Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has awarded a homeless shelter, Michael House in Boscombe, Bournemouth, a wildlife friendly gardening plaque in recognition of the wildlife friendly features the residents have added in the gardens of the hostel. The residents have installed a pond which is now thriving with tadpoles, built...
Here's where we need some help in what we hope is the final push towards making our case (for a development of 34 affordable homes for local people in Bridport) to the planners. We did do a housing needs survey last year but they now want us to provide...
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Relationship breakdowns are causing a rise in homelessness among young people, a new Homeless Link study has revealed. Published today, the findings reveal the extent to which rising homelessness is affecting young people aged 16-24. According to ‘Young & Homeless’ report, a survey of 79 homeless charities and 108...
Around 8.5 million people in England now rent privately, and the image of them being students and young professionals no longer applies. Almost a third of renting households are families with children, and nearly half are older than 35.The current set-up of private renting is not meeting many people’s...
This is Pete (see inset)! Pete is a big issue seller in Wimborne, Dorset. You may of seen him if you are regularly in town. You may look him up and down, think that he is going to take your money you give him and spend it on drink and...
“One of the problems that homeless people face is a lack of motivation, partly due to boredom. Finding something of interest to look forward to can be life changing.” (Rev'd Pat Southgate, Chair of Routes to Roots). Routes to Roots undertakes a number of initiatives to provide the homeless...
In this Podcast the focus is on homelessness and unemployment. In doing so, the hope is to draw out the inherent tensions between social and economic goals, and to understand ways in which social enterprises can balance these in order to achieve their social goals. Listen Simon Teasdale who has been involved...
“If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness.” Isaiah 58:10 In 2012 Routes to Roots celebrates its 10th anniversary as a Christian Charity in Poole. Throughout that time it has aimed to...
Routes to Roots is a Poole-based charity that exists to provide a Christian-based, personalized service to adults sleeping rough who are aimless, demotivated and lonely, and also those who are at risk of homelessness. Aims · To encourage participation rather than dependency · To provide a place of security and...
