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Missing People : February – March 2025
Missing People appeal
We Are Here

If you are, have been or are at risk of experiencing homelessness, your opinion matters.

Asking not begging

On the difficulties finding support with serious mental health issues. By Greta Gillett

Festive season

An update on this winter’s One Roof Festival, the annual arts festival for people with lived experience of homelessness.
By Claire Rivers

Remembrance

An on-the-ground report of Southampton’s service to commemorate people who have died while experiencing homelessness, held Friday 8 November. Words by Pam Campbell

Managing menopause

Groundswell advice on understanding menopause and how to treat symptoms

News

News in Brief 154: February – March 2025

News in Brief by the Pavement team

News in Brief 153: December 2024 – January 2025

News in Brief by the Pavement team

News in Brief 152: October - November 2024
News in Brief by the Pavement team
News in Brief 151: August – September 2024

News in Brief by Pilar Thorley-Saiz

News in Brief 150: June – July 2024
News in Brief by Sophie Dianne
News in Brief 149: Apr – May 2024

News in Brief by Sophie Dianne

Features

A history lesson

What does Jimmy Carter’s death tells us about time and how can homelessness be consigned to the history books? These and other questions answered – or at least pondered – by
André Rostant

Life's sweet

Winter can be tough and the festive period especially so. Reflecting on times past and looking forward to the future, by Greta Gillett

The gift of time

Time can be a precious commodity. Spent well it can have a massive impact on people. Here’s why some time and care will go a long way with the homeless community, by Emdad Rahman

The matter of time

A trip (no pun intended) down memory lane leads our writer to some considered conclusions about time and Class A drugs.
By Mat Amp

Trans and homeless

On the dual stigma suffered by trans people experiencing homelessness. Words by Mx. Adam Khan

Listening, the key to visibility

Our deputy editor discusses the lessons he learned while working on Groundswell’s Listen Up hub project. By Mat Amp

Opinion

River of time

Metaphor, philosophy, this view on the magazine’s theme takes in different elements and captures the spellbinding nature of time’s passing. By Leon Eckford

Solidarity on the streets

What does solidarity mean to the homeless community in the winter months, and how can we practice it? By Emdad Rahman

Reading material

A review of a new book focusing on homelessness, The Way Home, by David Bullock. Review by Sophie Dianne

Moving on from Addiction

Taking inspiration from Portugal, how can people with addiction issues be supported through the experience and, ultimately, move on. By Viki Fox

Ace up the sleeve

A recently toured play by Cardboard Citizens shows the power and importance of storytelling. By Sophie Dianne

A tale of two cities

The similarities and differences in homeless policy in New York and London. With a view to what comes next. By Eric Protein Moseley

Obituaries

Ian Kalman obituary

Colleagues of Ian’s at the magazine remember and pay tribute to him

Much too young: Kevin & Alex
Kevin and Alex are the reality behind the stats. Someone who sleeps rough has an average age of 47. Life expectancy in the UK is 81.
Florida homeless paper's editor dead
Suicide of Tampa Epoch’s founder leaves paper’s future in doubt
The names
Annual service remembers 146 homeless men and women
Alexander Withers
Wee Alex is badly missed by his friends and colleagues in Glasgow,
Commemorating friends and companions
The annual service of commemoration at St Martin’s was, as usual, touching and heart-breaking

Your voice

Issue 154: Comics

This issue's cartoons by our fantastic artists

More than a number

a poem from Sinead Bennett

The white stripe

Another time-bendingly absurd adventure from the equally absurd mind of Chris Sampson

Time moves on

A short story on love and loss, by Sophie Dianne

Issue 153: Comics
This issue's cartoons by our fantastic artists
The Lip Service

A new story from the Pavement’s resident satirist, starring a freelance accent named ‘The Tone’. By Chris Sampson

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