Synopsis

The majority of people who sleep on the streets, and in hostels and night shelters are men. However, the number of women, particularly younger women, in these circumstances has increased (Anderson et al., 1993). They are often people with complex care and support needs, which go way beyond the provision of accommodation. But, as you will learn in this unit, complex needs are both a cause and a product of homelessness.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 The Swansea Cyrenians
2 Schemes run by Swansea Cyrenians in 1999
3 Biographical perspective: using pathways
4 Audio clip 1: John
5 Audio clip 2: Danny
6 Audio clip 3: Ernest
7 Audio clip 4: Paul
8 Comment on the audio clips
Next steps
References
Acknowledgements

 

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