4 of 8 An impossible situation
“Living in a hostel is no life. It doesn’t help with my depression. The atmosphere feels like a graveyard in there.”
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“Living in a hostel is no life. It doesn’t help with my depression. The atmosphere feels like a graveyard in there.”
“I’m being told that I have to go to a hostel, I really don’t want to go. I know I will relapse. Everyone there takes drugs. I’m trying to stay sober, but they’re trying to force me to go.”
“I’ve been here for two months when I was told I would only be here 28 days. I’ve had flat viewings, I was even accepted for somewhere, but nothing came of it.”
“COVID has brought my life together and I’ve been handed help that I never got before…. I’m 68 years old and have been on the streets 5 years…”
In July 2020 Mayday was asked by Westminster City Council (WCC) to capture people’s experiences of lockdown during COVID-19; specifically, people who were sleeping rough, offered a space in a hostel, hotel or sought another solution. Mayday put together a team of seven people who went to London to strike up conversations with people who […]
You can’t end rough sleeping with a temporary solution. Even during an international pandemic when the doors to hotels and other forms of accommodation were opened, some people still feared the system that was supposed to help them so much that they chose to remain on the streets.
I recently hit the milestone of 10 years at Mayday and I have come to accept that there may not be the ‘homeless revolution’ I had once envisioned. That’s fine. My time at Mayday has taught me that my view is one of many and the direction to challenge the failing homeless system needs to […]
Richard Boylan, PTS Coach in Northamptonshire, reflects on the systems in place to support people through tough times – are we doing too much?
Andrew Durman, PTS Coach at Mayday Trust looks at the difference between being innovative and disruptive when working with people going through tough times.
Ciara Killeen, PTS Quality Assurance Manager at Mayday, provides an honest and heartfelt reflection of her personal experience of systems
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