Real Life Homelessness Stories

Caroline's Story

Caroline has faced significant health challenges and financial hardship in recent years. In her own words, she shares how the...

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Thank you to Cara Simmons at Kent Online for covering this story. A dad who recently became homeless says he was “too embarrassed” to...

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" I had lived in Hastings for 15 years since meeting my girlfriend who had been a resident there for 23 years, " explained 43 year old...

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An old Chinese proverb says: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach the man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. As a...

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Spring time 2022, and I am pushing my wheelbarrow full of tools around the garden at Goodsell House. That's when out of the blue, the...

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Andrew Nuttall is a long-term supporter of Maidstone Homeless Care, most recently as our volunteer gardener at Goodsell House. This year...

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