by Charlotte Mannion | Dec 13, 2024 | Case studies, Homelessness
Picture the scene. It’s a Sunday morning, you’re homeless, you’re cold and your bed for the night is a bus stop in Swindon. Then you are gently shaken awake by a near stranger who invites you into the warmth for a cooked breakfast and as many hot drinks as you could...
by Charlotte Mannion | Sep 25, 2024 | Homelessness
Many people find themselves homeless. Nobody expects to. For 40-year-old Wes, when he is out of work, he is out of accommodation. A chef, who hails from Yorkshire, Wes has mainly worked in kitchens where rooms are provided. When he’s between jobs, he has nowhere to...
by charlotte | Apr 22, 2022 | Homelessness
Congrats to Alternative Angels On the evening of 21 April 2022 our friends and colleagues at Alternative Angels were the very worthy winners of the group Pride of Swindon awards. Alternative Angels have been operating for five or six years, on Monday and Tuesday...
by Big Breakfast Plus HQ | Dec 7, 2021 | General News, Homelessness
Sleeping Out Last Friday night, I joined the Threshold Housing Link team on the annual Big Sleep Out to raise funds for the homeless. Whilst my nose and toes got cold in my inadequate tent my heart became considerably warmer. To be amongst over a hundred people who...
by Big Breakfast Plus HQ | May 21, 2021 | General News, Homelessness
Rise & Shine: Big Breakfast Plus is back! It’s felt like a long time since the start of the Covid-19 crisis in March 2020 and we’ve got so much fantastic news to share with you all in the coming weeks and months. But first a quick recap on the events of the last...
by Big Breakfast Plus HQ | Jan 6, 2019 | General News, Homelessness
Our followers on social media may have seen the recent announcement about our move to The Haven. In this post we’d like to share a few details about the move, as well as answering some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about what this means for our service.Following...
