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Our readers will know what difficulties they’ve faced during the
Covid-19 lockdown. Here’s a shout out to some of the people and
places who’ve offered help
We know many councils have done good work supporting and rehoming people – here’s a shout out to Lambeth and Islington. But an ever-growing number of people have become homeless, many with no recourse to public funds (NRPF).
The Whitechapel Mission in
east London stayed open because
so many other centres shut and
says – worryingly – that its user
numbers, “Doubled. Normally we
serve breakfast at 8am but we had
to change that to 7am so that
everyone had time to get fed,” said a
spokesperson.
In Islington the food bank run
by the Trussell Trust shut just as
lockdown began and still isn’t open
(Aug). Hungry people were fed by
churches and mutual aid groups.
Vicar Alice Whalley from St John the
Evangelist, Queen’s Drive, N4 said:
“We went from serving 12-30 meals once a week to serving many more.
Between 5 April and end of July we
served nearly 1,400 meals and the
trend is going up and up: last Sunday
70 meals were served.”
Streets Kitchen increased the
numbers of locations they offered
food. They also began offering
breakfast on the streets between
Camden and King’s Cross and by
July saw a big take-up for the 7am
serving, a sure sign says Street
Kitchen’s Jon Glackin that rough
sleeping numbers are going up.
While the rest of the UK were practicing super-hygiene to keep Covid-19 at bay, rough sleepers not part of Everyone In were struggling to keep clean. “Risk adverse day centres – with all the kit – have retreated from their most vulnerable clients. It’s ridiculous how everyone has been abandoned. We’ve just got one shower and it was being used 20 times a day. We can’t keep that up, it’s exhausting,” said one volunteer who didn’t want to be named.
In Westminster special mention
should go to St Patrick’s church
in Soho Square which was serving
up to 300 people a day lunch and
breakfast, as well as the American
Church and Under One Sky.
My London lockdown
Allan slept rough in central
London during lockdown
“There were a lot of rumours. We’d pass each other on the way to use the toilet at Euston (the only one open) and were worried that everyone was going to be arrested by the police. After 7pm London was deserted. The sound of Leicester Square fountains was deafening. There was no one. No police. No outreach workers. I wondered where everybody was.
“From the beginning Father
Alexander from St Patrick’s church
did breakfast in Soho Square. People
could space out on benches round the park – sometimes there were 200
people and Michael remembered
everyone’s name! I heard that the
police said, ‘We like what you are
doing so can we direct people here?’
Green Light was giving food and
water and Under One Sky supplied
wraps, and in the evening a hot drink.
I’d get black tea from Marcella. The
American Church saved us with their
lunch. Lauren the cook presented a
restaurant quality meal every day – it
was a proper balanced meal. We
could see the love!”
Mar-Apr 2021 : SOLUTIONS
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