Donating clothes to homless

geoffky

paulineb wrote: »

Im assuming they have supported accommodation projects that house homeless people and when people get sanctioned by the DWP, it may have a knock on effect of meaning that housing benefit, which is often paid directly to the charity might be stopped.

Some charities might try and work with the person affected and not make them homeless due to a DWP sanction, it happened in the last supported accommodation project I worked in, the young person was sanctioned by the DWP for 26 weeks, housing benefit stopped, was reinstated on appeal but obviously the young person had no money to buy food or put money in the electricity meter. He wasnt made homeless by the charity I worked for due to the sanction, but some charities might serve notice on people in temporary accommodation if a sanction has knock on effects to housing benefit received.

No the salvation army are now a work program provider and take money off the government to run the program..
They themselves are now reporting people for sanctions and thus making these people destitute.

The Salvation Army are one of the UK’s largest advocates for unpaid work – not just condemning people to forced labour in their charity shops but also bidding for lucrative government contracts to manage workfare schemes. Those who refuse, or are unable to attend workfare face having benefits sanctioned – meaning stopped completely in most cases – for up to three years.This grotesque exploitation from a so-called charity has led to hundreds of people to contact them on twitter @salvationarmyuk and their facebook page to vent their disgust at this abuse of unemployed, sick or disabled benefit claimants.


See here for more
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/salvation-army-fights-back-calls-critics-of-unpaid-work-offensive/

Tixy

Cottage_Economy wrote: »

Just out of interest, years ago I read about a charity that took in business/work cloths and gave them directly to homeless people who were getting themselves back on their feet and needed something to wear for interviews.

Was it this article maybe?
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/mar/06/homelessness-charities-job-seekers

Whilst the suitmaker offer will have finished at a guess those same charities mentioned would still welcome suits?