OUR NEW PROJECT HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED

Dear supporters and volunteers

It has been a very busy Spring/Summer with the demand for emergency poverty support running at a very high level.  With our eyes now on the Autumn/Winter, we are looking at accommodation provision, as finding a premises for a Night Shelter has not been feasible.

We are therefore delighted to say that we have a 'New Project' on the Good Exchange to cover the provision of accommodation for non-priority homeless over the winter period. Reference No 20990 - click the button below to see full details on The Good Exchange website! Any monies donated will be match futnded by the Greenham Common Trust.

This is a new initiative by West Berkshire Homeless to meet the current gap in the provision of accommodation for “non priority” homeless persons. These people are excluded from being accommodated by the Council as they do not meet the Government's 'vulnerable' criteria and, accordingly, have no other avenues available to them.

We wish to meet this need by providing temporary accommodation in local B&B's or hotels until alternative accommodation can be found. Often, a lack of accommodation is an automatic bar to gaining employment or, if in employment, it may give rise to a loss of that job. So by West Berkshire Homeless being able to provide accommodation, this often ensures a person can remain in work or obtain work if unemployed. Obviously this accommodation is costly and at the moment we have no specific monies to assist in cases such as these which is and will impact our ability to support others who are in poverty.

Thanks, as always, for your valued support.