Homelessness Awareness Week
It is Bedford's Homelessness Awareness Week next week, with lots of varied events.
It is Bedford's Homelessness Awareness Week next week, with lots of varied events.
Ahead of this week's Homelessness Awareness Week, Bedford Homeless Partnership launched a Charter that was co-produced by organisations and people with lived experience of homelessness to bring together businesses, educational establishments, organisations, politicians and the general public to help end homelessness in our borough.
I was delighted to once again visit Bedford Soup Fest, now in it's third year.
The Liberal Democrats have set out a bold plan to end rough sleeping within five years, spanning social housing, welfare, local authority funding and legal changes.
Rough sleepers in Bedford Borough will be able to access emergency beds every night throughout the winter, not just when temperatures drop below freezing.
Earlier today Mayor Dave Hodgson visited the Christmas Tree Festival at St. Paul's Church.