Another news item about Jasper and Help Bristol’s Homeless:

www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/volunteers-needed-transform-double-decker-bus-homeless-shelter/

The Salvation Army compares public attitudes to the reality.

“More than half of people in South West do nothing when they see someone who is homeless”

“…a worrying gap between the reality of what it’s like to be homeless and the perception of the general public.”

“..a lack of understanding around who can be affected by homelessness…”

“Our extensive experience has shown us that homelessness can affect anyone, and so it is surprising that the Ipsos MORI poll has revealed 46 per cent of people in the South West don’t think that they, or someone close to them could ever experience homelessness. “

Another article from B24/7 …

www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/steep-rise-number-people-sleeping-rough-bristol/

The Bristol Post explains some significant aspects of the new approach to homelessness in Bristol …

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/how-new-53-million-project-781612

This is an article in Bristol 24/7 about Jasper’s latest project, converting a bus to provide emergency accommodation.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/shipping-containers-double-decker-bus-alternative-solutions-bristols-homeless-crisis/

It also gives an update on the earlier work using shipping containers.

A Guardian article about the cause of the current crisis:

We had dealt with homelessness. Why has it now returned?

According to The Guardian, the disco soup concept started five years ago in Berlin as a “protest soup” against food waste, and fed 8,000 people; it has since become an international phenomenon. The idea has now spread to the UK.

UK’s largest ‘disco soup’ attracts 1,000 people to London market

HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO END HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY IN BRISTOL?

FRIDAY 14TH JULY
10AM-1PM
Conference Hall, Bristol City Hall
College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR

Bristol City Council is looking into a Bristol pilot of the national Feeding Britain programme, which is working towards a hunger-free United Kingdom – feeding-britain.org.
Please join us for this Open Space event if you are working in this sector in Bristol, from organisations helping people in crisis, to those involved in community food growing.
We would like to hear your ideas for and decide on activities we can take forward together for alleviating hunger, and reducing vulnerability to hunger, in our city in the months and years ahead. Event to be opened by the Mayor of Bristol,

Book through Eventbrite http://bit.ly/feedingbristol

Using a model similar to Street Support in Leeds and Manchester, there is a need for a new website containing all information pertaining to homelessness in Bristol. The site would be a central resource both for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness, agencies working with them, and people that wanted to volunteer, or had ideas about how to help.

Ben Richardson from Caring in Bristol has put together a proposal for how this might be done ” Bristol online homelessness information ” and your views are invited.

Please post your views here and email BristolHF@gmail.com if you’re interested in getting involved; we hope to set up a meeting during May to plan the way forward.

UPDATE:

Bristol Homeless Connect is now up and running.