As at the end of August 2017, here are the headlines for the Big Change fund so far: £112,000 raised £62,000 disbursed 418 people helped By working in partnership with charities and organisations providing frontline services for homeless people, the Big Change fund enables individuals to make long term positive changes towards ending homelessness. Here are […]
As at mid-June 2017, here are the headlines for the Big Change Fund so far: £90,000 raised £34,000 disbursed 300 people helped By working in partnership with charities and organisations providing frontline services for homeless people, the Big Change Fund enables individuals to make long term positive changes towards ending homelessness. Here are 3 recent stories […]
Have you heard the name Patrick O’Connell, or ‘Don Patricio’ as he was known? He begged on the streets of London and died penniless and homeless. He was buried in an unmarked grave. But before that he was Captain of Manchester United F.C. and the Saviour of FC Barcelona. His amazing life story is now being told. On June […]
As at the end of March 2017, here are the headlines for the Big Change Fund so far: £65,000 raised £22,000 disbursed 132 people helped By working in partnership with charities and organisations providing frontline services for homeless people, the Big Change Fund enables individuals to make long term positive changes towards ending homelessness. Here […]
Urban Village Medical Practice (UVMP) is a large GP practice in Ancoats, with over 10,000 registered patients. We are the only commissioned health care service for homeless people in Manchester, and have been providing primary health care to homeless patients for over 20 years. We currently have over 850 registered homeless patients. The Homeless Healthcare […]
Have you seen the new (huge) digital poster for Street Support, displayed at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre? It’s amazing. And what’s also amazing is how this happened: our student volunteer Mike Morris approached Forrest Media for some free space who kindly obliged the photography was provided by our volunteer photographer Paul the digital posters were […]
Manchester! In the continued effort to end homelessness in our city, we’re calling on you to display solidarity with those affected by this issue and to stand up against homelessness by showing your #FeetOnTheStreet. We’re encouraging people to visit streetsupport.net or our App to find out how you can Give Help, and to use the power of […]
Big Change launched a new campaign today, asking people to ‘give differently’ to support people who are homeless in Manchester. The poster campaign will be seen publicised citywide on digital screens, to encourage people to donate money to Big Change to pay for practical items to help individuals get off the street, and also give items, time […]
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