Homelessness, addiction and prison: the compelling life story behind an artist’s new exhibition
An artist's exhibition in London opens on Wednesday 18 April. But the personal journey that brought the artist to this ...
Tag: homelessness
Homeless deaths have more than doubled over the last five years
A study by The Guardian found that the number of homeless people dying on the streets or in temporary accommodation ...
Grassroots groups are taking matters into their own hands over homelessness
As the UK's homelessness crisis continues to grip the country, grassroots groups are taking matters into their own hands (again). ...
Homelessness has reached ‘dramatic proportions’ in the UK, says new report
Homelessness has reached "dramatic proportions" in the UK, says a new report . For the lowest earning people, the cost ...
A raw and personal exhibition by a formerly homeless artist is breaking down barriers
A formerly homeless artist has launched his latest exhibition. It's a bold and challenging installation, showing the raw and personal ...
A court has just saved a corporation and thrown 160 homeless people out into the cold
A judge has just ruled that around 160 homeless people and rough sleepers are to be thrown back out onto ...
A tax-avoiding property developer is trying to evict a group of homeless people from a shelter
A property developer whose majority shareholder is registered in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands is trying to ...
A football legend is pulling the Conservative government apart on social media. It’s delicious.
A former international football player is getting a reputation on social media for speaking out against the Conservative government, especially ...
Enough is enough: homeless people have occupied a building in one of London’s richest areas
Amid the freezing weather, a grassroots homelessness group has taken direct action to try and stop the deaths on our ...
Hidden homeless. Small words for a very big problem.
We are, so the saying goes, 'only two pay packets from homelessness'. But these days, it's down to one. And it's true. ...
Police forced a homeless woman into the cold because rich people ‘didn’t want her dossing near them’
On Tuesday 27 February, police in Croydon reportedly moved a homeless woman onto the streets from a car park corridor ...
Homeless people will die in this weather. One grassroots group needs your help to prevent that.
This year, up and down the UK, homeless people have been dying. With the Met Office issuing severe weather warnings ...
Another rough sleeper has died. Society must turn a blind eye no longer.
Rob O'Connor, a rough sleeper from Essex, was found dead in a shop doorway on 23 February. He is not ...
A Conservative councillor sparks controversy for saying residents on a deprived estate aren’t ‘grateful’
A Conservative councillor in Oxfordshire has sparked controversy after comments about investment in an Oxford estate called Blackbird Leys. Gold-plated ...
One Facebook post from the police shows the despair of homeless people in the UK
A police force revealed in a social media post that a homeless man intentionally tried to get himself arrested. It ...
A homeless man has just been jailed ‘for his own good’. It’s part of a dangerous trend.
A homeless man from Bristol has been jailed for six months because he broke an injunction to stop him begging. ...
A homeless man just died outside parliament. Our government may as well have a policy to kill its own citizens.
The Metro has reported that a homeless man died in an underpass at Westminster tube station, just metres from parliament. ...
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