On Tuesday evening, February 21, we skipped the pancakes and instead went down to the Crisis Skylight cafe for a live discussion on homelessness.
The panel consisted of Neil
Munslow Housing
and Welfare Rights Services Manager, Newcastle city council
Catherine
Hattam, Housing
Options Manager, Gateshead Council
June
Grimes, Director
of Crisis Skylight Newcastle
Ted
Dickenson, People’s Kitchen
Lindsay
Cross Project Director West End Refugee Service
and Kim
McMaster Young Peoples Service manager, Your Homes Newcastle
The
questions - some put by the audience others which had been sent in
covered topics such as
*Statistics
on rough sleepers including whether there is a higher proportion of
ex- service men and women ending up homeless / how we can help? / why
aren’t there more agencies that can verify people as rough
sleeping? / what more can be done?
*Welfare
reform and its effects / the localism bill / single room rate effects
etc
*Statistics
on destitute asylum seekers
*How
to help young people more – why aren’t there more jobs / support
for first time buyers etc.
*Generally
what changes are needed to end homelessness
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