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All too often, the problem of access is overlooked when we think about the issues facing homeless people. We think about how terrible it must be to sleep out in the cold, or go hungry,… [Read More]

Written by Miriam Morris, Executive Director, Church Homeless TrustWinter is coming… And it is going to be a very hard one for homeless people in England. At the start of World Homeless Week, the wind… [Read More]

Written by Miriam Morris, CEO of Church Homeless Trust. In granting automatic planning permission for new homes and hospitals, the government are seeking to speed up building.  It won’t work, and it is a terrible… [Read More]

Back in May, Church Homeless Trust interviewed Elisha. Elisha is a shelter coordinator at St Patrick’s Church in Brighton and we’ve been supporting her work for some time. She had plenty to say about her… [Read More]

Universal Credit, a system campaigners have long criticised for its lack of transparency in decision-making, unjustifiably long wait times and cruel sanctioning structure, has come under further strain in recent weeks as over 100,000 new… [Read More]

In the wake of recent developments, CEO of Church Homeless Trust Miriam Morris urges the public to cease panic buying and think of the most vulnerable in society. Food banks have issued a plea to… [Read More]

Homelessness can cause a huge amount of emotional distress and add to existing mental health issues. For people experiencing anxiety or depression, it can be difficult to speak about upsetting memories, or process negative emotions…. [Read More]

A group of people recovering from homelessness have gone on a boat trip with their support workers. The Swingbridge narrowboats on the River Wey are staffed by long-term volunteers. They taught the group how to… [Read More]

We were extremely saddened to hear of the death of someone we recently helped. Rosie had recently moved into her own flat after a lifetime of instability. Before that, she was homeless for 11 years,… [Read More]

Homelessness deprives people of so many little things that we can take for granted. People staying at hostels may be recovering from mental health issues and substance misuse. They may have moved to an area… [Read More]