Shelter (charity)
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| Founder(s) | Bruce Kenrick |
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| Type | Not-for-profit |
| Founded | 1 December 1966 |
| Location | City of London, London, UK |
| Key people | Campbell Robb Graeme Brown |
| Area served | England Scotland Wales N. Ireland |
| Focus | Housing and homelessness |
| Revenue | GBP £49,115,000 [1] |
| Website | http://www.shelter.org.uk/ |
Shelter is a registered charity in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tackles the root causes of bad housing by lobbying government and local authorities for new laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
It has offices in England and Scotland, and works in partnership with Shelter Cymru and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland. It was originally launched on 1 December 1966, evolving out of the work at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Shelter helps people in housing need by providing advice and practical assistance, and fights for better investment in housing and for laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
Approximately two thirds of Shelter's expenditure goes on housing aid and 1/3 on campaigns and education.
People experiencing homelessness or other housing problems can get practical information and advice from Shelter's website.
Unusually for a charity, in 2008 Shelter saw strike action by its staff in response to changes to their terms and conditions.[1]
Funding:
Voluntary donations 50%
Government grants 29%
Shelter shops 15%
Legal advice contracts 7%
Training courses 3%
Other 4%
Financial information:
Total income year end March 2007: £49,115,000
Total charitable expenditure: £34,271,000
Fundraising cost: £6,089,000
[edit] History
The BBC Tuesday Play "Cathy Come Home", broadcast in 1966, highlighted the plight of the homeless in Britain. Directed by Ken Loach and written by Jeremy Sandford, the reaction led to calls for action.[2] Des Wilson, having seen the programme, became pivotal in setting up Shelter.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Patrick Butler (5 March 2008). "Shelter's hard choices will strike others". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/05/voluntarysector.housing. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Cathy Come Home (1966)". www.screenonline.org.uk. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/438481/index.html. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Cathy Come Home (1966)". www.screenonline.org.uk. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/438481/index.html. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
[edit] External links
- Shelter web site
- Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People Limited, Registered Charity no. 263710 at the Charity Commission
- Shelter Cymru web site
- Leaflet on the Trade Dispute and recent strike action
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