Tag: Homeless
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Beyond Repeal: Why is homelessness still criminalised?
In 1824, as Britain grappled with the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, Parliament passed a law to “clean up” the streets by criminalising the poor. Two centuries later, as we reach May 2026, the Vagrancy Act is finally facing its end—but a new, quieter crisis is taking its place. On 28 May, a landmark panel…
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The “Green” Wall: A Monument to Systematic Failure at Heal’s
For over a century, the Heal’s Building on Tottenham Court Road has been more than a temple to high-end furniture; it has been a landmark of architectural refuge. But as the building’s new corporate owners, KKR and General Projects, move forward with their “repositioning” of the site as The Manufactory, a new and cynical feature…
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Weaponising food during international conflict is a crime against humanity
We call for the Declaration of Human Rights to be rightfully enforced.
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Grassroots groups warn of coming ‘humanitarian disaster’ on World Homeless Day.
This World Homeless Day – 10.10.20 – the UK’s only grassroots COVID-19 homeless task force is calling for the government not to abandon people who are sleeping rough as the winter fast approaches. The taskforce includes Streets Kitchen, Museum of Homelessness, and The Outside Project who all carry out frontline work with people who are…
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Here are just some 367 names of the 799 homeless deaths in last eighteen months.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalists logged 799 people who died homeless across the UK in the last 18 months. We have 367 where we can name them. 61 where we agreed to anonymise And 327 where we don’t know the name.
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Camden: Enough is Enough, 12 Nov 6pm: #NoMoreDeathsOnOurStreets
After another needless tragic ‘homeless’ death on the streets of #Camden, just how many deaths is it going to take before a local emergency is recognised & dealt with?
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Response to recent Guardian article claiming homeless people cause NHS missed targets
In a recent article published in the Guardian, the head of the British Dental Association referred to people experiencing homelessness as “no hopers” in the context of current dental commissioning. We – a coalition of members of the dental profession,