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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.
Compassion

Treating somebody with compassion can have a miraculous effect. However, many people experiencing homelessness are so often not afforded compassion, whether by people, authority or a system that callously neglects and punishes them.

Food

On how good the simple pleasure of cooking and eating a meal can make us feel. By Greta Gillett

News

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
News in Brief 147: Dec 2023 – Jan 2024

News in Brief by Sophie Dianne

Features

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

Not begging but drowning

On the dismal failure of government to confront the increase in homelessness in the UK and how policy has actively worsened the situation. By André Rostant

History lesson

A short introduction to a remarkable figure from the past you may not be familiar with. Elizabeth Heyrick’s support for homeless people in the 19th century resonates today. By Jocelyn Robson

PINT talk

An interview with Cee Star, founder of People in Need Today, a charity delivering outreach services to people experiencing homelessness in London. Interview by Sophie Dianne

Reflecting on things

The smallest things can lead us to reflect on our past and remind us of difficult times. It’s important to remember who you are and how far you have come, while also enjoying the little things, writes Greta Gillett

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 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

Issue 151: Comics

This issue's comics from our brilliant artists.

Jill's story

This is a moving story of a service user’s unique life journey of triumph over adversity and her fight to be heard. The story involves sensitive material some readers may find disturbing. Interview and accompanying words by Darren Harvey

Doing time, part I

In his previous misadventure, time-travelling sleuth McHaggis was arrested. Now he finds himself imprisoned with some strange characters, plotting an escape. Screenplay by Chris Sampson

Home is where the hope is

Three poems taking on the themes of home, loneliness and hope. Words by Marsha Glenn, Mohammed Musa and Janet Wilkes

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