Liverpool City Council, GB Liverpool Street Lifestyles pilot reduced city centre begging
Liverpool City Council, GB Liverpool Street Lifestyles pilot
Liverpool City Council partnered with local police, charity, and rehabilitation organisations to launch the Liverpool Street Lifestyles pilot. The program was designed to reduce homelessness in the city centre by connecting individuals begging on the streets with support services. The program specifically targeted individuals who needed help with drug and alcohol addictions by identifying who were begging but not sleeping rough.
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City centre support project is helping people off the streets | Liverpool Express
A PIONEERING project helping to reduce the number of rough sleepers, street drinkers and people begging in Liverpool city centre has been given the green light for another year.
City council creates street lifestyles team in pilot project to reduce begging | Liverpool Express
LIVERPOOL City Council has put together a team to offer extra help to reduce street begging and address associated anti-social behaviour in the city centre.
Project Succeeded
In its first year, the Liverpool Street Lifestyles Pilot supported 39 people reducing their rough sleeping by 80%, begging by 60% and street drinking by 79%. The project also removed more than 3,700 syringes and 92 abandoned tents from the highway.
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