Drug addiction
London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’
London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’
The Addiction Clinical Care Suite based at St Thomas’ Hospital in Lambeth is set to close over a £1m funding shortfall despite homelessness crisis as health secretary Wes Streeting says: ‘We can’t write these people off’
I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Nick Marshall is a foundation apprentice at Lifetime Training. For National Apprenticeship Week, he explains how pathway into work has helped him from leaving the care system to overcoming homelessness and drug addiction
This is what it’s like to fall into hidden homelessness: ‘I felt like a burden’
This is what it’s like to fall into hidden homelessness: ‘I felt like a burden’
Tom, 22, lost his home and his job just days before Christmas. He endured a brief sofa surfing spell before turning his life around
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’
This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’
So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
