Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
Everything is hard before it is easy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Government figures show the number of people sleeping rough in England has increased by a third since 2010. In London alone, 6,437 people slept rough during 2012-13, a 62% rise in two years. Campaigners say there is a risk this trend could continue, given youth unemployment, the economic downturn and the pressures on low income families, combined with changes within welfare reform, reduction of public services and the general squeezing of housing supply and affordability of accommodation. The official figures do
Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin
According to a survey by the UCU lecturers’ union, third of young unemployed rarely leave house. The survey of youngsters not in education, employment or training – so-called Neets – found a third had experienced depression and more than a third “rarely left the house”. The poll examined views of some 1,000 youngsters aged 16-24 across the UK. The UCU’s Simon Renton said it showed the “personal impact” of unemployment. There are about 900,000 young people classified as being Neet and the lecturers’
