homelessness
LEGAL AID: £1.3m for free advice across Wales if you’re facing eviction, debt or a benefits row
Facing eviction, a debt you cannot pay or a benefits decision you think is wrong? A £1.3m UK Government fund…
SWANSEA: The family firm behind the city’s free Christmas dinner at the Brangwyn Hall says it has given £250,000 to good causes
JR Group, which runs Together at Christmas with Swansea Council, says the total covers fundraising, sponsorship, donations and in-kind support.…
FROM HOTEL TO HOME: Neath Port Talbot Council has bought 20 houses to get homeless people out of B&Bs
"When I was in the hotel I was surviving on pot noodles," says one of 27 people the council has…
SWANSEA: St Helen’s Road student block to open as 72 homeless studios in the new year
Keys to the former Sun Alliance House, latterly Boutique Student Living, change hands next week, cabinet heard, with Codi fitting…
SWANSEA: Cash machine begging targeted in rewritten street rules, but rough sleeping stays legal
The "aggressive begging" ban is being scrapped for a tighter "soliciting" rule that names the behaviours crossing the line, pressing…
SWANSEA: From 20 bags at Christmas to 150 a year, the Rucksack Appeal turns ten
Paula Stockley filled 20 rucksacks with essentials for people sleeping rough in 2016. A decade on, her appeal runs twice…
DYFATTY: Want a say in how £20m transforms your neighbourhood? Applications open for the board that decides
People who live, work, study or volunteer around North Hill, High Street, Dyfatty, Hafod, Brynmelyn and Waun Wen can now…
HEATWAVE: Outreach teams reaching Swansea’s rough sleepers as charity warns of deadly risk in the heat
The Wallich says people sleeping rough — and those living in cars — are among the most exposed as the…
DYFATTY: Swansea homelessness charity boss to lead £20m drive to transform city neighbourhoods
Thom Lynch, co-founder of the High Street charity Matthew's House, will chair the board deciding how £20m of UK Government…
HMP SWANSEA: Prison healthcare £4.8m short as frozen funding pot loses a third of its value, MPs warn
A committee of MPs says the money sent to cover healthcare at HMP Swansea and two other Welsh prisons has…
Neath Port Talbot tops Welsh league for homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns
Neath Port Talbot has recorded more homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns than any other Welsh council, with 2,712 over…