Project helping to get rough sleepers in the UK off the streets

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It is estimated that up to 10% of the UK’s homeless population have pets. Yet according to the Dogs Trust fewer than 10% of hostels accept dogs.

This is something StreetVet, the charity that runs makeshift veterinary surgeries for the pets of homeless people, is trying to address. It has devised a hostel accreditation scheme to make homeless hostels pet-friendly. The scheme offers free, accessible veterinary care for hostel residents’ pets, as well as support for hostel managers and staff to adopt and implement pet policies across their sites.

The idea for the accreditation scheme came from talking to the charity’s 650 volunteers.

StreetVet operates in 16 locations across the UK from Brighton to Glasgow, and Statt explains that its clients say their pets are their lifelines and are often their “one link to their past lives”.

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[Dominic 11,922]

Oh this is brilliant news and a BIG step in helping the homeless crisis. The dogs are typically always well-fed, behaved and friendly as they help to bring in money so there's no reason they shouldn't be allowed in hostels.