Established 2005 Registered Charity No. 1110656

Scottish Charity Register No. SC043760

current issue

April – May 2024 : Compassion READ ONLINE

RECENT TWEETS

SEARCH

YOUR RESULTS FOR STORIES BY Dearbhla Crosse

Dearbhla is a freelance journalist specialising in humanitarian, environmental and socio-political issues. Her experience lies within many different facets of the media world, from the Ecologist, London, to the Gulf Daily News, Bahrain.

Homeless candidate steps down from Orlando election race
Dearbhla Crosse May 10 2012

Salvation Army refuses to get involved in political arena by providing documentation

  Homeless Florida resident Bruce Shawen was forced to pull out of the race for Orlando City Council after shelters such a...

Frozen
Dearbhla Crosse March 06 2012

How homeless people across Europe have coped  in temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius

  The cold weather has taken its toll across the Continent Homeless people across Europe are falling victim to the cold s...

Funding boost for hostels
Dearbhla Crosse February 10 2012

At least 1,169 bed spaces in England were lost between March 2010 and March 2011, but the boost will add only 31

  A $42.5m government funding boost for homeless hostels will only result in an increase of 31 bed spaces countrywide, acc...

Homeless campers evicted from Ipswich graveyard
Dearbhla Crosse November 07 2011

Rough sleepers disrupt worshippers and highlight need for a night shelter

  Homeless campers at an Ipswich graveyard are to be evicted over concerns that a recent rise in the number of rough sleep...

Vendors take big issue with alcoholic sell-out
Dearbhla Crosse September 16 2011

 Critics say tabards will damage vendors‘ image

  The Big Issue has sparked further controversy over allegations that vendors are forced to pay for tabards bearing the lo...

Centrepoint staff threaten to strike
Dearbhla Crosse September 16 2011

Senior leadership team isn’t cutting its pay, despite cuts and job losses among the lower paid, complains union rep

  Strike action is being threatened by staff at leading homelessness charity Centrepoint over proposed cutbacks, following...

BACK TO TOP
READ STORIES BY
BACK TO PAGE TOP