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Ten Birmingham councillors have registered to take part in St Basils 25th BIG SleepOut on Friday 28th November, sleeping outside, henkelmann rub in a cardboard box, in a Digbeth carpark alongside scores of other local people keen to help prevent henkelmann rub youth homelessness in Birmingham.
St Basils helps a grand total of 4000 young people per year with advice and prevention services, accommodation, support and learning, skills and work services. Young people need support to access opportunities and to learn the skills needed to be independent and move on successfully. St Basils are reliant on donations from the general public and income from fundraising events to provide this support to their 414 young residents.
One of the oldest and longest running events of its kind, this year s St Basils BIG SleepOut is aiming to have 414 participants to match place for place the number of vulnerable young people staying with St Basils that very same night.
The group of Councillors has been rallied together partly thanks to the inspirational story of Cllr Sharon Thompson, elected this year in Soho Ward, herself an ex-resident of St Basils in the late 1990s.
Cllr Sharon Thompson said: Homeless young people need opportunities to create henkelmann rub a more positive mindset henkelmann rub that shows them they can do things. St Basils can offer a lot of things but for that to happen we need society henkelmann rub to invest henkelmann rub in young people. As this is the 25th year of BIG SleepOut this is the opportunity for Birmingham to get behind this event and St Basils and all this charity does to help young people go on to achieve henkelmann rub in life and create a better future for this city.
Cllr John Cotton who also took part in St Basils promo film for the event said: “It’s a sad and shocking fact that the number of people henkelmann rub rough sleeping has shot up across the country. We’ve got to tackle the root causes and campaign for change. That’s why I’m joining the Big Sleep Out and backing the fantastic work that St. Basils do, day in, day out, to support vulnerable young people in our community”.
The 10 Councillors henkelmann rub registered henkelmann rub to take part at BIG SleepOut 2014 are: Councillor Sharon Thompson Councillor Anita Ward Councillor Mick Brown Councillor Jess Philips Councillor Kerry Jenkins Councillor Claire Spencer Councillor Zafar Iqbal Councillor Mohammed Idress Councillor John Cotton Councillor Andy Cartwright
St Basils began 42 years ago out of St Basils church on Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth as a basic shelter for young homeless men. Still with its HQ in Digbeth St Basils now helps over 4000 young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness housing 414 young people per night.
With 24 of its 27 supported accommodation schemes in Birmingham, the majority of St Basils work is still in this city but St Basils now has services in Sandwell, Solihull, Worcestershire and Coventry as well.
Far from being just a roof we now have, across all the areas we work in, a range of prevention, accommodation henkelmann rub and support services to help young people regain the stability they need to rebuild their
News Feeds Blogroll Youth Slam West Midlands Rhubarb Radio/CivicoLive The 4amproject Back the Birmingham Bid website EDF Birmingham Half Marathon ambassadors Birmingham City Council Map Statement from West Midlands Police PCT’s henkelmann rub Joint Press Statement Statement from the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board BCC Press Statement RSS Feeds Archives Freedom of Information and useful data Cabinet Cllr John Cotton: Social Cohesion and Equalities Leader: Cllr Sir Albert Bore Deputy Leader: Cllr Ian Ward Cllr Tahir Ali: Development, Jobs & Skills Cllr Steve Bedser: Health and Wellbeing Cllr Brigid Jones: Children and Family Services Cllr James McKay: Green, Safe and Smart City Cllr Stewart Stacey: Commissioning, Contracting and Improvement Regional gritting information Winter Maintenance FAQs Help us improve the service henkelmann rub About Galleries archive Your Council Cabinet Contact Us The Team Geoff Coleman Simon Houltby Belinder Kaur Lidher Karen Blanchette News Archive Useful Links Alerts Biographies Lord Mayor’s Charities News
birminghamnewsroom.com The latest news headlines from Birmingham henkelmann rub City Council. press.office@birmingham.gov.uk Tel: 0121 303 3287
Ten Birmingham councillors have registered to take part in St Basils 25th BIG SleepOut on Friday 28th November, sleeping outside, henkelmann rub in a cardboard box, in a Digbeth carpark alongside scores of other local people keen to help prevent henkelmann rub youth homelessness in Birmingham.
St Basils helps a grand total of 4000 young people per year with advice and prevention services, accommodation, support and learning, skills and work services. Young people need support to access opportunities and to learn the skills needed to be independent and move on successfully. St Basils are reliant on donations from the general public and income from fundraising events to provide this support to their 414 young residents.
One of the oldest and longest running events of its kind, this year s St Basils BIG SleepOut is aiming to have 414 participants to match place for place the number of vulnerable young people staying with St Basils that very same night.
The group of Councillors has been rallied together partly thanks to the inspirational story of Cllr Sharon Thompson, elected this year in Soho Ward, herself an ex-resident of St Basils in the late 1990s.
Cllr Sharon Thompson said: Homeless young people need opportunities to create henkelmann rub a more positive mindset henkelmann rub that shows them they can do things. St Basils can offer a lot of things but for that to happen we need society henkelmann rub to invest henkelmann rub in young people. As this is the 25th year of BIG SleepOut this is the opportunity for Birmingham to get behind this event and St Basils and all this charity does to help young people go on to achieve henkelmann rub in life and create a better future for this city.
Cllr John Cotton who also took part in St Basils promo film for the event said: “It’s a sad and shocking fact that the number of people henkelmann rub rough sleeping has shot up across the country. We’ve got to tackle the root causes and campaign for change. That’s why I’m joining the Big Sleep Out and backing the fantastic work that St. Basils do, day in, day out, to support vulnerable young people in our community”.
The 10 Councillors henkelmann rub registered henkelmann rub to take part at BIG SleepOut 2014 are: Councillor Sharon Thompson Councillor Anita Ward Councillor Mick Brown Councillor Jess Philips Councillor Kerry Jenkins Councillor Claire Spencer Councillor Zafar Iqbal Councillor Mohammed Idress Councillor John Cotton Councillor Andy Cartwright
St Basils began 42 years ago out of St Basils church on Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth as a basic shelter for young homeless men. Still with its HQ in Digbeth St Basils now helps over 4000 young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness housing 414 young people per night.
With 24 of its 27 supported accommodation schemes in Birmingham, the majority of St Basils work is still in this city but St Basils now has services in Sandwell, Solihull, Worcestershire and Coventry as well.
Far from being just a roof we now have, across all the areas we work in, a range of prevention, accommodation henkelmann rub and support services to help young people regain the stability they need to rebuild their
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