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‘I just want to live my life’: Meet the homeless 21-year old who’s gone viral on TikTok

‘I just want to live my life’: Meet the homeless 21-year old who’s gone viral on TikTok

by William Atherton | Jun 4, 2026 | Homelessness, Jobs / Unemployment, News, Real Voices

Photo: Ronnie Oakley A man has gone viral on Tik Tok after setting up a GoFundMe to help him escape homelessness, and find permanent housing. Ronnie Oakley, 21, has been homeless for two years. Despite keeping a private life by not disclosing his location or exact...
‘I ran a homeless charity, and I was homeless’: Amanda Evans on surviving abuse

‘I ran a homeless charity, and I was homeless’: Amanda Evans on surviving abuse

by Max Hayward | Jun 3, 2026 | Featured, Homelessness, Real Voices

Photo: Amanda Evans The door of the pawn shop swung shut behind her. In her hand was £150, the price of her wedding ring, the price of starting again. Amanda Evans had walked out of the Building Society with the realisation that her husband had taken everything, the...
From homeless to heard: How one man’s homelessness experience inspired a podcast challenging stigma

From homeless to heard: How one man’s homelessness experience inspired a podcast challenging stigma

by Ewan Aulton | Jun 2, 2026 | Crafting Change, Homelessness, Real Voices

Photo: Barry Callaghan The podcast host using lived experience to challenge homelessness stigma one story at a time. Sitting behind a microphone in a small recording room in King’s Cross, Barry Callaghan listens as another guest shares their experience of...
An expert’s insight into the planning of anti-homeless architecture

An expert’s insight into the planning of anti-homeless architecture

by Arko Dutta | May 29, 2026 | Deep Dives, Homelessness

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Terrabass Go for a walk through any British city centre. Public sitting areas, be it benches or the edge of a water fountain, are being subjected to a silent redesign that is filtering out those without a roof on their head. According...
‘Someone saw me as human’: The former prisoner who turned trauma into poetry

‘Someone saw me as human’: The former prisoner who turned trauma into poetry

by George Van Oudenhove De St Gery | May 22, 2026 | Addiction, Homelessness, Real Voices

“Ten years ago I was mentally ill, seeing and hearing things that weren’t real, I committed various offences related to my mental health, I was eating from bins injecting heroin and methamphetamine, and I went to prison.  “Austenciably, my life was over. Today, I am...
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