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Guest Editor: When I needed a shelter were you there?

As a teenager I lived with my Dad in what we called our ‘Batchelor pad’ in the centre of a town not far away. During a turbulent time in my life, my Dad was made redundant from...

Guest editor: Homeless for 15 years but now housed and happy

I first became homeless when I was 15. At 16 I was put in a bedsit by social services and left to it – I had no idea of what to do. Then I spent the next 15 years living in hostels and...

Guest editor: Teenage homelessness and missed opportunities

It’s pretty much a given that every teacher knows basic safeguarding processes. They know what to look out for, they know which children are more at risk, they know how to...

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