Helping those with no entitlement to benefits
At the second UK Network Event, Verena Hutcheson, Homelessness and Housing Pathways Manager Housing Needs at Reading Borough Council shared how they have been supporting those with
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Homelessness
World Homelessness Day
Annual Promotion Event This is an event that FCG have facilitated for a few years now, enabling the public to see the whole
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Are we becoming heartless and callous?
Updated Immigration Rules on 22 October 2020 include new discretionary grounds for refusal of permission to stay, or cancellation in-country of permission for those
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MARKING WORLD HOMELESS DAY IN READING 2020
A group of Reading’s charities, churches, community organisations and Council commissioned services are once again marking World Homeless Day on Saturday 10th October
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WHY A NEW APPROACH IS NEEDED TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS
Figures, published in the Rough Sleeping Snapshot 2019, show that there is still much to do, to support people who are sleeping rough
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How many people are really homeless?
According to the BBC, more than 28,000 people in the UK were recorded sleeping rough in 12 months. In England five times as
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Reading’s homelessness crisis and what’s being done to stop people ending up on the streets
At FAITH Christian Group we are doing our bit to help reduce the risks associated with rough sleeping, especially by providing a Night
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World Homeless Day 2019
We were privileged again this year to co-ordinate the World Homeless Day presence in Reading town centre. Most of the local charities working
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Government Report on Rough-Sleeping
The number of rough sleepers in England has increased significantly in recent years. According to Government statistics, the total number of rough sleepers
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Modern Slavery and Homelessness
It is a tragic truth that many people in this country are being severely exploited and some in actual modern slavery whereby they
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