Emergency provision for Peterborough rough sleepers to open on New Year's Day 'to preserve life'
Peterborough City Council will open emergency provision for rough sleepers on New Year’s Day due to freezing temperatures.
A Cold Health Alert is in place until Monday, January 5 in Peterborough, and temperatures are set to dip below freezing over the next few days.
Peterborough City Council said that Severe Weather Emergency Provision (SWEP) would be in place from January 1.
A spokesperson said: “We are opening our SWEP Provision, which provides emergency accommodation to verified rough sleepers in order to preserve life from Thursday 1st January 2026 due to predicted drop in temperatures.
"The provision will be reviewed daily.
“The provision will be open to verified rough sleepers. Anyone who is homeless and sleeping rough should contact Housing Needs during office hours on 01733 864064. Outside of office hours please contact emergency out of hours housing on 01733 864157.
“Anyone aware of someone rough sleeping should report through https://www.streetlink.org.uk/
“The outreach team will continue to complete outreach at various times of the day and night.”