A Bed Every Night (ABEN)

Bury Council is seeking a provider to provide a Rough Sleepers service that will support rough sleepers to move off the streets in Bury as quickly as possible into appropriate accommodation, either supported or suitable independent accommodation. A Bed Every Night (ABEN) is an Greater Manchester initiative to provide a safe place for rough sleepers to sleep during the night and also access needed support to move on to more permanent forms of accommodation. ABEN forms one part of a series of coordinated approaches including the Rough Sleeper Initiative, Rapid Rehousing Programme, and Housing First pilot, all of which should be delivered with reference to one another and provide options and…