Today we are going to the funeral of one of our service users. In the ten years that I have been involved in this kind of work I have been to far too many of these. As with any other funeral it is a time to reflect on the good memories we have, which really [...]
Archive for the ‘Poverty’ Category
They’re just unjust deserts… or are they?
Posted in Poverty, problematic behaviour, support work, tagged children, poverty on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Listening to BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show yesterday left me feeling deflated. In a debate about the archaic cliché “the deserving and undeserving poor” the overwhelming message coming back from callers and interviewees seems to be that we should stop giving out state benefits to those who are not deemed to be deserving of [...]
Dissecting people with social problems
Posted in emotional support, Poverty, rough sleeping, tagged children, poverty, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping on July 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to a report out today: “The gap between the poorest pupils and their better-off peers in struggling schools in England is wider than in other schools, research suggests.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14082644 In schools below the national average standard a Sutton Trust study found that primary school children eligible for free school meals were half as likely [...]
Where do homeless people come from
Posted in addiction, emotional support, Health, heroin, homeless, mental health, motivation, Poverty, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping, street homelessness, tagged addiction, alcohol, children, emotional support, engagement, homeless, Homelessness, offending behaviour, rough sleeper, rough sleeping, street homelessness, support work on July 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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. [...]
Ombudsman warns councils
Posted in homeless, Poverty, rough sleeping, tagged engagement, homeless, Homelessness, poverty, rough sleeper, rough sleeping on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The local Government Ombudsman has expressed concerns around how Local Authourities behave when people seek help and advice around their homelessness issues in the current economic climate. ‘Gatekeeping’ is the term that keeps popping up. We certainly find it frustrating that the people we support who really struggle to engage well with support services and [...]
More news of Family Finance
Posted in Poverty, tagged poverty on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Further to yesterday’s blog post (Fairness?) the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have released a report on income standards for 2011. (see the full report at http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/minimum-income-standard-2011-full.pdf ). The part that fits with what we were saying yesterday, in summary is: “For families with children, by contrast, the earnings required to make ends meet have risen much faster [...]
The cause of homelessness?
Posted in homeless, Poverty, tagged homeless, Homelessness, poverty on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s really tough trying to find absolutes in defining causes of homelessness. But one theme that is hugely common amongst our service users is having challenging childhoods. There’s a bit of a myth around homelessness – that it ‘could happen to anyone’. Strictly speaking that is true, but in reality the overwhelming majority are from [...]
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