Charity Dealing With 27% Increase In Rough Sleepers

A Notts homeless charity has seen a near 30 per cent rise in the number of rough sleepers and potential homeless people it works with in the city in just two years.  The charity, Framework, says, in the first six months of the year, it worked with 167 rough sleepers and people who are at immediate risk of becoming homeless in Nottingham.  This figure is seven per cent higher than the same period of time the year before, and 27 per cent higher than it was in 2010-11.  The charity says this is partly down to an increase in homelessness as the financial crisis continues, but also because they have expanded in spite of funding cuts.  Read more on the Nottingham Post website.