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Rough sleeper on steps. Photo Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

28th November 2023 | By Thomas Why

“The numbers are going up” as Manchester city council initiate winter plan to aid rough sleepers

Manchester city council have recently announced its plan to help people sleeping rough in Manchester this winter as number of rough sleepers rises.

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20th October 2021 | By Toni Clarke

‘It’s all got to go back!’ Local homeless shelter loses £2,780 worth of Crowdfunding donations

In one wrong click of a button Coffee4Craig’s owners are back to square one after accidentally opting to return all money when a fundraising target...

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16th December 2019 | By Hannah Barry

Shelter’s SleepWalk sees 650 people take to the streets of Manchester

More than 650 people braved the drizzly Manchester weather to raise money for charity Shelter’s Christmas Appeal on Wednesday night.  Prompted by the success of...

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13th December 2019 | By Daniel Mardle

Charity ‘sleep walk’ across Manchester by UK’s leading homelessness charity brings huge turnout

Following the success of a charity walk in London earlier this month which raised £500,000, the homelessness charity Shelter hoped to repeat its success in...

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13th November 2018 | By nq_admin

Poverty In Periods – Campaign fighting for sanitary product donation to help Manchester’s homeless women.

There are approximately 68,000 homeless women in the UK. When we think of what homeless people need; food, water and shelter are the first things...

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6th October 2017 | By nq_admin

24-hour homeless centre to open in Chorlton

A 24-hour homeless centre is set to open in Manchester as part of the council’s bid to tackle homelessness. The Longford Centre in Chorlton will...