My name is Stuart Hooper and I am pleased to be starting my new role as Co-production and Engagement Manager for the Exeter Homeless Partnership. In reality, this means I will be responsible for supporting and enabling the various people and agencies across Exeter to take part in and contribute to our City wide response […]
Launchpad is Reading’s leading homelessness prevention charity, providing vital information and support for individuals, couples and families who don’t have a stable place to live or are at risk of losing their home. Launchpad’s annual pancake race took place a couple of months ago in Broad Street for the fifteenth time.Unlike last year, the rain […]
“When you’re living on the streets, and all ties to friends and family are cut, the will to live, and to carry on, becomes immensely hard” Charlie McGinley – former resident of the Salvation Army’s Willow House Hostel. Without a roof over your head, and without any means of income, it’s easy to turn down […]
Launchpad is Reading’s leading homelessness prevention charity, providing vital information and support for individuals, couples and families who don’t have a stable place to live or are at risk of losing their home. Last year, Launchpad’s Big Sleep Out raised over £20,000 and highlighted not only the problem for people sleeping rough in Reading but also […]
Everyone’s journey into and beyond homelessness is different. Multiple societal factors, multiple life situations and backgrounds, with multiple outcomes, underlining the fact that sometimes the system works and sometimes it doesn’t. And sometimes it’s a mix of the two, as is the case with Adam. Here’s to Adam and a brighter, more stable and happier […]
Written by Rachel Yates from the JustLife Foundation Everyone who works with vulnerable people has their one, the first death or the one which made the most impact, mine was Kevin. It was the shock of Kevin’s death which stuck with me as it was completely unexpected, he was starting to get help… It was […]
By Charlotte Willis (Project Support Worker) It was World Suicide Prevention Day last week and I was inspired to share my story. I am not one for displaying my feelings publicly, so it has been hard for me to publish this. On Saturday 13th April 2013 I was working at my local supermarket selling newspapers […]
How Leeds’s Joanna Project Gave One Woman Hope. This article appeared on the front page of the Yorkshire evening post and details the story of Helen (Not real name). Helen has struggled with addiction and homelessness and was supported by the Joanna Project, who work with many women including those who work on the street. […]
“I didn’t really see any light at the end of the tunnel…” Ryan Snape was homeless for a number of months and had given up on life after going through a relationship breakdown and using a number of different drugs. This article by the Yorkshire Evening Post details Ryan’s story and how the Charity CGL […]
A beautiful sunny lunchtime in Manchester. It seems to happen quite regularly these days, touch wood. Mooch from The Big Change and Graham from Street Support are heading to Chorlton to see Steph and Becky at Reach Out To The Community. Reach Out To The Community is a shop and community hub in which raises […]
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