Our policy is clear: the
rough sleeper should have been offered support and help by our dedicated team at Labre House.
The charity holds a drop-in for
rough sleepers in the town two days a week and is appealing for local hairdressers to support those that visit the service by offering free haircuts during the sessions.
And every
rough sleeper that I've met has been vulnerable in some way.
Every time you see a
rough sleeper, regardless of who it is, report that through StreetLink.
Visit www.streetlink.org.uk to find out more or report the location of a
rough sleeper.
Responding to our story, the council told us that street wardens patrol Middlesbrough's town centre every day and information about the whereabouts of
rough sleepers "is checked on ASAP".
"Denbighshire Council recorded one
rough sleeper over the two weeks between 15 and 28 October, 2018, and on the night of the count between the hours of 10pm on Thursday, 8 November and 5am on Friday, 9 November, 2018.
ROUGH sleepers' tents which have been "abandoned" are being removed in Cardiff city centre and people in tents are being warned they may need to leave if they do not engage with offers of accommodation.
We are on the side of
rough sleepers, families stuck in temporary accommodation and victims of bad landlords, as well as secure tenants in social housing and those who are struggling to buy their own homes.
"Not only will
rough sleepers experience extreme isolation and often severe weather conditions, but we know they have a high risk of dying young and our own research shows they are 17 times more likely to experience abuse than the general public.
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