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Cash boost for homeless charity

Path has received £5,000 to fund tenancy starter packs for homeless people in Devon.

The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation which offers grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities.

The grant will enable Path to provide basic & essential items for our clients moving into a new home with nothing.

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Shelter reveals SW home threat hotspots

Alarming new figures from housing charity Shelter have revealed almost 500 people in the South West were put at risk of losing their home every week in the last year.

In an analysis of statistics from the Ministry of Justice, the charity identified how many people are at risk of eviction and repossession as well as the ‘home threat hotspots’ across the South West where people are most...

Help for single homeless fund application

Funding of nearly £220,000 has been awarded to Plymouth City Council, West Devon Borough Council and South Hams District Council to boost work supporting single people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

£219,185 has been secured from the Government’s Single Homeless Fund. The money will be made available over two years and will help boost the work that is already taking...

Missing Plymouth man is found safe and well

A 56-year-old man who was reported missing in the early hours of Monday morning (13 May) has been found safe and well.

Police had been concerned for the welfare of Christopher Pearce from Plymouth, a rough sleeper who is known to frequent the city centre as well as other areas. Initial checks and searches had failed to discover his whereabouts.

Mr Pearce was located in the...

Police appeal for help to locate man missing from the Plymouth area

Update 14 May: Christopher was found safe and well in the local area late last night.

Reported 13 May 2013: Police are appealing for help from the public in finding a missing man from the Plymouth area.

Police have concerns for the welfare of Christopher Pearce, 56, and have been actively seeking him since around 4am this morning (Monday 13 May 2013).

Christopher is a...

Students help to improve dental care for homeless

Dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been working with residents from a local project providing housing and support for homeless Armed Forces Veterans.

Ten students visited residents at the veterans’ home run by South West charity Alabaré Christian Care & Support recently, to get their input on a pack they are producing aimed at...

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