Albion's Homeless

Room In This Heart
Band Aid 1984
World Hunger
comic relief
Poverty: Notes From Albion's Shores
Albion's Homeless
grief never grows old
grief never grows old: part 2
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
One Way Out
Seizing The Day
Unlearning and Learning
ONE

With No Place To Go

Another Day In Paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
’sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me? ’

He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice, it’s another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she’s been crying
She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet
Can’t walk but she’s trying

Oh think twice...

Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she’s been there
Probably been moved on from every place
’cos she didn’t fit in there
oh think twice.........
© Phil Collins. 1989

Research by St.Mungo’s reveals that 1 in 4 homeless people in London are over 50. Of these 47 % have a physical health problem and 43% have 4 or more problems as well as being homeless.
 
1 in 4 homeless people are over the age of 50.
 
50% have been homeless more than two years, (nearly 1 in 3 have been homeless more than 5 years).
50% have physical health problems.
 
Nearly 50% have mental health problems.
 
Over 50% have problems with alcohol.
 
74% have no next of kin (from a separate question asked of 1,380 homeless people, 317 of whom were 50 or over).
 
statistics courtesy of St. Mungo's
Leading London's services for
people who are homeless
and most vulnerable.

Help The Aged

an agency for young
homeless people.
 the leading charity in the UK
helping homeless and socially
excluded young people to
rebuild their lives
 

a new piece of research by
The UK Coalition on
Older Homeless People
and Homeless Link was
launched in Birmingham on
21st October 2004.

Emmaus Communities offer
homeless men and women 
a home, work and the chance
to rebuild their self-respect in
a supportive, community
 environment.
 

Britain's Invisible City
It's time that Hidden Homelessness
was recognised as a major
social problem facing Britain today.

the leading source of
information on publications
and training on homelessness

This site looks at some
of the big questions about
young people and housing
and homelessness.

Shelter knows that bad
housing wrecks lives, so
they're working hard to ensure
everyone has a home.
they  help 100,000 people
a year fight for their rights,
get back on their feet, and
find and keep a home.

the Coalition is a UK lobby group
of housing and homelessness
agencies concerned with raising
the profile of older homeless
people in the UK.

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