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Living and working with London's street homeless The Simon Community has been working since 1963 to alleviate the isolation of people sleeping rough, provide a place where they can gain a sense of belonging and foster the skills they need to move to...

20 years ago I moved to Anton Street to live and work, It was only just yesterday when I visited community.
Feeling grounded and hopefully for future, (if any suggestions what that could be? Give us a shout) in the meantime give all your money here:
www.simoncommunity.org.uk/support-us/

@worldhomelessday.bsky.social 15 years old wow! Are we aware of how many different groups mark #worldhomelessday

Tired and bit low

Spent a lovely weekend visiting community.
It's been down hill after that

2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants

2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"

If bosses ‘addicted to hiring cheap labour’ then legislate against bosses.

Outcomes of today might be time to seriously start looking for full-enjoyment in community. Still want change, keep your coins

Coming down with bump! Work stress, yet feeling lost, energy low unsure about direction.enjoyed being off with family. Don't know what I am looking for

Big hugs if today feels like a struggle

the first American pontiff - and will take the name Pope Leo

In Pictures: Walthamstow's Stunning New Soho Theatre Where's the new theatre in Walthamstow?

A star is reborn! We're swooning over these pics of this renovated Walthamstow theatre - reopening on Friday 🥰

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Councils fear bankruptcy amid homelessness crisis The number of homeless Londoners needing temporary accommodation has reached the highest level recorded.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

600 children and young people living in temporary accommodation in Camden Homelessness them debate becomes ‘platform for self-congratulation’

This was not a debate @camdencouncil.bsky.social

Where were the voices of lived experience?

Why ignore the high levels of adult deaths in your care or the insufferable conditions people endure?

We need solutions, not more backslapping!
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/600-...

time to change laces
time for change keep your coins

We are @londonist.com Museum of the Week. 🎉

So whaddya waiting for get your FREE ticket booked for our next public open days on THURSDAY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY this week.

See you there pals 🤩

Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024

🚨The Home Office is recording an average of 10 assaults a day on asylum seekers in its care, according to internal government data, amid harsh government rhetoric on those crossing the Channel.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Today in London radical history, 1834: massive demonstration from Islington in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs In 1834, 30,000 people rallied at Copenhagen Fields, Islington, to protest the sentences on the Tolpuddle Martyrs: six Dorset farm labourers sentenced to be transported to the penal colonies for se…

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1834: massive demonstration from Islington in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, sentenced to transportation to penal colonies for forming a branch of a trade union in Dorset
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Dave signs the Peoples history of finsbury park for a visitor

Lisa telling the story of Fred's trolley in the museum

Matt welcomes visitos to the museum in the sun

Matt and Jess posing in the new merch

Aaaaand we are OPEN for the spring summer season! 🤩😍

Thanks to everyone who has visited so far, we've loved meeting you all. It's been good vibes! ❤️

We are running tours of the museum and collection at 1230, 2pm and 345pm again today.

FREE but donations welcome.

Council apology over failure to house vulnerable homeless man The local authority was also ordered by the Housing Ombudsman to pay over £1,000 in compensation

Council apology over failure to house vulnerable homeless man

The local authority was also ordered by the Housing Ombudsman to pay over £1,000 in compensation
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We are not posting much at the moment bc we are mad busy getting the museum ready for our Spring Summer opening next Thursday!

Tickets are going fast and we can't wait to see you.Get your FREE ticket via our website

We are taking some rest this weekend and we will see you soon 🤩❤️

Have new ragime they will find out if we are cosy affective, what price does quality of life have. Still want change, keep your coins

Hundred-year wait for family-size social housing in parts of England, study finds Charities condemn ‘national scandal’ and call for pledge to build 90,000 social homes a year to meet demand The wait for family-size social housing has risen to more than 100 years in parts of England, which charities have condemned as “ludicrous” and a “national scandal”. Analysis from the National Housing Federation (NHF), Crisis and Shelter found that in 32 local authority areas across England, the wait for a home with at least three bedrooms was longer than 18 years – the duration of an entire childhood. Continue reading...

Hundred-year wait for family-size social housing in parts of England, study finds

Keir Starmer is offering tech bros at Amazon and Meta a massive tax cut to get a trade deal with Trump - while cutting disability benefits for 1.2million people.

He’s slashing disability benefits while giving tax cuts to people who could buy entire countries.

Anyone else disgusted by this?

Illustration from 'Gipsy Smith, his life and work' by Rodney Smith (1903). The caption reads 'My daughter Zillah, in Gipsy costume'.

Illustration from 'Gipsy Smith, his life and work' by Rodney Smith (1903). The caption reads 'The Waggon in which my Mother died'.

For #RomaniDay, two illustrations from 'Gipsy Smith, his life and work' the 1903 autobiography of evangelist Rodney Smith (1860-1947). He was born to a Romani family in Epping Forest where a memorial commemorates him. A significant source for Romani customs, this book is available in our Searchroom.

Not sleeping, stress. Kid coughing all night. Other just wants cuddles and rolls around. Now day job. Want change, keep your coins

A stressful few weeks is it time for change?
Any suggestions
Lots happened bunt run out steam with day job trying run services with shortage of staff and kids sick there's got better way where we can actually care, I have hope in community

about those tariffs...

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord Renters in London have won more than £250,000 in rent back from their billionaire landlord after a five-year legal battle.

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

We must prepare for a far-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness Jess Turtle, co-director of the Museum of Homelessness, on the challenges faces by the organisation over the coming years.

We must prepare for a hard-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness founder