The West Midlands Combined Authority Rough Sleeping Initiative seeks to add value and complementary outcomes to the work of our Local Authority and wider partners. To build upon the good work established in recent years, we are delighted to share details about our new regional training programme. This exciting training offer is not open to […]
The Good Shepherd and Wolves Foundation have teamed up with the City of Wolverhampton Council to unveil plans for a ground-breaking new project at the historic Queen’s Building in the city centre. The project will offer residents a venue offering a community shop with a difference, a café complete with charging points to stay connected […]
The cost of living crisis has revealed how hundreds of children and their parents often don’t even have a bed to sleep in at night. But today the Good Night Project is being launched in the city to try and end this situation and ensure everyone has a bed of their own, where they can get a […]
The vacant Council owned city centre building, Bond House, in Bond Street, is now known as Peter Bilson House following an official ceremony at the centre attended by the Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Sandra Samuels OBE, City of Wolverhampton Council councillors and senior officers, and city homelessness partners. Son James and wife Audrey, daughter Emma […]
Good Shepherd CEO Tom Hayden was delighted to be invited to attend a parliamentary reception with Homeless Link at the House of Lords, to mark the tenth anniversary of the StreetLink initiative. StreetLink is a website, mobile app and phone service which enables people to send an alert when they see someone sleeping rough to […]
Following huge successes in other cities across the country, Street Support West Midlands has now been launched and is already rapidly becoming the key live portal for accurate up‐to‐date information for people experiencing homelessness and for support workers working to help meet people’s needs. Street Support West Midlands is continually updated by the city’s key […]
Article first published on Good Shepherd Wolverhampton Website reproduced with permission The Molineux Sleepout is back for 2022, offering the opportunity to spend the night sleeping under the stars at the stadium whilst raising vital funds to support people who are vulnerable across the city. From 7pm on Friday 18 November, participants will spend 12 hours in […]
By Eliz Hopkins On Wednesday 19 October 2022 I had the privilege of attending the WMCA Homelessness Taskforce NRPF and Homelessness at Birmingham Symphony Hall. The conference promised to be an insightful day bringing partners together to consider and explore regional approaches to designing out homelessness for non-UK nationals with no recourse or restricted eligibility […]
Macaroons that Make a Difference programme was developed as part of Miss Macaroon’s work as a Social Enterprise. The scheme offers support for long-term unemployed young people, aged 18-35 years old, who have certain disadvantages when it comes to gaining employment. For example, some trainees are ex-offenders. Others have had a history of mental health […]
As the cost-of-living crisis continues to grip the country, many households across our communities are feeling pushed to the brink. While families and individuals may be feeling the pinch, they may not feel that they are quite at the point at which they may need or be eligible to access a foodbank. However, they may […]
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