Giant edition brings focus to the 1 in 3 people experiencing homelessness

Editorial: We have the plan, let's get started

There are more than 400 people in the Cowichan Valley who are experiencing homelessness. The Cowichan Coalition to End Homelessness, a partnership of 25 organizations including local governments, has come up with a blueprint to solve (or at least greatly reduce the size of) this crisis. It’s ambitious in scale, but also seems doable, with the political will. It’s built in phases from short-term needs like creating a year-round weather shelter an…

The medics offering healthcare to homeless people 'no questions asked'

A new service is opening in Canberra to provide medical care to those in insecure housing situations, but the team behind it also wants to develop relationships with people who have grown distrustful of the healthcare system.

Giant edition brings focus to the 1 in 3 people experiencing homelessness

One in three people experiencing homelessness have a sight issue, yet barriers such as a proof of address, limited access to phones or emails,…

The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focus

Specsavers and Big Issue have created 3,000 giant editions of the magazine to highlight the obstacles preventing people experiencing homelessness from accessing eye and hearing care. The post The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focus appeared first on Big Issue.

Why does our nation have a large population of young people that are homeless?

By Sandra Castillo According to research done by the Casey Foundation in 2023, they illustrated how across America, 1 in 30 youth between the ages of 13-24 and 1 in 10 young adults between 18-25 will experience homelessness over a year. Not all youths have the advantage of growing up in an environment with a safe, stabilized space they can call home. Do you know the factors that contribute to these types of homelessness? It is not just the depri…

Specsavers extends free eye and ear care to anyone experiencing homelessness

Discover what's happening in retail today, Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and much more. Specsavers has launched a new scheme giving anyone experiencing homelessness access to free eye and ear care at all 1,000 stores across the UK and Ireland. The Charity VIP scheme means that anyone affected by homelessness can walk into a participating store for a free …