I recently passed on details of a homeless person a resident and I had seen sleeping rough on the Oxford Road. The council have processes in place to reach out to the homeless and I thought I'd share the details in case you see someone in need of help.
This is a year round service but help is more urgent when temperatures plummet. Here's what the team do:
We commission our Street Outreach
Team to engage with rough sleepers and support them into
housing and treatment services.
Even where an individual is already known to
us, it is still important for us to be aware of exactly where people are
sleeping so that we are able to find them and sustain their engagement with our
work to help them off of the streets and their health and safety can be
monitored. We encourage businesses and members of the public to report any
concerns about rough sleeping.
People can make reports of
rough sleepers and rough sleeping sites to us, directly
to our Street Outreach Team either by email to streetconcern@mungos.org or by
telephone on 0118 958 5002.
Welcome to my blog. I am using it to keep you updated on my work as a councillor for Battle ward, Chair of the Art and Heritage forum and an activist for Unite the Union. I cover the issues affecting Battle ward and Reading residents. There may also be the occasional random post about things I am interested in.
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