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Compassion
01 April 2024

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.

Crisis at Christmas 2023
01 December 2023

Details for the Crisis at Christmas day centres for 2023, including location, opening days and what’s on. By Crisis staff, with supporting writing from the Pavement

Hope springs eternal
01 April 2023

Whether you’re a dreamer or a realist, hope is a comfort we all indulge in from time to time. And when better to let hope take hold than the spring?

Housing Information - Your Rights
01 February 2023
Crisis at Xmas
01 December 2022

Crisis cordially invites you to celebrate the holidays at one of its Crisis at Xmas centres. This year there will be four centres in London and one in Edinburgh, read on for more information

Ian Kalman’s podcast
01 September 2021

Ian Kalman’s unique brand of wit and charm available on podcast

News

News in Brief 152: October - November 2024
01 October 2024
News in Brief by the Pavement team
Dispatch from Camden
01 December 2023

Notes from a meeting after the shocking viral video of homeless people having their tents and belongings destroyed. Words by the Pavement team

Street Scene
01 February 2023

Chris Bird’s Street Scene (centre) pictured on display at Sotheby’s.

Best of Times... Worst of Times...
01 December 2022

Paul Atherton (right) and Mike Stokoe pictured in front of their collaborative cartoon at the Cartoon Museum

Photostories 131: Mar-Apr 2021
01 March 2021

Photos with a story!

Photostories 130: Jan-Feb 2021
10 January 2021
Photos with a story!

Features

Taking the next step
01 December 2023

As ever, the end of one year and start of a new one is a convenient time to reflect on the journey you’ve been on so far, and to think about what you want to do next. Many of us will be unsure about what we want or how to take that next step.

The homeless community
01 June 2023

What does community mean to you? Whatever it may be, most of us can agree it’s something we all crave and care for

New beginnings
01 February 2023

So far as symbolic, clichéd times of the year go, there’s nothing like the start of a new one to get the mind racing.

Winter and homeless
01 December 2022

Winter is often the harshest season, but every person experiencing homelessness has a friend in the Pavement.

Survival stories
01 September 2020

Our readers will know what difficulties they’ve faced during the Covid-19 lockdown. Here’s a shout out to some of the people and places who’ve offered help

Reasons to be cheerful
01 July 2019

Where do you go when you are suddenly homeless? At writing workshops run by the Pavement we asked young people at New Horizon day centre in King’s Cross and the Pilion Trust in Islington, which runs the Crashpad youth shelter, to share ideas about how to pass time safely until life gets better again.

Opinion

You've got a friend
01 May 2020

Ideas for lockdown life with and without WiFi from the Pavement writers

Tough times
01 May 2019
Lawrence Blake is dealing with insecure housing and mental health problems

Obituaries

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Your voice

Sharing your creativity
22 May 2020
Thank you for reading our Health & Wellbeing in a Crisis booklet and then sharing your fantastic words and images created during lockdown. Contributions from Chris Bird, Raymond Reilly, Rosie Roksoph, Chris Sampson, Sheila Wells and Alyson. If you want to see your work published here, please email nicola@thepavement.org.uk
October – November 2024 : Change

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