As part of its Always Room Inside campaign, the city council is hosting a Rough Sleeping and Business Summit with the aim of bringing private sector resources to bear on a very public problem. Tony McDonough reports
Businesses in Liverpool are being invited to a summit in May and get involved in helping the city’s homeless people.
As part of its Always Room Inside campaign, the city council is hosting a Rough Sleeping and Business Summit with the aim of bringing private sector resources to bear on a very public problem.
The summit will help to enlist the support of the business community to help create more opportunities for homeless people and rough sleepers in the form of work experience, training and employment.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, explained: “Homeless and rough sleeping is everyone’s problem, not just that of the city council.
“We have a fantastic network of charitable and voluntary groups who are providing direct help and supporting our campaign. Now we want to bring on board more partners from the business community who can also help us address the issues.”
“Many of the city’s business may be directly affected, particularly if they have had a rough sleeper outside their premises, so let’s see what we can all do to resolve some of the problems.”
The summit will explore the potential for the business community to assist the city in helping people find routes out of rough sleeping, for example by offering training, work experience and even employment opportunities.
Last year the council’s proactively worked to prevent more than 7,000 in Liverpool becoming homeless. In January alone, the council working in partnership with The Whitechapel Centre.
The Rough Sleeping and Business Summit will take place at The Cunard Building, on Monday, May 14, between 8.30am and 10.30am. Click here to register.