News – June 2008

Staff at Birmingham Midshires wear red for the day

Thanks a million BM! 

27 June 2008

Birmingham Midshires has raised £1 million for Shelter's work with homeless and badly housed people. To celebrate, staff from their head office are visiting the West Midlands Housing Aid Centre today (30 June 2008).

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Migrant workers in housing hell 

26 June 2008

Shelter has launched a new policy briefing calling on the Government to improve conditions for thousands of migrant workers who are forced to live in bad housing.

A man playing air guitar

Fancy yourself as a rock star? 

20 June 2008

It’s time to dig out that spandex jumpsuit - Shelter is offering you the chance to become a champion air guitarist and perform on the John Peel stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

Items in the Shelter archive

Can you help us create an archive?  

18 June 2008

Shelter is building an archive of our work since we started in 1966 (and of the work done while Shelter was being planned). Do you have relevant printed materials, photographs, recordings or a first hand account you could contribute?

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Six million stressed about housing  

17 June 2008

A massive six million families are suffering stress or depression due to today’s sky-high housing costs, a new report by Shelter shows.

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Lifeline for homeowners 

06 June 2008

Struggling homeowners were promised help yesterday when the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer listing the measures mortgage lenders are taking to combat the repossessions crisis.

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