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Christopher is a former rough sleeper.

Working it
Christopher Ubsdell March 14 2016

Chris Ubsdell, a former rough sleeper, found getting a job to occupy the mind was a pretty big challenge

Chris Ubsdell, former rough sleeper, found getting a job to occupy the mind was a pretty big challenge. Once you make it off t...

Getting off the streets
Christopher Ubsdell January 04 2016

If you want to get off the street, you have to get serious, says Christopher Ubsdell

Living on the streets is a cycle that is very difficult to find a way out of, says Christopher Ubsell. After spending 10 years s...

Opinion: the Pavement has an important message
Christopher Ubsdell September 10 2015

This is a voice for you, and a message to you and everyone who happens to leaf through its pages. You are not alone.

One of the worst things about living on the streets is the isolation from the rest of society. You see thousands of people every...

Opinion: chicken soup
Christopher Ubsdell May 04 2015

Being ill on the street is as tough as it comes, says a former rough sleeper

It starts with a sore throat. Rasping rawness in the back, sandpaper scratching away. Then there’s the hacking cough, plun...

Advice: rough sleeping
Christopher Ubsdell April 07 2015

Sometimes, the best way to get by is to learn from the experience of others...

Sometimes, the best way to get by is to learn from the experience of others. Christopher Ubsdell, who slept rough on-and-off for...

Birds in the sky
Christopher Ubsdell December 02 2014

We’re criminalising homelessness without even knowing it

We’re criminalising homelessness without even knowing it, argues a former rough sleeper. I know I’m not the only o...

In focus: The Indy Ref is over. So what next?
The Word on the Street team November 03 2014

The Word on the Street team interviewed and photographed people on the campaign trail, attended a packed hustings for homeless people at Glasgow's City Mission and listened to heated arguments...

It’s been a pretty interesting few months to be in Scotland. As the debate raged about whether we should vote ‘Yes&r...

Begging arrests in London double over three years
Christopher Ubsdell August 31 2014

Figures obtained by the Pavement under a Freedom of Information request show the number of people arrested for begging in London has almost doubled in the last three years.

Figures obtained by the Pavement under a Freedom of Information request show the number of people arrested for begging in London...

Comment: Spikes are the least of your worries
Christopher Ubsdell July 09 2014

Spikes are the least of your worries when trying to find a decent pitch, says former rough sleeper Christopher Ubsdell

There was an uproar recently followed by a social media campaign about some spikes that were placed outside a block of flats in...

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