{"id":356894,"date":"2026-01-07T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356894\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:05:09","slug":"what-help-will-rough-sleepers-in-lancashire-get-during-icy-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356894\/","title":{"rendered":"What help will rough sleepers in Lancashire get during icy blast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the SWEP element of the rough sleepers service provides 10 spaces, with an additional 10 allocated through a targeted outreach approach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;From January, a further 20 spaces will become available at a separate facility, including 10 dedicated spaces for women who are rough sleeping. This extended provision will run until the end of March,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the wider Off the Street Pathway, of which SWEP is a part, offered about 80 spaces across various settings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These services aim to meet the needs of individuals transitioning toward independent living, particularly those with long-term histories of rough sleeping,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, in Blackburn, the Salvation Army&#8217;s Bramwell House said it was also ready to support rough sleepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Lifehouse will offer emergency shelter to anyone sleeping rough in the area, working in association with the housing needs team at Blackburn with Darwen Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mottershead, service manager at the Salvation Army&#8217;s Bramwell House hostel on Heaton Street, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re only too pleased to offer the service again and engage with those in danger within the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Extreme weather can kill and it&#8217;s critical that local organisations work together to support the most vulnerable members of our community, getting them safely indoors.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He said the SWEP element of the rough sleepers service provides 10 spaces, with an additional 10 allocated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-356894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}