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Managing menopause

Groundswell advice on understanding menopause and how to treat symptoms

Taking action

Information on a London food outreach service, Action Against Food Poverty. Written by Kate Brewin and Robert Straw

Come cook with us

A community-led cookbook in Barking & Dagenham aims to empower residents, including those experiencing homelessness, to prepare nutritious, low-cost meals. By Emdad Rahman

Your rights: Groundswell Health Update

Everybody has the right to good health. Read this reproduction of a Groundswell pocket guide to learn more about your healthcare rights

Good news cycle

FoodCycle nourish communities with food and conversation. Emdad Rahman visited one of its London services to find out more

Surviving Summer - Groundswell Health Update
Hot weather carries risks. Groundswell staff have some tips on beating the heat this summer.

News

News in Brief 152: October - November 2024
News in Brief by the Pavement team
News in Brief 151: August – September 2024

News in Brief by Pilar Thorley-Saiz

News in Brief 150: June – July 2024
News in Brief by Sophie Dianne
News in Brief 149: Apr – May 2024

News in Brief by Sophie Dianne

Budget woes

An update on what the Scottish Budget means for the country’s spiralling housing crisis. Spoiler: it’s not good. By Olivia Boyce

International emergency
Why solving homelessness needs to be a priority for politicians across the globe, why it isn't one now – and how it can become one. By Eric Protein Moseley

Features

Change is constant

They say that things changing is life’s only constant. Words on what change looks like and whether it is a good thing. By André Rostant

Finding Rat Park

A new book on navigating the maze of addiction recovery releases in October. Here, the author discusses their experience in recovery, writing a book and explains what Rat Park means. By Denise Harrison

Harsh winter

On the challenges facing homeless people during winter and the urgent action needed to reverse a worsening crisis. By Emdad Rahman

Homeless ombudsman

Simple Simon writes on the need for an ombudsman for homeless people, drawing on some personal experience

A people's history

The Museum of Homelessness has published its first book A People’s History of Finsbury Park. Marsha Glenn shares highlights from the book launch event

Barriers to healthcare

Thoughts on the difficulties and stigma people experiencing homelessness face when trying to access healthcare. By Mat Amp

Opinion

Reading material

A review of a new book focusing on homelessness, The Way Home, by David Bullock. Review by Sophie Dianne

Moving on from Addiction

Taking inspiration from Portugal, how can people with addiction issues be supported through the experience and, ultimately, move on. By Viki Fox

Ace up the sleeve

A recently toured play by Cardboard Citizens shows the power and importance of storytelling. By Sophie Dianne

A tale of two cities

The similarities and differences in homeless policy in New York and London. With a view to what comes next. By Eric Protein Moseley

Carry on farce

The NHS faces cuts as demand grows. There is some hope, but, alas, found almost exclusively in the mind of the Pavement’s resident daft sod, Chris Sampson

Crack squirrels

In a world constantly vying for our attention, our deputy editor at times felt lost in it all. He talks about distraction, addiction, cracking on in life and, well, crack squirrels. By Mat Amp

Obituaries

Much too young: Kevin & Alex
Kevin and Alex are the reality behind the stats. Someone who sleeps rough has an average age of 47. Life expectancy in the UK is 81.
Florida homeless paper's editor dead
Suicide of Tampa Epoch’s founder leaves paper’s future in doubt
The names
Annual service remembers 146 homeless men and women
Alexander Withers
Wee Alex is badly missed by his friends and colleagues in Glasgow,
Commemorating friends and companions
The annual service of commemoration at St Martin’s was, as usual, touching and heart-breaking
GERALD DENNY (GED)

Gerald Denny (Ged). Born: 02/03/55 Died: 08/12/18. Funeral: 17/05/19. Obit from Samir Jeraj (sent in August 2019).

Your voice

Doing time, part III

In this final instalment of time-travelling sleuth McHaggis, our imprisoned protagonist continues to argue with his fellow prisoners, each itching to escape. Screenplay by Chris Sampson.

From Dundee to Nirvana

A short story by Chris Bird

Homeless hero

With Remembrance Sunday observed on 11 November, our writer reminds readers of a lesser-known hero from the Second World War. Words by Liam Court-Road

Issue 152: Comics

This issue's comics from our brilliant artists.

Doing time, part II

Time traveller McHaggis is serving time, arrested under draconian laws. As he plots an escape, he bickers with fellow inmates and struggles with prison guards.
Screenplay by Chris Sampson

In desperation, they wrote

Formatted in prose paragraphs, while written in rhyming couplets, before Christy Fleming describes the desperate situation many people in Ireland find themselves in amidst a housing crisis

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