Tag: homelessness
A City Turned Upside Down by Rosie Stenhouse Lockdown City streets lie empty No longer bustling with tourists and office workers Buildings, like sentries, line…
What does trust look like to you? For someone to leave a situation like this, when they presumably have had many other offers to do so, indicates something pretty…
We Lived on a Planet We lived on a planet so full of wonder and despair Of beauty and neglect, and hopelessness and care An ever shifting…
This tweet in May 2020 was by a frontline worker who had a meeting outside sitting on a bench where one of the people they support lived for…
Imagine (if you can) Imagine you live in a single room Share a toilet and shower with ten others Imagine people knock on your door – 10pm,…
Living Through Covid As I look around my living room and close over the door I stare out the window in a box like state I no…
Frontline workers in outreach were in a unique situation – when everyone else was stuck working from home in front of their screen, they had the run of…
There’s freedom in working in fresh green spaces. The colours of the gorse in Spring lifts the spirits. During this time – the most severe of lockdowns to…
A Crisis Emerging by Rosie Stenhouse Sometime autumn 2019: In another corner of the world A virus, invisible, Silent moves through the population Occupying their bodies…
Relationships by Rosie Stenhouse We are relational Talking Face to face Building trust Listening Hearing Feeling Taking time Walking alongside Supporting Persuading Informing Helping…
As time went on, we all felt the loss of seeing friends, of that ‘real life’ interaction. This was so hard for people who were used to living…
Most people benefitted from finally having some stability in their lives, a dry place to sleep and nutritious food daily. But despite the great efforts of frontline workers…
Milestone House was set up during the Covid19 pandemic as a 10 bed step-up/step-down unit for people experiencing homeless who were discharged from acute hospital care. Puggy the…
The Creative Care Boxes were a way to share experiences, with kindness – a cuppa and a biscuit, as well as giving a helping hand to those who…
Everyone Home by Rosie Stenhouse Everyone off the streets Everyone accommodated Everyone safe from covid19 Prescriptions delivered Food delivered No need to go out …
This song was written, sung, played and recorded by one of the participants of the Living Through Covid project. Creative responses have been key to producing this research,…
