The homeless charity that's 'worried' about the heatwave - but 'scared' about the winter

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

One of Manchester’s most established homeless charities says it is ‘worried’ about how rough sleepers will cope with this week’s heatwave — but ‘scared’ about this year’s winter.

Yvonne Hope, CEO of charity Barnabus , has revealed to the Manchester Evening News how concerned she is about this summer’s extended hot and dry weather.

She has also admitted she is ‘scared’ of the winter to come with the spiralling cost-of-living already seeing a surge of referrals to her staff.

Hope says the charity is seeing more and more people seek help because they’re in ‘arrears with rent and fuel’, and fears the new energy price cap from October — estimated to be more than £3,500 per year — will drive more to the doors of the Bloom Street organisation. READ MORE: Residents SWELTERING in apartment block "need air" during heatwave as they can't open balcony doors due to cladding work “We worry about dehydration and heat stroke in the summer.