Homelessness is not a rare urcrance in the Uk. Many struggle to have a roof on top of their heads. Thinking about this leads you to think is ‘Great Britain’ great? Between 2015-2016 8000 people were homeless. The question is therefore if the Uk is a so-called ‘developed’ country then why are there thousands of people who to go sleep without a roof which they can call home. Have you ever walked around London and see empty buildings or offices? Somehow the government has no plans offering empty spaces for the homeless in the near future. This shows how the Uk is struggling with poverty.

Living without a home of your own is a devastating experience.  A lot of places where homeless sleep are unacceptable for a regular human habitation. More than 8000 homeless in the Uk and somehow these people have to rest somewhere. Common places homeless people sleep are storage units, cars, motels, tent cities, parks, streets, foreclosed houses and couches. It is an estimated that over 8000 Londoners are homeless. One of the causes of house poverty is benefit cuts, benefits help the people who can’t afford to call a place their home.

Poverty affects one in four children in the UK today. When kids grow up poor they miss out the things most Children take for granted: warm Clothes, school trips, having friends.Research say that children in poverty Are likely to do badly in school. Child poverty is common more than you expect in London, many are because of benefit cuts from their parents.A family might move into poverty due to a rise in living cost, drop in earnings through jobs loss or benefit changes. Child poverty has long lasting effects. By GSCE, there is a 28 percent gap between children receiving free schools meal and their wealthier peers in terms of the numbers achieving at least 5A*-c GSCE grades.

Over ¼ of children in poverty in the UK, that’s more than we all thought. But they are largely ignored by politicians. Children who live in a larger family have a greater risk of been affected by poverty due to benefit cuts. Families experience poverty for many reasons, but its main reasons is not having enough money To cope with the circumstances in which they are living in.

Thirteen million people live below the poverty line in the UK, with individuals going hungry every day for a range of reasons, from benefit delays to receiving an unexpected bill . This is the reason that there are lots of homeless people that are going to food banks. During the years food banks across the UK have been giving out millions of boxes which contain food to the homeless.  I spent my day at Croydon food bank and I met a guy called Steve. Steve is living in a council house struggling to pay an extra £304 rent money a month. He just has a day to magical make money appear through thin air. Unfortunately,  Steve has two boys aged from three to eight. Steve said ” If I can’t shelter my two sons, then why do I exist as a father” Later after that horrific visit, I went to a food bank in central London hoping it would be better as it was central. But i was wrong it was full to the brim to just get food. The word hope isn’t a word that exist in this food bank. I spoke to Jane, a volunteer at the food bank. Once Jane told me the plan to cure the cancer of poverty, it felt like a bit of hope piercing through the armored plated darkness.

 

 

Job center is the last  hope for a homeless person, trying to find work, for some people this may seem fine in reality the job centers  are one of the most unfairest places in the UK. These scammers in disguise are all over the UK pretending to help the homeless when actuality there making it worse. In the past  you used to go to the job center and book an appointment with them , nowadays job centers use 0845 telephone numbers to make your inquiry.  These number are charged  with same charge rate as BT landline, not to mention it will cost you a small fortune if you text on mobile phones. Homeless people looking for work are being disproportionately hit by government benefit sanctions. One in three homeless people on Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) have been penalised with a cut in their benefits .