22/01/2025
Can you help make a difference?
New figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government today show that the number of households facing homelessness has exceeded (320,000) between 2023-2024. This page has been set up with ideas to help combat our most vulnerable people and communities. We are looking to make a small difference to start with. Starting by making homelessness sufferers lives a little easier and then gradually building up to supporting people off of the streets and back into employment and society.
We need your help.
Firstly we would ask that you support the page by following, interacting, liking & sharing posts and adding advice & opinions to the content posted. This is crucial to the success of this project and depending on the following and platform we gain subsequently directly effects the level of support we can offer. Please keep an eye out for the exciting ideas we have coming up. Ideas so far have come from the few of us setting up the project and what our rough sleepers have suggested they would benefit from. Some of the ideas include:
-FREE HAIRCUTS TO ROUGH SLEEPERS
FUN DAYS OUT FOR ROUGH SLEEPERS WITH THE DISIRE TO HAVE A NIGHT INDOORS AFTER THE DAY IS DONE.
ESSENTIALS SHOPPING TRIPS (CLOTHES, FOOD TOILETRIES ECT)
One of my personal favourite ideas that have been put forward is having a 'odd jobs' scheme. This would be where supporters are requiring some kind of service and would be willing to pay 'said' rough sleeper in a currency of the supporters choice. For example a car clean in exchange for either cash, food voucher, clothing donations ect ect. This is a great way of not only physically helping but it's also great to positively encourage rough sleepers with sense of purpose, self esteem building and reintegration into 'normal society'
Our aim is to help in as many different ways as possible and are flexible to ideas and changes in approaching the way we do things.
Being homeless comes with its mental health challenges and thoughts of feeling completely outcast and different from society. We are hoping that with this slightly unique approach it can help to bridge the gap that rough sleepers feel and spark something in them that will want to make lifestyle changes for the better. Sparking hope not only to fight to get off of the streets but also staying off of the streets too.
Starting small: We are aiming to raise enough donations in the next two weeks to be able to provide hot meals and snacks with the hope for them to be delivered on a fought-nightly basis.
The next goal depending on support and following is offering the free haircuts and so on and so forth.
If you feel or think you can help in anyway at all please reach out and get in touch.
Please follow, like and share this page far and wide. Let's use the power of social media to make as big a difference as possible.
Thank you for reading and supporting. 🙏🏻