Lewisham Council is awarded £2,279,900 for our rough sleeping programme
We are so used to bad news, but this is a bit of good news. Firstly, Lewisham Council has been awarded our full bid of £2,279,900 from the MHCLG. The funding comes from the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme. Secondly, the housing team has successfully moved 7 of the 8 rough sleepers the council was concerned about into the new rough sleeper pathway – meaning we had 7 fewer people sleeping rough in Lewisham a few nights ago (one of whom happened to be celebrating his 60th