It’s a soup-run, but it’s not about soup

We had a great soup-run in Leeds last night.  Our purpose is to provide a good atmosphere for people who are out on the streets –not to attract people to the streets.  The food we offer, from our perspective is a means to an end – we are not trying to feed the hungry but [...]

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Are you cops?

One of the volunteers and I were walking through the centre of Leeds last night on our way up to the soup-run when we spotted a couple of guys who we had seen at the soup-run a few weeks before.  We didn’t really know them but had had a quick chat with them.  As we [...]

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Try Again; Yet Again

Another film from Simon on the Streets Support the work of Simon on the Streets

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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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ending rough sleeping?

I have noticed that one of my clients, Paul, has been looking more and more unwell over the past few weeks.  He said he had been assaulted a few weeks ago by a large group of people and has been feeling ill ever since.  He is also rough sleeping after being evicted from a hostel [...]

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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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Fiona’s First Days

My work background is pretty varied.  I first studied IT at university but dropped out to look after my husband, Chris, when he got ill.  I eventually graduated with a 2:1 in Archaeology and Prehistory from Sheffield University and spent some time on digs in this country and a few months in Greece.  After that [...]

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Simon on the Streets at Work

I started working with the Simon on the Streets Community in April of this year. As a new worker your first weeks consist of trawling around town and getting your face known. The most visible group of people we work with wear fluorescent orange vests and sell the big issue. Through my daily chats with [...]

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A Volunteer’s Perspective

I have been a volunteer with Leeds Simon Community since March 2007. I first heard about the Leeds Simon Community whilst running a project through Leeds University called Homed. Homed is a project that aims to increase the awareness and involvement of health care students in the field of homelessness. It works in 2 hostels [...]

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Rough Sleeping, Street Homelessness and Homelessness

Rough-Sleeping People sleeping rough or bedded down in the open air (such as streets, in doorways, parks or bus shelters) people in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations or bashes). The definition does not include people in hostels or shelters or other sites [...]

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