940 meals have been provided by Pasta Remoli for the benefit of local #homeless friends since we were introduced by Dulal Ahmed, Employment Services Manager at Crisis UK, and Greg Mangham, Only a Pavement Away.
I’ve also passed the halfway mark of my #100milechallenge for Lonely Orphans - Sponsored by East End Cycles.
The pasta we have received at our Hedgecock Community Centre Foodbank over the Coronaviris and UK lockdown period has fed almost a thousand homeless people in hostels as well as rough sleepers - A phenomenal achievement.
Dulu (Abdullah) and I have focussed on young people too through our outreach services.
A report by youth homelessness charity Centrepoint has revealed that young people at risk of homelessness are being told by some councils to sleep rough in order to be housed in emergency hotel and hostel accommodation during the pandemic.
The shocking report has demonstrated how young people have been forgotten in recent government homelessness guidance and planning, as young people contacting the charity’s helpline said they were given no other choice but to sleep rough in order to access emergency accommodation provided by councils during the lockdown.
In recent months and during the lockdown Government support was focused on older rough sleepers, those who have spent years on the streets, without the nuanced consideration of the specific needs of young people.
Previously only 1/3 of Centrepoint’s young people had slept rough before the pandemic, but the number of people calling the Centrepoint helpline who are sleeping rough has doubled within three months. A leading cause of this has been family breakdown, where young people are made to leave home quickly without a transition in place due to strict lockdown laws and concerns of spreading COVID-19 to friends who would previously have offered couch surfing.
#homelessness #theanfieldtourist #hospitalityagainsthomelessness #thewanderinglondoner
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