About Us

History

London Homeless is a not for profit website specialising in providing help, information and resources to homeless people in London.

This website is an independent endevour and is not a registered homeless charity nor is it associated with any homeless charities, churches or other organisations at present.

This website launched in July 2016 was closed for a year or so during the pandemic and has been relaunched April 2024 due to the sharp increase in people sleeping rough on the streets of London and across the UK due to the cost of living criris.

Website Aims

This website aims to fill the gap in information that is currently out there on the web and aims to provide invaluable tips and insights that can only come from somebody who has lived the homeless and extreme lifestyle which that involves.

The sort of no messing information that a homeless person needs right at their finger tips so they cam take charge of their situation and get on with their lives and as dignified a manner as possible..

About Me

The founder and owner of this website has been homeless himself in the past and has been there and got the T Shirt., so has invaluable experience in living in such extreme situations.

This website is primarily aimed at homeless people, as a homeless persons resource especially if you are in the London area, but could be just as easily used by somebody that is homeless anywhere else in the UK..

Homelessness is homelessness……..wherever you are

Old Mobile Friendly

This is a website designed to work on old technology including older mobile phones and has been designed to work on old windows phones. If the website works on a windows phone from 2014 it will work on anything. .

It's designed to be lightweight fast loading and easy to use to find information fast and get you to places that can actually help.

If they can't help they know somebody that can!

Not Just For The Homeless

It is also designed to be viewed by people that lead a normal life, have a home and a job, and to raise awareness to such people on what it is like to actually live on the streets of London, not knowing where your next meal is coming from and not knowing where you will be sleeping on a daily basis..

What most people are unaware of is we are ALL just one step away from being homeless. .

Maybe it will inspire such people to provide just a couple of hours of their time in volunteer work or at least just say “Good Morning” to somebody that is living in dire circumstances instead of walking past pretending not to see the problem.

Government Initiatives

Government initiatives to tackle homelessness have had some impact but the numbers still seem to be on the increase and this is particularly worrying in these high technology modern times.

Sometimes it appears the problem has been solved in a particular area, but on closer inspection the problem has merely been moved somewhere else.

They can only provide limited help and you will still be on the streets during most of the day, vulnerable, exposed to the elements and counting the hours till you get back to the night shelter in whichever form that takes.

The Homeless Situation

.This websites aim is to help those who have found themselves in a homeless situation and enable that person to cope with life on the streets and dealing with the psychology of it, because no matter what help you receive it will take time to get back into a housed situation again.

Some homeless people actually prefer to live this way rather than being a wage slave and seeing more than 50% of your income go on what amounts to a small space to rest your head..

The Future of Homelessness

Homelessness particularly in London doesnt look set to be ending anytime soon, in the meantime this website aims to make life on the streets as bearable as possible and also kept to as short a time frame as can be managed..

Armed with the information contained on this website any Homeless person will have the confidence to tackle any situation that they may come across!

London Homeless.......Helping the Homeless to Help Themselves