- Tangley Park Family Centre open to all
- Offer day – secondary school places announced tomorrow
- Colourful Holi Festival set to brighten up Twickenham
- Lighting up Whitton
- Joint library project awarded £20,000 by the Arts Council
- Enjoy your very own royal wedding
- Youth come together on crime
- Champion runners sprint to collect awards
- Youth Offending Team praised by inspectors
- Women urged to cycle their hearts out
- Wrapping Richmond up warm
- Council prepares to freeze parking charges
- Residents set to nominate footpaths and roads for repair
- Purrrffect addition to borough’s day centre
- Bringing health and wellbeing into the heart of Twickenham
- Live your life in our parks
- An a-peeling way to support libraries
- Antisocial behaviour tackled in Ham
- Un-Lucky shop prosecuted for teen booze sales
- An afternoon with a Masterchef at Twickenham Library
- Last chance to apply for the ARThouse festival
- Richmond’s Project Volunteer
- Works complete at Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre
- Developing mental health care in Richmond
- Recycling rounds change to save over £250,000
- Singing from the valleys…in Richmond
- High street programme targets Twickenham
- Collis tops football festival
- Royal Visit To Mark Jubilee
- Activities for children over the spring half term
- Successful energy saving project expands
- Gritting operation keeps streets open
- Benefits cheat jailed
- Badge reward for keeping safe every day
- Working together to fight homelessness
- Council launches consultation to tackle homelessness
- Borough paves the way for national sports launch
- BID-ding to improve business in Twickenham
- Testing on arrest means business
- Clearance work to start on Riverside pool site
- Be prepared for 2012 Olympics
- Council Tax and budget briefing
- Affordable housing boom in Richmond upon Thames
- Visit Richmond Landscapes Past and Present
- Chance for local talent to shine at Youth Open Mic Night in Hampton
- Remember to register to vote
Release Date: 07/02/2012
Council launches consultation to tackle homelessness
In line with the Government’s plans to reduce rough sleeping and homelessness, residents in Richmond upon Thames are being asked to help shape the Council’s approach to addressing the problem, in a consultation launched this week.
The online consultation, which closes on Tuesday 21 February, asks residents to comment on a draft homelessness strategy that outlines a number of housing issues that need to be addressed to tackle homelessness in the borough. These include; how we respond to homelessness, with particular attention on how it affects 16 and 17 year olds, rough sleepers, the problems of people who have a mental illness and the need for more affordable housing in the borough.
Cllr Pamela Fleming, Strategic Cabinet Member for Community, Business and Culture said: “While the majority of residents in Richmond upon Thames are unaffected by homelessness and live comfortably, there are still people in the borough who live with the constant threat of homelessness or being unable to afford rent.
“Homelessness can be caused by a number of factors and is not necessarily intentional. Sometimes people find they are homeless due to an abusive relationship or in other cases mental illness and drug use can play a part, sometimes it’s because families’ breakdown or bills can’t be paid following the loss of employment. Either way, it is something that needs to be addressed. As a Council we have promised to consult and listen to residents on local issues, therefore I would like to encourage you to express your views on our draft homelessness strategy by taking part in this online consultation.”
The results of the consultation will help to define the 2012 to 2016 Homelessness Strategy for Richmond upon Thames.
Take part in the consultation here.
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