Newcastle is now a city where no one needs to sleep rough.

It is a pivotal moment for our city. Newcastle is a city where no one needs to sleep rough.

The City Council has robust processes in place to make an offer of accommodation to every person in the city who finds themselves without a place to sleep. This means we are one of the first UK Cities to achieve functional zero.*

Many people you see begging in Newcastle are not necessarily homeless. And, people who are homeless don’t necessarily beg.