Drug addiction

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Nick Marshall

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’
Homelessness

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
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Men born in the poorest areas of the country can expect to die 10.4 years sooner than those born in the richest areas

This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’
Homelessness

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
James Rose

So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

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