Maggs Day Centre in Worcester faces immense pressure as SWEP starts, struggling with increased demand and complex needs.
Maggs Day Centre is still very busy. This center helps homeless people in Worcester and Malvern. They are seeing really high demand for services. The charity said more homeless folks have tricky problems.
Things like mental health issues are becoming more common. These problems make helping them even harder. Melissa Blewitt works there.
She says long support waiting lists cause this increase. People wait longer to get the help they need. This makes things really tough. She said that it hides how serious things are.
More people have complicated issues now. They are appealing for donations, especially sleeping bags. Their clothing project is super busy, she noted.
The day center now gives out nearly twice as many hot meals. They are running out of winter clothes quickly. Sleeping bags are especially needed right now. They had some, but they soon disappear.
She asked for sleeping bags, hats, gloves, and food. All kinds of winter warmers are useful. Maggs Day Centre has outreach teams.
These teams find rough sleepers at night and morning. Blewitt says they work around the clock non-stop. The goal is to keep rough sleepers safe and supplied. She thinks their team is the best.