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 […]
The biennial Manchester International Festival has taken over the city for the past week bringing arts and culture and helping to shine a light on the diverse and unique city of Manchester. Away from the headline shows of New Order, Arcade Fire and What if Women Ruled the World, the festival has also commissioned a […]
Last weekend we supported the Manchester edition of #HomelessHack, an initiative started by a group in London that has quickly spread to other locations around the country. The event was organised amazingly quickly by a small team from Valtech and Sigma, linking into existing connections within Manchester Homelessness Partnership and the GM Mayor’s Homelessness Action […]
Two people who have experienced homelessness now have jobs at the University of Manchester as part of its support for the Manchester Homelessness Charter. One is Frezghi Teklemichael, 29, a former teacher, who fled Eritrea as an asylum seeker. Although successful, he became homeless when financial support from the National Asylum Support Service ended. He […]
Here are some updates from a few of the MHP action groups to give an idea of how co-production and partnership working can be effective. Substandard temporary accommodation The B&B Action Group is now working with landlords to improve the experience of single homeless people stuck in temporary accommodation. The idea came from members of […]
Street Support has collaborated with the fantastic Coffee4Craig and Coalition of Relief (COR) to create a one-stop-shop to help charities and services provide the very best support to those that need it the most. The new Standards Toolkit provides a best practice guide to help protect the vulnerable adults that use the services, volunteers and […]
We have been fundraising to provide an opportunity for someone with personal experience of homelessness to work with us for a year. We are very happy to say we have now reached our target, and are starting the recruitment process! We will employ a GROW Trainee for a year, covering a living wage salary plus expenses. […]
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 […]
As part of Manchester Homelessness Charter, various action groups were formed to co-produce solutions to issues that people experiencing homelessness face. One of those action groups is based at Centrepoint Manchester, focusing on issues young people are facing. This group have now formed the ‘Youth Action Initiative’… “A group of young people who have come together to encourage […]
Following the closure of many advice organisations and law centres across the city, the official launch of the Greater Manchester Law Centre has been warmly welcomed. Based in Moss Side on Princess Road, the law centre provides free, independent legal advice and representation to residents in all ten metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester. Additionally, the […]
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 […]
How did you become homeless? I came out of a two-bedroom accommodation, which was full of drugs that weren’t mine, with people coming in and out. I had my son living with me, and then my son went to live with my brother, and I’d just come out onto the streets. You can’t bring him […]
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