How did you become homeless? I came out of a two-bedroom accommodation, which was full of drugs that weren’t mine, with people coming in and out. I had my son living with me, and then my son went to live with my brother, and I’d just come out onto the streets. You can’t bring him […]
How did you become homeless? I was with the mother of my children for 14 years, and after she cheated on me I went downhill. I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs. There used to be nine of us siblings, I used to have seven brothers but I lost four.. Lost two of […]
Unfortunately, many homeless people have had difficult childhoods entwined with social services, typically finding themselves in and out of care. Carrie’s story followed this pattern. Throughout her life, Carrie had a tumultuous relationship with her parents. At an early age, a violent relationship drove Carrie and her mother away to a women’s refuge, where her […]
When you think of the basic rights we should afford to all people, what first comes to mind? Housing, perhaps? A safe and warm place to call home and offer shelter. Food too? The ability to afford to put a meal on the table – ideally filling and nutritious – but essentially something to sustain […]
This story was kindly shared with us by someone at Barnabus drop in centre who wishes to remain anonymous… How did you become homeless? Well I was studying at Salford, Media and Performance. I was in my first year, and I was going to be an actor. But then my mum kicked me out on […]
How did you become homeless? I was in the USA for 15 years, and I got back to my country, Hungary, with a lot of money and stuff. The same night, I got robbed. So that’s how I became a homeless person. For that five month period, all I had was my ID card and […]
Many of you will have seen the recent news coverage on Spice, and probably like everyone here at Street Support felt frustrated, not knowing what can be done to help and make the situation better. The sad reality is, there’s very few known solutions. NPS (or New Psychoactive Substances) are easily available and unpredictable. There are hundreds of different synthetic […]
We have added a few new features to Street Support to make it even easier for someone experiencing homelessness to find help, and are now working on other improvements with the charter action groups. Here’s a brief overview of what is new… Map View You can now choose to view nearby services for any category on a map. This enables you […]
A key part of Manchester City Council’s pledge to the Homelessness Charter last May was “to involve people with experience of homelessness in the development of new models of delivery and decisions about homelessness services.” This Valentine’s Day marked an important step in the deepening relationship between MCC and those who use its homelessness services, […]
This isn’t a blog post that is going to give you an easy answer. If there was an easy answer you would already know what it was. This is about a deeply personal choice. It is about confusion over what is the ‘right’ thing to do to help people experiencing homelessness. It is about the feeling […]
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