Founded | 1 December 1966 |
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Founder | Bruce Kenrick |
Type | Not-for-profit |
Focus | Housing and homelessness |
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Area served | Great Britain |
Revenue | £48,200,000 |
Website | www |
Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns for housing justice in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information, and advocacy to people and campaigns, and lobbies government and local authorities for new laws and policies. It works in partnership with Shelter Cymru in Wales and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland. The charity was founded in 1966 and raised 75.2 million pounds in 2022/23.
Shelter helps people in housing need by providing advice and practical assistance, and campaigns for better investment in housing and for laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.[1]