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| Photo: Connor Creaghan for The Lincolnite A new report, which reveals 31 people in Louth were sleeping rough last year, has highlighted how invisible the issue in East Lindsey can be. A report before the Overview Committee next Tuesday (June 1) shows that the average nightly number of people sleeping rough in the district dropped by more than 77% in three years, councillors will be told next week. An annual snapshot showed the number of people on the district’s streets on a “typical night” was down from 18 in 2018, to four in 2020. “We are proud that at many points over the year, th...

Source: UK Government Councils to receive £203 million Rough Sleeping Initiative funding to help people off the streets – an 81% increase from the £112 million provided last year Funding will provide 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff Analysis shows programme has reduced rough sleeping by 32% Part of £750 million pledged to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year More rough sleepers are set to be helped off the streets and into safe accommodation thanks to a further £203 million funding, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced today (15 May 2021). The fu...

Councils given further £200 million in next stage of successful rough sleeping programme More rough sleepers are set to be helped off the streets and into safe accommodation thanks to a further £203 million funding. From: Councils to receive £203 million Rough Sleeping Initiative funding to help people off the streets – an 81% increase from the £112 million provided last year Funding will provide 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff Analysis shows programme has reduced rough sleeping by 32% Part of £750 million pledged to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year More r...

More support for domestic abuse victims and their children as Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent Under the new Act, councils across England will have a legal duty to provide life-saving support such as therapy, advocacy and counselling in safe accommodation, including refuges. From: 29 April 2021 Victims of domestic abuse and their children will be guaranteed support from their council, as the government’s landmark Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent today, 29 April 2021, Housing Minister Eddie Hughes MP said. Under the new Act, councils across England will have a legal dut...

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