The provision of public toilets has gone down the drain in towns across the UK, leaving us with the question how can anything improve if we cant get the basic necessities?
Social Exclusion
Ecstasy, imprisonment, and artivism: Carlotta Allum on both sides of the system
Photo credit: Carlotta Allum Paid £5,000 to import ecstasy from the UK, Carlotta Allum was met with the police when she landed LAX in 1996. It was here that the city of angels would become her personal hell. After six months in prison, avoiding a lengthy sentence, and...
Disability isn’t a tragedy, being excluded is
Photo: Evenbreak Diversity isn't just about hitting a quota, Evenbreak is teaching employers how becoming more inclusive can allow them to tap in to a new pool of talent. Evenbreak is the only global job board run by and for disabled people. It is an award-winning...
Behind the initiative turning food waste into hope
In 2013, a ground-breaking food project was launched, focusing on one simple idea: taking supermarket food waste and turn it into meals for the community.
‘I thought the radio was talking to me’: inside a manic breakdown
What happens when the one thing you trust most,your own mind,starts to betray you? Writer Horatio Clare takes us inside the experience of bipolar mania, where delusions feel purposeful rather than chaotic. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Clare recounts how he slowly confronted reality, rebuilt his life, and ultimately found recovery. His story highlights not just the challenges of the condition, but the resilience and hope that come with overcoming it.
Charity CEO’s advice for building a life after prison
In the age of the internet, employers often search up candidates online. What do you do if the first thing that comes up is a news article featuring your mugshot? Uproute asked Unlock’s CEO Paula Harriott to help answer questions like this.
Behind the red brick walls: inside Sheffield’s St Wilfrid’s Centre
At a time when loneliness, homelessness and social exclusion are affecting people across the UK, Uproute steps inside St Wilfrid’s Centre to explore how small moments of connection can help people rebuild their lives.
Five myths about social exclusion, and what it really means in Britain
Social exclusion is often reduced to poverty, homelessness or personal failure. But in Britain today, it is a wider process of being cut off from work, housing, healthcare, digital access, relationships and public life.