Come and Join Us Help the Homeless

We are gathering clothes… with the aim of ensuring that the homeless on the streets of Weymouth do not suffer too much with the cold…

If you know of an area in which homeless people are not being helped and supported and would like to help please get in touch ([email protected])  and hopefully we can make a difference.

Homelessness is: 

• People sleeping rough
• Single homeless people living in hostels, shelters and temporary supported accommodation
• Statutorily homeless households — that is, households who seek housing assistance from local authorities (LAs) on grounds of being currently or imminently without accommodation
•  ‘Hidden homeless’ households — that is, people who may be considered homeless but whose situation is not ‘visible’ either on the streets or in official statistics. Classic examples would include households living in severely overcrowded conditions, squatters, people ‘sofa-surfing’ around friends’ or relatives’ houses, those involuntarily sharing with other households on a long-term basis, and people sleeping rough in hidden locations. By its very nature, it is difficult to assess the scale and trends in hidden homelessness, but some particular elements of hidden homelessness are amenable to statistical analysis and it is these elements that are focused upon here. This includes ‘overcrowded’ households, and also ‘concealed’ households and ‘sharing’ households.

(Source: The Homeless Monitor, January 2016)

People sleeping rough in England (2010–15) (Official data)

(Source: The Homeless Link)

www.homeless.org.uk