Services are at hand as we to
try and reduce the number of people sleeping rough in Sefton.
This is especially important
during the cold winter months between November 2019 and March 2020.
If you are concerned about
someone’s wellbeing, please direct them to their nearest Sit-Up services
available at both New Start in Southport and Bosco in Bootle.
Services are provided at BOSCO House, Merton Road, Bootle (0151 944 1818) or New Start, Leyland Road Hostel, Southport, (01704 547 741).
Bosco’s Sit-Up provision is
available nightly and people can book in between 8pm to 9pm.
An enhanced Sit-Up provision,
which will be open and offer more flexible presentation hours, will be offered
at New Start’s Leyland Road Hostel and will be open from 8pm until 12pm the
next day with light refreshments and a warm, dry, safe environment for people
to access with showers and laundry facilities available to people.
As part of this service,
outreach teams will proactively seek out rough sleepers and encourage them to
access the Enhanced Sit-Up to ensure nobody sleeps rough in Sefton this year.
The help of the public is
always appreciated and to report an incident of rough sleeping in Sefton please
call the Rough Sleeper Outreach Team via Light for Life on 01704 501256 or
07918 746042 outside normal office hours and weekends.
Alternatively, email housing.options@sefton.gov.uk
and provide details of the location and any description of the person. We will
acknowledge your email and give you a response to your report.
Veterans in Sefton have also
been commissioned to provide support to people who are currently serving or who
have served in the Armed Forces, both regular and reservists, their families
and dependents, who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.
ViS are based at The Brunswick
Youth and Community Centre in Bootle.
For any further information
call 0151 257 6371 or attend the ‘NAAFI Break’, Wednesdays 10.30am – 12.pm.
