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March 2nd, 2012 by Mike BarrettStoking up hatred for the homeless
To say certain corners of the media are working hard at stoking up hatred for some of the most vulnerable people in our so-called society is, to say the least, an understatement. In a recent Daily Mail article (which we won’t link to), Steve Doughty said that the numbers of people sleeping rough have been … read full post
February 2nd, 2012 by Mike BarrettPerhaps single homeless people just aren’t vulnerable enough
Despite vital new funding for Porchlight in the form of £250k from the Homeless Transition Fund and £160k from Crisis, this year is going to be one of the most testing and challenging the supported housing sector as a whole has ever faced. The austerity measures will really start to bite and the incumbent “reforms” … read full post
December 6th, 2011 by Mike BarrettWe will be judged by future generations
Reading a recent edition of Inside Housing Magazine, Jeremy Swain, CEO at Thames Reach, a London- based charity helping the homeless, raises a very interesting point. Following a visit to a soup kitchen on The Strand he comes across an ex-tenant of theirs and assumes wrongly that he has lost the accommodation he secured some … read full post
November 8th, 2011 by Mike BarrettSurely compassion is a basic human instinct?
Loneliness, or “social isolation” as the social scientists like to label it, appears to be the debate of the month. Both Prospect Magazine and the RSA’s autumn journal discuss the impact or likely impact of growing older and the importance of building up friendships to see one through the desolate years following the death of … read full post
October 3rd, 2011 by Mike BarrettAn unfair, uncaring and unworkable society
I think it was Aristotle who said, “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” It appears those words are so very relevant today. The recent London riots happened as a result of a mixture of poverty, criminality and a lack of moral discipline. The question is now being asked why? And yet the voices … read full post
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