We have moved our Leeds office. Our new address is:
The Cardigan Centre
Cardigan Road
LEEDS
LS6 1LJ
Due to this move we are no longer able to take donations of clothes, blankets or food.
Homlesslink have conducted a survey of services across Yorkshire and Humber and amongst the findings were that many services that have had their funding cut have reported an increase in rough-sleeping and street drinking. a total of nine accommodation services have been closed across the region which means the loss of 291 bed spaces. And these are [...]
Inside housing have released some rough sleeping data based on 22 local authorities that they contacted. Comparing the 2010 numbers with those they received there was a 40% increase (Leeds increasing from 6 to 11 in 2011). I really hope this rise is not going to stimulate another drive to get the numbers down! What [...]
The Times today features an article by Charles Allen, our Secret Millionaire. ’Support those who get their hands dirty’ looks at the value and practicality of volunteering. The article also examines the challenges in obtaining funding faced by small charitable organisations. We’re always looking for new ways to create funding so that we can keep [...]
We recently got invited onto Radio Leeds to talk about the recent news story about general homelessness statistics in the [...]
One of the government criticisms often levelled at street based food giving charities is that they potentially enable people to [...]
Marler Haley www.marlerhaley.co.uk are holding a competition for charities to win printed materials from them. In order to enter they [...]