however we know that many rough sleepers are happy to cope outdoors most of the year it is the cold winter months that hit hardest a permanent night shelter can be a problem as it might become full of people who simply never move on a temporary – winter months only – provision in various venues removes any sense of permanence one of the major positive benefits is that we provide a place where other agencies such as St Mungos can meet with those who would otherwise be rough sleeping and work at moving them into permanent accommodation, rehabilitation and recovery programs |