You are here:Home > News > Council News > Mayor helps to highlight plight of island's hidden homeless

Mayor helps to highlight plight of island's hidden homeless

Sunday, 29 October 2017 13:40

Her Worship has lent her support to The Hidden Homeless, a campaign by Housing Matters in association with Barclays to highlight the fate of people in housing crisis in the island. 

 

AHWM ASC9162 Medium

 

She joined volunteers from the charity and bank on Saturday October 28 on a sofa in Granville Street - one of three town-centre locations - to raise awareness of the plight of people, many young adults, forced to sleep on friends' couches (sofa-surfing). She explainedL ‘When you don't have a permanent address, things can become more difficult, claiming benefits to help you, applying for jobs and keeping your personal belongings safe, for example. It’s factors like these that crush a person’s self-confidence and make them feel they have no sense of worth.

 

 AGroup ASC9159 Medium

 

‘Homelessness is devastating, dangerous and isolating. That was why I chose to I support The Hidden Homeless campaign.’

 

 

 A ASC9146 Medium