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MORE ‘places of safety’ have opened across the county for people fleeing domestic abuse. The new hubs have been opened as part of Oxfordshire County Council’s partnership with housing association and developer A2Dominion. The two new ‘places of safety’ will provide those Oxfordshire residents at risk of domestic abuse with specialised support and accommodation. The new scheme has been supported with funding from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, as part of £16.6m funding provided to 75 domestic abuse support projects. The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Service currently offers residents a safe place to live when fleeing domestic abuse, with several shelters across the county.
Government launches £30m fire alarm fund
Residents living in high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding can now get financial support from the Government to help them buy fire alarms.
The £30m relief fund will protect leaseholders from the high costs of ‘waking watches’, where a building is continually patrolled in case of a fire, by providing funds for fire alarms.
‘We know many people are anxious about the costs of waking watches, which was always only intended as an interim measure while historic safety issues were fixed,’ said housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
‘This fund will relieve the financial pressure on residents in these buildings and ensure they will be kept safe. I encourage those who are eligible not to delay and start their applications swiftly so we can distribute the funds as quickly as possible.’
Devon and Cornwall lockdown rules: Everything you can and can t do explained
Devon and Cornwall Police have posted a lockdown FAQ which covers almost every conceivable query
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With the launching of the third lockdown people are still querying the how s, why s, wherefore s and what s regarding guidance from the Government about what they should and should not be doing.
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What is the Everyone In scheme?
The Everyone In scheme provided temporary accommodation, including hotels, for homeless people and rough sleepers when the coronavirus pandemic first hit.
A University College London (UCL) study found that the scheme, which moved nearly 15,000 homeless people into emergency accommodation in March and April, saved tens of thousands of England’s most vulnerable people from catching Covid-19.
However, the scheme ended in May and did not begin again when homelessness charities made calls for it to return during England’s second national lockdown in November.
Jon Sparkes, chief executive of homelesness charity, Crisis, said at the time: “With a new lockdown imminent, the UK government must bring ‘Everyone In’ back in England with ring-fenced funding for local councils to provide Covid-safe accommodation for anyone experiencing or at risk of rough sleeping.”