Day hubs at charity supporting homeless are 'bursting at the seams'

Stonepillow, which supports more than 500 people each year, is one of eight organisations which will have its Housing Related Support contract extended by the county council in October.

While news of the two-year extension was welcomed as it would provide ‘some stability to our services’, the charity pointed out that there had been a real-time reduction in funding since 2019, when the value of the contracts was reduced.

Referring to the increasing need for its services, a spokesman for Stonepillow said: “We are witnessing the ‘perfect storm’ with winter looming, cost of living having increased by 10 per cent since the same time last year, and fuel costs predicted to be three times greater than the costs in October 2021.