Homelessness

Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’
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Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’

200,000 households in England ‘will be homeless this Christmas’
Hidden homelessness sofa surfing
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200,000 households in England ‘will be homeless this Christmas’

Homelessness in Scotland can end in a decade, say campaigners
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
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Homelessness in Scotland can end in a decade, say campaigners

Here’s what 24,000 homeless youngsters could eat this Christmas
Turkey and Christmas dinner on the left with
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Here’s what 24,000 homeless youngsters could eat this Christmas

‘I can be a role model’: How dance helped a young woman out of homelessness
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‘I can be a role model’: How dance helped a young woman out of homelessness

StreetVet vows to end ‘impossible choice’ between a pet and a home
Street Vet's Jade Statt helps man and pet staffie
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StreetVet vows to end ‘impossible choice’ between a pet and a home

Rural homelessness: How we can help 'hidden' rough sleepers
Rural homelessness is on the rise. Image: Mendhak / Flickr
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Rural homelessness: How we can help 'hidden' rough sleepers

Westminster's rough sleepers offered 'around the clock support' this winter
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Westminster's rough sleepers offered 'around the clock support' this winter

His Dark Materials' Ariyon Bakare: 'My homelessness meant total invisibility'
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His Dark Materials' Ariyon Bakare: 'My homelessness meant total invisibility'

Check out this graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness
The Book of Homelessness is a the world's first graphic novel made entirely by people affected by homelessness
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Check out this graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness

Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film
Ridley Scott teams up with End Youth Homelessness. Image: End Youth Homelessness
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Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film

Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers
Real Change vendor
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Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers

Government announces £15 million to help rough sleepers in lockdown
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
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Government announces £15 million to help rough sleepers in lockdown

UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist
Bran Symondson
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UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends
rough sleeper
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Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends

'Having no recourse to public funds violates my human rights'
Rough sleeper
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'Having no recourse to public funds violates my human rights'

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Why pets matter: New scheme ends heart-breaking choice for Scottish homeless
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Why pets matter: New scheme ends heart-breaking choice for Scottish homeless

Rubbish pet portraits raise thousands for homeless charity
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Rubbish pet portraits raise thousands for homeless charity

Plans to deport migrants for rough sleeping blasted as ‘callous’
Rough sleeper
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Plans to deport migrants for rough sleeping blasted as ‘callous’

West Midlands scheme aims to break cycle of homelessness and unemployment
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West Midlands scheme aims to break cycle of homelessness and unemployment

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