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January 6, 2020
Our trustee, Colette, has given an honest and powerful interview to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arnthanayake about her life. The interview first aired on Nihal’s show on 6 January and is available to listen again on BBC Sounds. Here Colette writes about what this means to her and why she wants you to support…
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January 26, 2018
Natures Best I wish I was like a mountain, this big presence I wish I was like the sun ,always radiant I wish I was like the moon, moving through phrases without losing face I wish I was like the sea and its great strength I wish I was like the flowers, always blossoming with…
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November 4, 2016
Poignant poem written by a woman at the MASH Drop-In Centre in a creative writing class with the Drama Group Poison Apple: Manchester is not so great, full of Anti-social behavior. Never knowing the difference between real people and fake. Chasing people, also lots of Homeless people Eating Scraps. Togetherness is… Essential. Right from the start….
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August 24, 2016
My experience of street sex working: I came to England ten years ago to live with my uncle. It didn’t go well. I left even though it meant becoming homeless. I started [sex] working about five months after I came here. At first I was forced to work because I had no job or friends…
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February 12, 2016
Read the story of Claire*, who is in her early 40’s. Claire was entrenched in sex work and drug addiction for nearly a decade and explains how she found the strength to battle her addiction.