UK police now have free rein to create 'dispersal zones' in public places, writes Josie Appleton. This allows them to exclude people for anything from street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely 'congregating'. This represents a serious breach of our Common Law and Magna Carta rights.
… street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely … Those barred from public places include homeless people, a disabled man handing out food for the homeless who was issued with a dispersal …
Inspiring businesses to reuse food that would have otherwise be sent to landfill, the pioneering group FareShare collects and distributes it to homeless shelters: feeding the needy, saving CO2 and diverting waste from landfill
… Food & Gardening Fareshare Food Waste Homeless Landfill Climate Change … FareShare collects and distributes it to homeless shelters: feeding the needy, saving …
Oxford Council's Executive Board meets today to decide whether to criminalise 'noncompliant' busking, pavement art, cycling and other activities in the City's vibrant public spaces, punishable with a £1,000 fine. Jonny Walker wrote them this Open Letter.
… begging, despite the fact that a coalition of homelessness charities have asked you to … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a …
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
… food redistributed for decades to homeless shelters and the like. But they exist … by store policy. They should seek out local homeless charities. Supermarkets have a …
Laws handing sweeping new powers to police and private security to restrict access to Britain's public space will extinguish the diversity of civic life, writes Josie Appleton. Time for us to rediscover and defend our freedoms!
… groups. For example, a Council could ban homeless or young people from a park, or from …
Consumers could be doing far more to help combat global food wastage with relatively little effort according to a new study showing that every year, a third of all food produced ends up being binned. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… to an NGO that provides meals to the city's homeless shelters. An incredible 37,000 tonnes …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… immigrants (New York City), housing for the homeless (Salt Lake City), and a liveable …