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The Word on the Street team are Iain Alan (photography), Brenda Brown (photography), Brian Dobbie (editorial), Jason Kelly (editorial), Peter Kelly (photography), Jim Little (editorial), Caroline McCue (editorial), Alex McKay (editorial), Patrick O’Hare (photography) and Roddy Woods (photography). All have direct experience of homelessness and are graduates of The Pavement's Word on the Street editorial/photojournalism training scheme.

Alexander Withers
Karin Goodwin May 16 2018

Wee Alex is badly missed by his friends and colleagues in Glasgow,

Alexander Withers, Pavement mag volunteer, photographer, friend and colleague, died last month aged just 62. To us he was wee Al...

Poverty Safari
Karin Goodwin May 15 2018

Darren McGarvey, Glasgow rapper and writer, had a difficult childhood in Glasgow

By the time Darren McGarvey was a teenager he had learned that words have power. Now 33, he grew up with an alcoholic and abusiv...

Capturing a community
The Word on the Street team November 01 2015

Models for Scottish artist Joan Eardley gain recognition in a new play

  Ann Samson – and her brothers and sisters – were painted by Scottish artist Joan Eardley in the 1950s when t...

Livin’ it up in the Barras
The Word on the Street team September 09 2015

The Glasgow Word on the Street team document the city’s iconic ballroom and market.

The Glasgow Word on the Street team, supported by photographer Angela Catlin, spent time documenting the city’s iconic Bar...

Looking at the horizon
The Word on the Street team September 09 2015

Sometimes you've just got to find your own way of moving on with your life, says Mat Amp.

I live in a house where you can get a blowjob for less than a fiver. In the morning it resembles a scene from The Walking Dead....

Upfront: Sanctions
Caroline McCue April 07 2015

The Word on the Street team, many of whom have been sanctioned, report

It was a Saturday morning when Stephen Fairley went to the cash machine and found that though he should have been paid his fortn...

Private protection
The Word on the Street team March 02 2015

Eighteen per cent of homeless applications come from private rented sector tenants, but help is at hand

James Hyslop, 57, returned to Glasgow from London and found himself sleeping on the streets. After several nights, he got a plac...

Heartbreak Hotel, episode 4.
Mike Donaldson March 02 2015


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Upfront: Stop sanctions
The Word on the Street team November 04 2014

A leading doctor calls for an end to benefit sanctions

Benefit sanctions and welfare reform are having a terrible effect on the mental health of people across the country, according ...

Heartbreak Hotel, episode 1
Mike Donaldson November 04 2014


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