Treasury announces £85m for rough sleeper accommodation
An extra £85m has been announced by the Treasury to provide emergency accommodation for 5,400 rough sleepers who have been placed in hotels in England for the duration of the pandemic.
Category: News Updates
Our nation faces a crucial fork in the road – we must choose the right path
What decision will we make? We can either choose to build the biggest and best lifeboats to sail people to safety – or risk many more being swept into destitution if we do not invest enough to keep them afloat.
Latest entries on FindFoodBanksBrum : Issue 6
This is our periodic update on latest listings added to the Find Food Banks Brum website. Our listings of food banks, charity shops, eating places, support services and more continues to grow.
Britain’s lockdown diaries expose gulf in wellbeing between the rich and the poor
A collection of lockdown diaries compiled by 50 Britons over 3 weeks reveals a bleak contrast between those who can afford to cope in the current crisis, and those struggling to feed their families.
Catalyst 4 Change CIC launches COVID-19 resource page
Birmingham based social enterprise, Catalyst 4 Change CIC, have launched a COVID-19 resource page. On this page you will find selected links to useful information & resources for both individuals and organisations.
Government urged to increase child benefit to help poorer UK families during pandemic
Three major anti-poverty charities are calling on the government to increase child benefits amid growing evidence that the coronavirus shutdown is disproportionately affecting poorer families.
Guardian : Communities
- Tory planning reforms ‘could kill off affordable housing’
- The housing crisis will only get worse under the Tories' planning proposals | Douglas Murphy
- More shortcomings of Robert Jenrick’s planning shake-up | Letters
- Affordable housing 'will diminish due to UK planning changes'
- The Guardian view on planning: put people before profit | Editorial