🔴 Sleeping on the streets isn’t safe at any time of year – but it’s particularly dangerous during extreme weather This is how emergency shelters are responding:
at any time of year, but it’s particularly dangerous in severe weather, such as the cold weather we are experiencing now.”
“The average age of someone who dies while homeless is in their 40s, rather than their 70s. You might see somebody sleeping on the streets who looks quite young, but is actually very fragile and vulnerable.”So what happens when temperatures plunge below zero to protect those at risk?are put into action by local authorities.
“Every local authority will make their own decision, except in London, where they work as a city. They’ll look at the weather forecast, consider the conditions and decide whether they’re going to invoke those protocols. Caption: Homeless Link runs StreetLink, a website, mobile app and phone line for England and Wales that enables people to send an alert when they see someone sleeping rough to connect them to local support services , a website, mobile app and phone line for England and Wales that enables people to send an alert when they see someone sleeping rough to connect them to local support services.
Fiona Colley, director of social change at Homeless Link, the national membership charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in England
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