Join Asylum Matters in taking urgent action on damaging healthcare charging regulations. Imminent changes are being made to health services in England that will negatively affect migrants, refugees and asylum seekers and will also impact on the services all patients receive. Some people in the UK are not entitled to free NHS hospital care. This […]
Homelessness is a national crisis. As in Manchester, unprecedented numbers of people are finding themselves on the streets. And just like in Manchester, people are coming together to find local solutions. In more and more cities, those solutions include Street Support Network. New locations Street Support began in Manchester and Leeds. But with new […]
We’re still feeling joyful about the second Raising Bee event that we held at Code Computerlove on World Homelessness Day last week. On that subject, the third one is coming up on Tuesday 7 November. As Street Support Network, part of Manchester Homelessness Partnership and the GM Homelessness Action Network, we have a backlog of […]
Manchester Homelessness Charter has been in progress for 1 year and 5 months since May 2016. It calls for everyone that lives, works or studies in Manchester to get behind the mission to End Homelessness in our city. The partnership includes charities, grassroots groups, city leaders, faith groups, businesses, Manchester City Council, Greater Manchester Police, […]
With more changes to benefits coming including the controversial rollout of Universal Credit (UTC), we asked the department of work and pensions (DWP) to share how this is being implemented in Greater Manchester. There is general information on what Universal Credit is and eligibility here. A useful toolkit with supporting information for customers & partner […]
Material needs aren’t the whole story. Daniel doesn’t blame his council for evicting him after a so-called friend wired his electric meter and lived rent-free while Daniel was in hospital after a heart attack. But he did not have the two weeks rent they demanded to let him back and he’s been sleeping on the […]
Thanks to extraordinary Big Change. In a way Craig is a typical rough sleeper. He has no long-term support needs. No mental health issues. No substance abuse. He doesn’t fit the rough sleeper stereotype – but he soon could. Anyone can have the bad luck to end up sleeping rough. Craig was “horrified” when his […]
To stay drug-free Les needs to be off the streets. For Les, ending up in jail again at 45, with a life of drug abuse contributing to his criminal record, was the final wake-up call. Les has finally agreed that he’s ready for change. He’s at last talking to the drug services he needs to […]
Independent living is a Big Change bonus. Simon’s dream since becoming homeless and spending 13 months in temporary accommodation has started to come true. He has at last found an unfurnished flat of his own. But, yet to find work, Simon was living without the basic ‘white goods’ which most of us take for granted. […]
Preventing homelessness with Big Change connections. Sue was full of hope last year when she left her settled life here to move in with her new partner in London. But her relationship soon became abusive and she had to flee Women’s Aid who found her space in a women’s refuge down south. This year, determined to […]
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