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Compassion and understanding for people who experience homelessness
This is an extract from an essay, submitted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, in which Jeannette Ward draws on her professional background working with children within mental health services and as an adult therapist, and of her own childhood experiences of homelessness
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What does being homeless really look like today?
In this entry for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, Owen Larkowsky writes about his experiences being homeless and what needs to change
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Homelessness in my Lifetime
In her entry for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, Anne-Marie Harrison reflects on her experience of working in the homelessness sector for 50 years, including changes in attitudes.
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Homeless in Paradise
In Molly Pipe's entry for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, she speaks with locals about the housing crisis on the beautiful Isles of Scilly
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What's in a Life?
What's in a Life? was submitted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness by Cameron Baillie. Cameron wrote this piece after feeling devastated at the sheer volume of homelessness he witnessed when he moved to London.
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HOSTEL
Isabel Aitken's piece, submitted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, explores the lives of Tarek, Patrick and John, who are all living in the same hostel
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May 30, 2024
Remembering Jeremy Swain: A Remarkable Friend and Colleague
Dr Ligia Teixeira, CEO at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, writes a tribute to Jeremy Swain.
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May 31, 2024
Can We Really End Rough Sleeping?
With the latest government figures showing the highest rise in rough sleeping for many years in England, and the current Mayor of London committed to ending rough sleeping by 2030, Mick Clarke, CEO of The Passage, reflects on if we truly can end rough sleeping.
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