Where do homeless people come from

The Children’s Society yesterday reported on the numbers of pre-teen runaways increasing (link below) and the risks that these young people face once they have fled their home or care. The report noted that a child runs away from home every five minutes in the UK and one in three of these will go unreported. [...]

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Pixie’s Story of Life on the Streets of Leeds

If you would like to help Simon on the Streets support homeless people in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield please check this link to make a donation or here if you would be interested in volunteering

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Positive Movement

I’ve worked with Terry for about 2 years now and for most of that time he’s been an entrenched rough sleeper. Terry was in care from an early age and soon resorted to crime – namely car theft and joy riding – to fill his time and stunt his boredom. The outcome of this was [...]

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Jimmy’s Journey

Jimmy came to Leeds from another city.  He had friends in Leeds who he was staying with, he needed to get out of the other city for reasons he doesn’t go into.  The friends he was staying with were drug users, like Jimmy was.  It wasn’t long before the inevitable fall out over money and [...]

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Who Do We Support?

He’s in his early twenties. I’ve been warned that he has a history of violence towards workers and that he’s been banned from most services in Leeds at some stage or another. He’s not really engaged with any agencies at all – he’s exactly the kind of person we should be working with. I’ve been [...]

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Who Do We Support – Shane

Shane told us about his situation and how heroin had played a major role in his problems.  He recalled when things reached their worst.  He found himself on a wet and cold night in Leeds city centre with nowhere to go.  He bumped into someone he knew who said he had somewhere they could sleep.  [...]

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Matthew’s Story

Early life and first introduction to drugs Matthew was born in Leeds in the late seventies. He had a good upbringing and a loving family, and went to a good school.  He suffered some bullying due to a cleft palate but feels this was not severe.    He first got involved with drugs at around [...]

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