Campaign for rough sleepers raises £150,000

Wednesday 02nd January 2019 14:09 EST
 

A campaign to help get rough sleepers off the streets which was launched by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has raised more than £150,000 in its first month.

The mayor installed 35 contactless donation points across the capital with the money going to 22 charities tackling homelessness. The donation points have already been used more than six thousand times and 24 more have been installed.

Mr Khan said: “While many of us have enjoyed this festive period with our families, it is a national disgrace that so many people have spent it cold, frightened and hungry, without a place to call home.”

City Hall are doing all they can to increase services with the money they have got from the Government. Earlier this month emergency shelters for rough sleepers were opened across the capital.

Boroughs also signed up the ‘In For Good’ principle – a promise that when a rough sleeper goes to an emergency shelter, they will be accommodated there until a support plan is put in place to help them off the streets for good.

Greg Beales, campaign director at Shelter, said: “It’s fantastic to see the generosity of Londoners supporting people sleeping rough over the winter period.”


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