Homeless at Christmas

People who are homeless or isolated can often find the festive season a particularly difficult and lonely time of year.

Listen to people who are homeless now, or have been in the past, talk about their feelings at Christmas, and how they cope with the festive season.

Audio: Homeless at Christmas - [1.06 MB] LIsten to this 1-minute audio clip in which former rough sleepers speak about their experiences of being homeless at Christmas

Photograph of a woman writing ideas on a wallchart

Noting ideas from the first audio group meeting at Chatbout

(If you cannot hear the audio, read the transcript from the link on the left.)

This piece of audio was conceived, recorded and created by people with experience of homelessness who are members of the Thames Reach audio group.

The members of the group urgently needs more minidisc recorders and other audio equipment. If you are able to help please contact Mike Nicholas on 020 7702 5646.