Manchester sets MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS for emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough On Friday 30th August organisations from across Manchester came together to launch Manchester’s Emergency Accommodation Minimum Standards. The launch marks the outcome of months of significant collaborative efforts of the groups and individuals who collectively form The Manchester Homelessness Partnership. The minimum standards […]
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 […]
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 […]
A quick update. To let you know some of the stuff that’s happening, or has recently happened in and around the Street Support GM Network and beyond. We’ll keep it short, with plenty of links to find out more. St John’s Homelessness Initive (SJHI) St John’s’ is a one billion pound new development in the […]
What is St John’s? St John’s’ is a one billion pound new development in the centre of Manchester and is being described as Manchester’s newest neighbourhood. Once constructed, the 6 acre site will be mixed-mode and plans to include 2,500 new homes, 600,000sq ft of workspace, and 400,000sq ft of leisure space. It is estimated […]
“By giving a just a little you could help a lot” That’s the message behind Real Change Oldham, an initiative aimed at supporting some of the most vulnerable people in Oldham who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Real Change does this by combining donations from the public to buy practical items that […]
The first of our regular blog updates. To let you know some of the stuff that’s happening, or has recently happened in and around the Street Support GM Network. We’ll keep it short, with plenty of links to find out more. ON THE OUT – NEW WEBSITE From a ‘shout out’ through Street Support social […]
16:00 Saturday 29th June Manchester Studios, Stage One, Atherton St, Manchester M3 3GS As part of St John’s continued efforts to raise funds and awareness of the St. John’s Homelessness Initiative, they are hosting a dance event on Saturday 29th June in Stage 1 at Old Granada Studios. The show will be put on by the Jayne Barnes School […]
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