Many local authorities across the south of England have activated their Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP), which means ...

This article explains common UK homelessness terms, like rough sleeping, accommodations, and hidden homelessness.

Councils across the country, including North Somerset Council and Bristol City Council, have launched their Severe Weather ...

When SWEP is activated, an offer of accommodation will be made to rough sleepers through a partnership led by Helping Hearts ...

Rough sleeping will no longer be a crime in the UK as the government abolishes a ‘cruel’ 200-year-old law. The Vagrancy Act 1824 was introduced amid a spiralling homelessness crisis after the ...

Nottingham City Council is facing sustained and complex pressures around homelessness and rough sleeping, driven by ...

More people were sleeping rough on the streets of Solihull last autumn, new estimates show. The Government’s ‘Everyone In’ ...

This is because the Mayor of London sent out a notice saying Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) will be deactivated.

Every region of England but one has seen a rise in the number of rough sleepers over the past year with a 20 percent increase nationwide, according to government statistics published Thursday. The ...