{"id":56259,"date":"2025-05-07T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=56259"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:12:27","slug":"sheffield-womens-homelessness-service-secures-1-25m-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/sheffield-womens-homelessness-service-secures-1-25m-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield women’s homelessness service secures \u00a31.25m funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A supported accommodation scheme for homeless women in Sheffield has secured \u00a31.25 million in continued funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo Meagher, Director of the Young Women\u2019s Housing Project\u2014a Sheffield-based charity supporting women through safe, supported accommodation said: \u201cSafe, supported accommodation is essential for women facing homelessness, especially those affected by domestic abuse, trauma, or other complex challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially set to end this year, the scheme will now continue after councillors voted on Thursday, 24 April, to extend the contract for another five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking after the meeting Councillor Douglas Johnson, Chair of the Housing Policy Committee, welcomed the decision and said: \u201cLike anyone else who becomes homeless, the council has a legal duty to assess their needs and help with rehousing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Sheffield City Centre – not the site chosen for the accommodation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jo Meagher said: \u201cSheffield City Council currently funds a number of specialist accommodation services for women. To be truly effective, these services must be trauma-informed and delivered within a psychologically informed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service will now receive \u00a3250,000 per year for five years to ensure ongoing support for some of the city\u2019s most vulnerable residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The supported service plays a key role in helping women, including those with young children, transition to independent living and rebuild their lives and forms part of sheffield\u2019s wider plan to end homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jo Meagher added: \u201cWithout access to such support, many women face unsafe living conditions or rough sleeping, significantly increasing their risk of exploitation, harm, and chronic homelessness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council officers had warned that without the renewed funding, it would become increasingly difficult to find safe placements for women at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This increases pressure on already strained social care and domestic abuse services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Johnson added: \u201cAlthough homeless women can be accommodated in other emergency housing, it doesn’t provide the additional support and a secure environment where they can rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting of Sheffield City Council’s Housing Policy Committee on April 24, Head of City Wide Housing Services, Suzanne Allen said: \u201c I want to emphasise how important this legislation is for vulnerable people living in accommodation which isn\u2019t of sufficient quality or providing support that is required at a cost that is far to high for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents needing help can contact Housing Solutions on 0114 273 6306<\/strong> or the Council Housing Service on 0114 293 0000<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A supported accommodation scheme for homeless women in Sheffield has secured \u00a31.25 million in continued funding. Jo Meagher, Director of the Young Women\u2019s Housing Project\u2014a Sheffield-based charity supporting women through safe, supported accommodation said: \u201cSafe, supported accommodation is essential for women facing homelessness, especially those affected by domestic abuse, trauma, or other complex challenges.\u201d Initially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":55899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[137,152,5,166],"tags":[135,55],"class_list":["post-56259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-council","category-council-2","category-news","category-top-story-2","tag-sheffieldnews","tag-sheffield-city-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56259"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56767,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56259\/revisions\/56767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}