Central Bedfordshire Council news and press releases

Helping our homeless in a heatwave

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) has been activated, which means we will have night-time help for rough sleepers available up to and including the night of Wednesday, 21 July 2021.

During hot weather, Noah Enterprise will be providing rough sleepers with severe weather advice, water, sun cream, and other resources available to them in order to safeguard the health of people sleeping rough.Noah Enterprise will be providing rough sleepers with severe weather advice, water, sun cream, and other resources available to them in order to safeguard the health of people sleeping rough.

The provision will be available up to and including the 21 July.

NOAH Enterprise

Welfare Centre
141 Park Street
Luton
LU1 3HG

Telephone: 01582 728416
Website: NOAH Enterprise

If you know that someone is rough sleeping please raise an alert through Street Link at https://www.streetlink.org.uk/ or by downloading the Streetlink app through Apple App Store or Google Play Store and follow the easy instructions as set out below:

Additional help

If you are aware of anyone sleeping rough who may need support during this time, you can report it via the Streetlink app. It only takes a minute to point an outreach worker to their location and get them help. Go to Streetlink to register or download the app from your app store. You will then get an update when the person has been visited by outreach workers and what is being done.