Name: Darren Clinton
Date registered: September 21, 2010
Mar
11
Source: The Londonist The number of people London councils have accepted as homeless has seen a increased 36% in a year, compared with a 14% rise in homelessness nationally according to figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government. Waltham Forest has the highest proportion in the country, with 2.55 out of every 1,000 …
Feb
19
Source: The Guardian A shortage of private accommodation in London could mean homeless people are moved as far away as Hull, where rents are cheaper, housing charities are warning. They fear there will be an exodus from the capital of people at the bottom of the housing ladder as the coalition’s Localism Act, which comes …
Jan
15
Source: Hackey Citizen A new initiative is seeking Hackney homeowners or tenants willing to rent a spare room to single people who are vulnerably housed or sofa surfing. The idea, called Homelink, has been launched by the Quaker Social Action (QSA) housing team, aims to show people in the borough how they can help change …
Dec
22
There is an unknown number of people ‘sofa surfing’ in London. That’s people sleeping on the sofas of friends, relatives or even strangers. And this is a form of homelessness that’s hidden from the official figures. It’s impossible to know how many people are living like this and the instability can affect their health, education …
Nov
05
Over the second Bank Holiday back in May 2011, a group of nine experienced cyclists and friends of NLAH set off on their third (and now seemingly annual) cycling challenge. With their pedigree established and battle scars proudly worn from previous tours – the group set off to cycle from Windsor to Cardiff with a …
Oct
23
Source: london24.com A man found lying unconscious in a north London street died from head injuries. The 48-year-old homeless Pole national was found in Manse Road, Stoke Newington, on October 12. He died last week in Royal London Hospital. Police are treating his death as unexplained. “It is unclear how Mr Krupa received his injuries …
Oct
07
Some 80 years after George Orwell chronicled the lives of the hard-up and destitute in his book Down and Out in Paris and London, what has changed? Retracing the writer’s footsteps, Emma Jane Kirby finds the hallmarks of poverty identified by Orwell – addiction, exhaustion and, often, a quiet dignity – are as apparent now …
Aug
26
A small group (of 7) Londoners made a silly decision to attempt one not so silly challenge. The great 3 Peaks Challenge! They will be attempting to climb the three highest peaks in the UK in 24 hours. It involves about 42 kilometres (26 mi) of ascent and descent and 765 kilometres (475 mi) of …
Jul
30
The Great Eight – John Hegley, Stewart Lee, Kevin Eldon, Dave Johns, Bridget Christie, Andrew Bailey, Cath Drake and Simon Munnery – performed at a benefit gig for North London Action for the Homeless on Friday 29 July in front of a sell-out crowd at the Bloomsbury Theatre. The collection of artists amused, bemused and …
Jun
03
Source: The Evening Standard – 23 May 2011 David Cohen of The Evening Standard reports on a night spent in Victoria with its community of rough sleepers, and he discusses the impact of a proposed bylaw that aims to ban outdoor soup runs: “The theatre crowd have long gone, the streets are thinning out, and …