness. It has three main aims: To make homelessness rare: Increasing prevention and early intervention To make homelessness as brief as possible: Improving temporary accommodation and […]
Exeter Community Initiatives announce FREE courses this autumn. The programmes include: Mindfulness Yoga Drama Digital Art Photography Health & Fitness Digital Music Making Video Creation Creative Coding Art & Crafts Food & Mood Connection Reflections Ripple Effect is a FREE programme of activities for anyone who is recovering from a major life change. Either from drugs […]
YMCA Exeter is celebrating after being awarded almost £10,000 in National Lottery funding to support their work with homeless young people. Based in St David’s Hill in Exeter, the cash will be used to run a series of therapeutic activities to improve wellbeing and physical health for young people. Founded by local philanthropist John Dinham […]
CoLab Exeter is pleased to announce the award of a three year Comic Relief grant to develop a city-wide Exeter Homeless Partnership (EHP); A Safe Place to Be. The partnership will bring together people with experience of homelessness, together with statutory, voluntary, business, and community sectors. By increasing understanding of the issue and co-designing community-led […]
RENU – The new furniture shop at Afflecks It starts with a piece of unwanted furniture. Shabby but without the chic. Then the magic starts. Someone who has been without a home transforms this unwanted item into something beautiful, crafted, worthy of someone’s home. The RENU shop selling unique upcycled art and furniture is now […]
Our outreach teams go out early in the morning and late at night, following up referrals from members of the public via StreetLink and from other local organisations who’ve told us they’re concerned about someone sleeping rough. Some of those people might be newly rough sleeping and we talk to them, see what options there […]
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