Open up empty buildings for homeless people this winter

Campaigns (97)

• Newcastle upon Tyne
  

  Open up empty buildings in Newcastle upon Tyne

  To plead with the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. Each day I go into the centre of Newcastle I see people in sleeping bags, and it's already getting cold. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ryan-giggs-and-gary-neville-let-homeless-stay-in-hotel-manchester-council-to-house-homeless-people-a6715371.html

  543 of 600 Signatures

  Created by Jen Johnson
• Bracknell
  Open up empty buildings in Bracknell

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.

  26 of 100 Signatures

  Created by Caroline Egglestone
• Bath
  

  Open up empty buildings in BATH

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.

  327 of 400 Signatures

  Created by Sharon White
• Hereford
  Open empty buildings in Herefordshire for homeless people to shelter in

  We all have so many issues and views which are important to us, but how many of us take for granted our warm shelter? It is too easy to close our doors and forget about the people who, for a multitude of reasons, have none. Let's try and give those less fortunate than us, the very basic human right of shelter this winter. Why does this even need to be asked for?

  53 of 100 Signatures

  Created by Marie Kay
• Barnsley
  

  Open up empty buildings in BARNSLEY

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.

  417 of 500 Signatures

  Created by Pixie Peake
• Derby
  Open up empty buildings in Derby and Derbyshire

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. Ideally it should be year round, but definately over winter.

  31 of 100 Signatures

  Created by Nicola Wyldbore
• Edinburgh
  

  Open up empty buildings in Edinburgh

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. I'm not asking for permanent shelters; just somewhere warm and dry for our homeless to sleep in winter.

  4,458 of 5,000 Signatures

  Created by Cindy Sanders
• Croydon
  

  Open up empty buildings in Croydon

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. I'm not asking for permanent shelters; just somewhere warm and dry for our homeless to sleep in winter.

  250 of 300 Signatures

  Created by Alana McCarthy
• London
  Open up empty buildings in Lambeth

  To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. I'm not asking for permanent shelters; just somewhere warm and dry for our homeless to sleep in winter.

  109 of 200 Signatures

  Created by Jamie Tulacz
• Portsmouth
  

  Empty buildings to shelter Homeless in Portsmouth

  Do I really even need to answer this? I'll just tell you about a man I befriended a few years back, let's call him John. He was homeless. I got taking to him whilst waiting for the Gosport ferry after work one day. John was selling the big issue, he was clearly unwell. When I questioned him on his health he said is was "just a cold." I'd bump into John at least once a week and as the weeks went on his health deteriorated. One evening I pretty much ordered him to get a bus to QA. I watched him get on the bus. I didn't see John for the rest of that winter, then around April I saw him in North End. He was unrecognisable, he was a different colour, his eyes where shining, his hair was fuller and he was standing up straight. He had a girlfriend. He told me he that when he go to QA they all panicked over him. He had got pneumonia. I am quite certain if John hadn't gone to hospital AND if he hadn't had a roof over his head whilst he recovered, he would have died. It is also much less likely that he would have had pneumonia if he was not exposed to the brutality of a British winter. If there is shelter in the form of empty or unused buildings, is it humane to deny it to those who need it the most? This year 2,744 are estimated to be sleeping rough in the uk on any one night. This is up 14% from estimations on rough sleepers in 2013 and a staggering 55% from 2010! Let's try and change that for the better!

  3,851 of 4,000 Signatures

  Created by Sam Stokes