News – September 2010

Design exclusives at John Lewis! 
31 August 2010
High street favourite John Lewis has joined forces with boutique experts Elle Decoration to sell a range of limited edition mugs in aid of Shelter.

Ten years of Audioscope 
29 September 2010
Audioscope festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with three shows this November. The Oxford-based music fundraiser has raised more than £20,000 for Shelter since 2001.

SMK Campaigner awards 
22 September 2010
Winners of the 2010 SMK Campaigner awards were announced yesterday in a ceremony hosted by broadcaster Jon Snow.

Join us at party conferences 
16 September 2010
Shelter is holding events at all three of the main political party conferences this year. If you’re planning to be in Liverpool, Manchester or Birmingham this conference season we’d love to see you there!

1m victims of landlord scams 
10 September 2010
Almost 1 million Britons have been the victim of a scam involving a private tenancy or landlord in the last three years, shocking new research by Shelter shows.

LHA cuts to cost £120m a year 
09 September 2010
The Government will face costs of up to £120 million a year because of the huge rise in homelessness caused by cuts to local housing allowance (LHA), Shelter has revealed today.

Rogue landlords exposed 
08 September 2010
Shelter has released shocking new research which shows evidence of widespread abuse by a minority of landlords in the private rented sector and is calling on the Government to work with councils to develop a tough programme of action.

Child poverty to worsen 
06 September 2010
Almost 54,000 children already living below the poverty line will be pushed even further down by government cuts to housing benefit, Shelter reveals today.