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WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON THAN MEN, ANALYSIS SHOWS
CHRISTIAN CHARITY URGES GOVERNMENT TO BACK GAMBLING LEVY TO HELP MOST VULNERABLE
SKATEBOARD HERO OF LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK ON COURSE TO BE MADE SAINT
Once women have been released into homelessness, they are often more vulnerable than men due to factors such as domestic abuse or sexual exploitation, campaigners have said. It comes as an independent report into HMP Bronzefield – the largest women’s prison in the UK – found that 65 per cent of women were being released without safe and sustainable accommodation to go to. According to Ministry of Justice statistics, 12.8 per cent of women who were released from prison ended up either homeless or rough sleeping in the year 2020/21, compared with just 11.8 per cent of men. But an independent report from women’s institution HMP Foston Hall found that 20 per cent of women were released without a home to go to. Dr Jenny Earle, from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative, said that vulnerable women who are released from prison into homelessness are ‘set up for failure’. ‘Given [the] strong links between being released into homelessness and reoffending, it’s madness that the government hasn’t done more to improve housing support on release’… Dr Earle said the government needs to use a ‘slightly different approach’ for resettling women in society than [it does] for men because women are subject to gendered vulnerabilities… Transitional accommodation services, such as hostels, are oriented towards men rather than women. Although women-only hostels do exist, there are not enough, she said.
Christian charity Care says the UK government will fail in its duty of care, if it does not back a statutory levy on betting companies… Ross Hendry, CEO of Care, a social policy charity that leads campaigning for betting reform at Westminster, said: ‘Gambling related harm has a huge impact on people’s lives, resulting in debt, depression, alcoholism, homelessness and even suicide. ‘On average, one person commits suicide every single day as a result of gambling harm. Yet legislation remains out-of-date, and regulation remains lax… ‘Gambling addiction has grown exponentially in recent years. There are thought to be around 400,000 addicts in the UK, including 55,000 children.’
Relatives of Ignacio Echeverría, the ‘skateboard hero’ of the 2017 London Bridge terrorist attacks, are receiving support from the Catholic Church to launch an official campaign to make him a saint. His family have announced that they are working with the church to open a process of canonisation for the former banker, who used his skateboard to save the lives of two people who were being attacked by terrorists. The push for sainthood was in part inspired by words expressed by the Pope shortly after the attacks… Echeverría has already been recognised with several posthumous honours for his bravery.
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CHRISTIAN CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE MISSIONARIES, BISHOPS ARE TOLD The Church of England should see climate activism as an aspect of mission and stand in solidarity with protesters, an open letter … argues. Twenty clergy are among the 79 signatories to the letter, which was sent to the Bishop of Norwich, the Right Rev Graham Usher, in his capacity as the C of E’s lead bishop on the environment. The letter, which is endorsed by the campaigning group Green Christian, notes that the C of E’s fifth ‘mark of mission’ is ‘to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth’… Several C of E priests have been arrested for their part in climate protests.
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