A homelessness charity is encouraging members of the public to call with information on rough sleepers after identifying a surge in the number of people on the streets. Nottingham-based Framework has set up the ‘hotline’, which it also hopes rough sleepers will use to call for help, after its monthly headcount found the number of rough sleepers on its patch had risen from 3 to 19 over the past year. If the charity receives a call identifying a potential rough sleeper it will assign a member of its street outreach team to find the person and offer them support and advice. Read more on the Nottingham Post website.
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