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Digital skills boost for Manchester’s disadvantaged communities

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More than 2,000 people from Greater Manchester’s most disadvantaged communities have benefitted from the charity Mustard Tree’s digital skills programme, thanks to grants totalling £89,465 from The Access Foundation. In the last year, the project has provided digital equipment, software, support and skills training to people who have become digitally excluded and unable to access […]

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Manchester homeless centre reopens after makeover

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A Manchester centre to support homeless people had reopened its doors after extensive renovation work.

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Real Voices: Supporting the homeless in West Yorkshire

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In this week’s Real Voices, an outreach team leader from homelessness charity Simon on the Streets describes the ups and downs of this crucial work.

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Children’s homes collect essentials for homeless shelters

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A group of nine children’s homes are collecting essential items to donate to local homeless shelters this Christmas.

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Winter Streets Project helps homeless

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London based charity Winter Streets Project will be providing more survival packs for people living on the streets thanks to a fundraising drive through group collecting platform Collection Pot by third party enterprise support organisation Rimini Street Limited.

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Hidden homeless given charity support

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A charity has revealed the support it is providing to homeless people who have seen the rolling lockdowns imposed in England take a drastic toll on their health.

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First homelessness service for LGBTQ+ community opens in Manchester

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Greater Manchester’s first commissioned homeless service for people identifying as LGBTQ+ and experiencing homelessness has opened in the region.

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Former refugee urges firms to donate unused laptops to support vulnerable

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Check out this positive news story from the Rooftop: a social enteprise based in London is calling on companies to donate their unused laptops in a bid to ensure most vulnerable in society are excluded during COVID-19 crisis.

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Camden Council to support laptop handover to homeless initiative

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Read this inspiring positive news story about Camden Council working with SocialBox.Biz to provide laptops for the homeless

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Big Issue goes virtual to help homeless during COVID-19 crisis

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As the number of people impacted by Coronavirus continues to escalate, The Big Issue has taken the decision to safeguard its network of vendors by asking that they stop selling on streets.

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