Christmas shelters begin preparations
Quaker Homeless Action and other charities begin preparations for christmas
Quaker Homeless Action (QHA) have begun to recruit volunteers for their annual Christmas shelters. A number of charities and campaigning groups, including QSA and QHA, have warned that the economic policies of the coalition government could result in a considerable increase in homelessness. QHA said in August that they had already seen homelessness increase as a result of cuts. Meeting for Sufferings, the national committee of British Quakers, agreed this month to speak out against the coalition’s proposed cap on housing benefit.
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