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…
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…
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….
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…
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.
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