World Autism Awareness Day and Homelessness
Now that there is more awareness around autism, the prevalence of diagnosis is growing but has the housing sector kept up with these...
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Janine S White
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
International women’s day 8th March
When we discuss homelessness or poverty, we often talk about the barriers and the dire circumstances that people are in. Today is...
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Josh Miller
- Nov 27, 2021
- 3 min
Should we have to ‘earn a living’?
The idea of ‘earning a living’, has been long ingrained into our society. Whether it’s family members, teachers, employers, friends or...
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Emily Erith
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Make it Green this Black Friday
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach, infusing panic across the retail and online space maybe this year is time for change. Not just...
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Janine S White
- Nov 6, 2021
- 4 min
Did You Think of the Homeless on World Suicide Day?
We know, we know, World Suicide Day came and went. We are over a month late but that is the intention. Who did you think about when you...
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rachelcgeorge
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Can Rent Controls Solve the Housing Crisis?
A recent Ipso Mori poll, found that 71% of people supported the idea of rent controls. Many organisations such as Shelter, The Green...
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amberleydavis
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Homeless Motherhood Experience
It is not known just how many homeless women in the UK are pregnant or have dependent children. This is not surprising given that the...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Energy Crisis
You’ll have seen the news stories this week about the rising cost of gas. Worried? We are too. What does this mean for families already...
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rachelcgeorge
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Disability Groups Request Extension
The Disability Benefits Consortium and Disabled People Against Cuts have published an open letter to the Government, requesting that they...
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amberleydavis
- Aug 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Hidden Homeless
When we think of homelessness, images of sufferers squatting on the streets come to mind. But this is just one brand of homelessness.
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Emily Erith
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
What are Clothes?
Clothes, one wears them every day, an often unconscious aspect of modern society’s daily routine, but what is the true value of these...
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- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
Toxic Relationships, Is It Really Worth Staying?
My ex partner used to tell me he knew my mind better than I knew it myself. He knew MY mind better than I knew it. Now if that’s not a...
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- May 1, 2021
- 3 min
Community and Interdependence
We can’t really avoid being part of a community. Even the most reclusive members of society are in a sense part of a community of...
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Katie Piercy
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
It Can Happen to Anyone
How do people become homeless? We all tend to assume it will never happen to us, but the truth is, it can happen to anyone. Couples may...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
What Do We Owe Others?
No doubt we have all heard someone say (or have ourselves said), “I don’t owe anyone anything”, “I owe you nothing”, “nobody owes you...
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- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Compassion
As we approach Easter there is growing excitement about the relaxation of lockdown restrictions. There is a feeling that we are pretty...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
Silence and Reflection
Yesterday, the 23rd March, the UK marked the one-year anniversary of the first Covid lockdown with a moment of silence. The ’national day...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Hope and Despair
According to the organisation Museum of Homelessness, there were 976 recorded deaths among the homeless last year (2020) in Britain, a...
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- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
What Homelessness Means
Many of us have a home and it is easy to take this for granted. As has been explored in a previous article, which you can read here,...
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- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
Valentine's Day
Tomorrow, 14th of February, is Valentine’s Day. Named after Saint Valentine, the patron saint of love (among other things), Valentine’s...
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