This year we will be working with some great local charities including Shelter. Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in Great Britain. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.

The team at Shelter do some amazing work. The Advice, Support and Guidance (ASG) teams help people struggling to keep a roof over their head by providing​ face-to-face expert advice on three key areas: Housing, Welfare and Financial Wellbeing. ​ 82 households were supported – a household could be an individual or 2, 3, 4 or more people living in the household.

The Chairty Shelter have a contract to provide advocacy at Birkenhead County Court to tenants who are defending housing possession proceedings, 42 households were supported which is fantastic. We will have some more exciting news coming soon.