Homeless shelter
Campaigners have called for “unorthodox” measures to tackle the impending "tsunami" of homelessness.
"Nobody should be at risk of catching Covid-19 on the street," charities say as new figures reveal tragic toll.
As homelessness in England rises to 280,000 people, we visit a shelter that has served pregnant women, chemotherapy patients and a professional chef.
Stratford Centre in Newham, London has become a homeless shelter in recent months as the rates of homeless rise across the city. One local group entire funded by donations is Hope for Newham, they have gone from providing meals every Tuesday night to 35 people to now feeding over 130 each Tuesday.
“Thank god I’m not like them,” you think. “I could never let that happen to me.” Until suddenly and inexplicably, it does.
'People have frozen to death on the streets.'