https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homeless-christmas
Homeless at Christmas: 'How will Santa find us?'
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homeless-christmas
children christmas homelessness shelter
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Homeless at Christmas: 'How will Santa find us?'
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/homeless-christmas
- Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
- Created: 2018-12-06T10:07:14.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-12-06T10:34:09.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:40:19.458Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: children, christmas, homelessness, shelter
- Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46360119
- Size: 742 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Homeless at Christmas: 'How will Santa find us?'
In December 2018 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46360119) on official figures suggesting that more than 130,000 children across Great Britain would spend Christmas in temporary accommodation.
## Get the data
* [Statutory homelessness and prevention and relief live tables](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#statutory-homelessness-and-prevention-and-relief-live-tables)
* Excel workbook: [analysis of homelessness data including population demographics](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/homeless-christmas/blob/master/temphomeless.xlsx)
## Quotes and interviews
* Carly Stutter, mother of three
* Greg Beales, director of campaigns, Shelter
* Andrew Smith, Councillor, Westminster City Council
* Spokesman, Local Government Association (LGA)
* Heather Wheeler, Minister for homelessness
## Visualisation
* Map: Under-18s in temporary accommodation by authority
* Bar chart: Councils with the highest rates of under-18s without a permanent home
* Bar chart: Councils outside London with the highest rates of under-18s without a permanent home