Shelter: Initial Research

• Shelter is a charity that wishes to end homelessness in England and Scotland.
• It gives advice, information and advocacy to all those in need
• It does this by lobbying government and local authorities for new legislation to be passed to improves the lives of the homeless
• Shelter was launched on December 1 1966
• The launch of Shelter did benefit from the screening of the BBC tv play 'Cathy Come Home' 10 days before their launch. The play highlighted the issue of homelessness in Britain and caused a lot of outcry
• Shelter was set up by Rev. Bruce Kenrick after he has formed the Notting Hill Housing Trust in 1963
• Des Wilson, a social campaigner, was key in developing Shelter, after seeing 'Cathy Come Home'
• In 2013 they created an advertisement, in partnership with the agency Leagas Delaney, titled ''Bank of Mum and Dad in Crisis'. The campaign, which was directed by Chris Felsted, is trying to show that as house prices rise, it will be much harder for parents to help get their children on the property ladder.