Our Guide to Helping Rough Sleepers this Summer
As our winter guide for helping rough sleepers in cold weather was so popular, we thought we’d put out a
June 24, 2020
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Homelessness
Homelessness After the Pandemic
This morning I read a BBC headline: “Coronavirus: Thousands of homeless ‘back on streets by July’”. Tragically, this is neither
June 4, 2020
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Do people choose to be homeless?
Recently, Conservative MP Adam Holloway received criticism for his claims in parliament that many rough sleepers choose to be on
February 28, 2020
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Our guide to helping rough sleepers this winter
*edited 29th October 2020 in light of Covid-19* In the festive season, it is not only homelessness charities that are
December 2, 2019
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The danger of “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric
As gang and knife crime have become ever-present in the news, the government tries to comfort the public with a
October 28, 2019
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Prison and homelessness
Time after time, we see people come out of prison and have nowhere to go. How can we expect people
September 9, 2019
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Understanding Homeless Women
An insight into the issues facing homeless women and the need to treat them as a specific vulnerable client group.
July 1, 2019
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No fixed abode: The limits of having no address
It is increasingly obvious how many systems in the UK are inaccessible to homeless people: not having an address can
June 25, 2019
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Housing First- Bench’s CEO explains it
Our CEO Declan Flynn explains the origins, logistics, and challenges of maintaining a Housing First programme in London. I have
June 19, 2019
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