Sustainable ways to end street homelessness in Torbay are being looked at through a partnership that consists of Torbay Council, Shekinah Mission and Westward Housing and the charity Crisis.
Over the next eight weeks, Crisis will be speaking to groups and individuals who have an interest with regard to rough sleeping to understand what is happening locally, and what needs to change.
Crisis will be looking at how to ensure a supply of decent affordable housing for rough sleepers along with the support they need to sustain a home. Their recommendations will be made in March.
Executive Lead for Housing Councillor Vic Ellery said “The challenge of street homelessness is a national one, but we are committed to addressing it in Torbay. The scale of the challenge should not be underestimated.”
Councillor Jackie Stockman, also Executive Lead for Housing said: “We have little social housing, a competitive rental market, and people leaving the streets often need considerable support to remain in their new home. We are very pleased to be working with Crisis and benefitting from their expertise in this area”.
Torbay Council is already working with local partners on the Torbay End Street Homelessness Campaign, and is in receipt of grant funding from the DCLG which funds an outreach team and volunteer co-ordinator. 70 people have been housed through the DCLG rough sleeper grant funding since May 2017, in addition to the 75 people who have been accommodated in the Leonard Stocks hostel in the same period.
Crisis recently carried out a case study of rough sleeping in Liverpool, looking into how their system could be changed to improve the homelessness situation. Their recommendations have led to Government funding to pilot a new way of working with rough sleepers.
Notes
The Torbay End Street Homelessness Campaign is part of a wider European movement alongside cities such as Glasgow, Brighton, Cardiff, Sheffield, Barcelona and Athens. Locally, the campaign includes Shekinah, Westward Housing, Torbay Council, Devon and Cornwall Police, PATH, The Haven, Street Pastors, The Living Room, TOWNS night shelter and Torbay Recovery Information Project. TESH aims to know exactly who is on the streets and what they need to move into their own home. This happens by volunteers going out on the streets and surveying people; the information is passed to workers who contact people and work with them to find a home and the support they need. The campaign believes that everyone has a right to a home, and no one should be sleeping on the streets.
News archive
- November 2024 (27)
- October 2024 (21)
- September 2024 (17)
- August 2024 (7)
- July 2024 (24)
- June 2024 (8)
- May 2024 (25)
- April 2024 (19)
- March 2024 (17)
- February 2024 (16)
- January 2024 (14)
- December 2023 (14)
- November 2023 (30)
- October 2023 (21)
- September 2023 (22)
- August 2023 (18)
- July 2023 (17)
- June 2023 (14)
- May 2023 (11)
- April 2023 (9)
- March 2023 (36)
- February 2023 (22)
- January 2023 (26)
- December 2022 (18)
- November 2022 (24)
- October 2022 (18)
- September 2022 (13)
- August 2022 (15)
- July 2022 (22)
- June 2022 (14)
- May 2022 (35)
- April 2022 (23)
- March 2022 (32)
- February 2022 (18)
- January 2022 (14)
- December 2021 (22)
- November 2021 (22)
- October 2021 (25)
- September 2021 (23)
- August 2021 (18)
- July 2021 (26)
- June 2021 (24)
- May 2021 (21)
- April 2021 (21)
- March 2021 (33)
- February 2021 (30)
- January 2021 (27)
- December 2020 (24)
- November 2020 (37)
- October 2020 (29)
- September 2020 (27)
- August 2020 (22)
- July 2020 (37)
- June 2020 (38)
- May 2020 (39)
- April 2020 (36)
- March 2020 (22)
- February 2020 (10)
- January 2020 (18)
- December 2019 (7)
- November 2019 (11)
- October 2019 (15)
- September 2019 (16)
- August 2019 (8)
- July 2019 (9)
- June 2019 (7)
- May 2019 (16)
- April 2019 (11)
- March 2019 (11)
- February 2019 (7)
- January 2019 (11)
- December 2018 (11)
- November 2018 (14)
- October 2018 (14)
- September 2018 (9)
- August 2018 (7)
- July 2018 (19)
- June 2018 (21)
- May 2018 (7)
- April 2018 (10)
- March 2018 (35)
- February 2018 (9)
- January 2018 (15)
- December 2017 (9)
- November 2017 (17)
- October 2017 (11)
- September 2017 (6)
- August 2017 (7)
- July 2017 (13)
- June 2017 (22)
- May 2017 (16)
- April 2017 (8)
- March 2017 (9)
- February 2017 (9)
- January 2017 (4)
- December 2016 (10)
- November 2016 (11)
- October 2016 (14)
- September 2016 (9)
- August 2016 (10)
- July 2016 (11)
- June 2016 (4)
- May 2016 (20)
- April 2016 (14)
- March 2016 (18)
- February 2016 (8)
- January 2016 (15)
- December 2015 (13)
- November 2015 (19)
- October 2015 (17)
- September 2015 (8)
- August 2015 (6)
- July 2015 (19)
- June 2015 (11)
- May 2015 (20)
- April 2015 (14)
- March 2015 (15)
- February 2015 (13)
- January 2015 (17)
- December 2014 (17)
- November 2014 (18)
- October 2014 (14)
- September 2014 (17)
- August 2014 (16)
- July 2014 (10)
- June 2014 (8)
- May 2014 (1)
- February 2014 (1)
- January 0001 (1)