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Homeless charity faces closure



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A HOMELESS charity which works in the city centre has warned it may have to close its doors due to lack of funding.
The Homeless Outreach Project, which employees workers and volunteers to help the city's homeless population, said it may have to close early next year.

Director Frank McAleavy said a "disproportionate cut" in its funding and a proposed reorganisation of how homeless services are tendered could spell the end. He added: "Edinburgh has been hit by a disproportionate cut in Supporting People grants and things will get worse if nothing is done to help us."

He added that the project's closure would lead to more people sleeping rough on city streets.

The project conducts annual headcounts of rough sleepers in the city and yesterday revealed how this year the number of homeless people in the Capital has risen from 23 to 39.





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  • Last Updated: 02 July 2008 10:49 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Homelessness
 
1

Brian M,

Edinburgh 02/07/2008 17:24:06
Are they the only charity which helps the homeless in Edinburgh? If not then they should amalgamate with one of the others.
2

Dawn Chorus,

02/07/2008 21:06:28
Where's the burdz

Oh, wrong Frankie Mac...
3

anonymz,

edinburgh 15/08/2008 23:58:05
I’m really surprised to see HOP promoted as a headcounter, although this is important too. HOP provides a much more important service to Edinburgh’s homeless and the community as a whole. My experience of HOP is that it manages to engage with some of the most hard to reach of the homeless group – some of the most challenging. It provides addiction work and mental health support for people who could not consider walking in to a GPs etc. or be able to register anyway due to not having an address. For many, HOP’s invaluable role is to help people start to help themselves, a process that can then be transferred to more mainstream organisations. Surely this is good for everyone, I wouldn’t like to live in a city without such a safety net.

 

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