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YOUR RESULTS FOR STORIES BY Richard Burdett

After five years in the Royal Navy and various part-time and temping jobs, Richard Burdett began work at a London day centre. He and Nick Taylor, a volunteer at the centre, conceived and launched the Pavement in 2005. He left the day centre to run it full time soon afterwards.

New threat to soup runs
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

Housing Justice slams the proposed ban on soup runs which comes before Parliament in November

The 10th London Local Authorities Bill, which London Councils will deposit in Parliament on 27th November, proposes banning soup...

No sleeping still
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

The signs forbidding sleeping are still in view

A walk down the Strand will show that the No Sleeping signs, covered in The Pavement 21, are still in evidence. Three shops (Cli...

Books on wheels
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

The Quaker Mobile Library offers a good read on the streets of London

A good book is an important part of life, and, with the evenings drawing in, finding a well-lit spot and warming yourself in the...

Online homeless advice
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

Homeless UK has information on over 8,000 hostels, day centres and much more

Homeless UK is a public access website which computer literate readers may find useful. Although hostel vacancy information is o...

LORECA launched
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

A new service to help refugees into employment and training has started in the capital

London Refugee Economic Action (LORECA), a pan-London project that helps refugees to enter employment, training and enterprise, ...

Homelessness Sunday
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

28th January: ‘No Homes - No Justice‘ Churches focus on homeless lives

Homelessness Sunday will be observed by many on 28th January. The annual event marks a day on which churches focus on homeless l...

Thames Reach and Bondway rebrand
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

To avoid confusion, homelessness charity changes its name again

In October 2001, Thames Reach and Bondway merged to become Thames Reach Bondway (TRB). Now, five years later, they've gone back ...

Rumour control
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

Charing Cross homeless unit to remain open

We can confirm that the rumours that reached our office, of the closure of the homeless unit at Charing Cross police station, ar...

Endell Street hostel - false rumours
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

The Covent Garden hostel will be revamped, not closed

Endell Street hostel, next to Covent Garden and Shaftesbury Avenue, has been the focus of rumours of closure recently, but The P...

Capital Volunteering
Richard Burdett September 26 2009

Volunteering offers an aid to coping with mental illness - and it‘s rewarding

A Camden man is overcoming the stigma of mental ill-health by showing how he has battled chronic depression through volunteering...

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