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UK - Homeless shelters under pressure as temperatures plunge to sub-zero
Councils across the country have launched their Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP)
by Holly Evans
Tuesday 06 January 2026"Homeless shelters and organisations providing emergency accommodation across the UK are preparing for an influx of rough sleepers as temperatures drop to sub-zero, with charities warning that a lack of affordable housing is pushing more and more people onto the streets.
"Councils across the country, including #NorthSomerset Council and #Bristol City Council, have launched their #SevereWeatherEmergencyProtocol (#SWEP) measures in an effort to ensure that people have access to shelter at night, with temperatures set to fall to as low as minus 3C in some regions.
"In #London, additional support has also been granted, with the mayor of London, #SadiqKhan, saying the cold could be 'dangerous and it can often be fatal' for those living on the streets."
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-shelters-uk-weather-snow-b2894658.html#ClimateChange #ArcticBlast #Unhoused #Houseless #Homeless #EmergencySheltersUK
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UK - Homeless shelters under pressure as temperatures plunge to sub-zero
Councils across the country have launched their Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP)
by Holly Evans
Tuesday 06 January 2026"Homeless shelters and organisations providing emergency accommodation across the UK are preparing for an influx of rough sleepers as temperatures drop to sub-zero, with charities warning that a lack of affordable housing is pushing more and more people onto the streets.
"Councils across the country, including #NorthSomerset Council and #Bristol City Council, have launched their #SevereWeatherEmergencyProtocol (#SWEP) measures in an effort to ensure that people have access to shelter at night, with temperatures set to fall to as low as minus 3C in some regions.
"In #London, additional support has also been granted, with the mayor of London, #SadiqKhan, saying the cold could be 'dangerous and it can often be fatal' for those living on the streets."
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-shelters-uk-weather-snow-b2894658.html#ClimateChange #ArcticBlast #Unhoused #Houseless #Homeless #EmergencySheltersUK
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#UK - Tea, toast and out by 8am: inside #Manchester's emergency #homeless provision
Extra spaces are made available when the mercury drops below freezing
by Greta Simpson, 17 Jan 2026
Excerpt: "When the weather in the city centre is forecast to drop below zero - as it has repeatedly in recent days - severe weather emergency protocol is called in, meaning that the council increase their outreach to the homeless, offering a warm place to everyone who may be #SleepingRough.
"Users have to be referred there through the council's #RoughSleepers service, either through council officers, other voluntary providers in the Manchester Homeless Partnership or even members of the public.
"The Rough Sleepers team then co-ordinate who is going where, either to council-operated accommodation or sites run by other partners.
"Users have to get there under their own steam, whether it's through their own means or a bus pass or taxi funded by other charities and partners.
"They are free to lie down and sleep, but no drink or drugs are allowed ('it would be unmanageable,' one staff member says) and they must be gone by 8am.
"However, in some instances users stay for several nights in a row, though they have to vacate the space during the day. Some users move into temporary accommodation in the rest of the hotel if a space becomes free."
#EmergencySheltersUK #Unhoused #Homeless #Houseless #ExtremeCold #ArcticBlast