I will always support Shelter
Some people need to pay more attention to this charity and get their facts right. There is a lot of negative associations when it comes to homeless people. I can understand why people have this view, however, people who refuse to support charities such as Shelter because they believe they are helping lowlife addicts who don't want to help themselves are wrong. A little ignorant. Becoming homeless can happen to anyone. Someone who has been made redundant for example, who comes home one day to find their house repossessed - they approach Shelter. Shelter gives free professional advice to people entering a downward spiral which can really pull them out of it. What about 15 year old john who’s parents have kicked him out and he cannot get a job. Or a woman who has run away from domestic violence with her 3 children and has no-where to go. Shelter.
I have never been homeless myself but I feel particularly passionate about it. Have you ever been locked out in the rain for an hour? It's horrible. Your home is your place of comfort, relaxation, privacy. Identity. Without it not only are there the obvious practical problems, but there are going to be mental ones. I can’t imagine not having a home. It's such a big part of my life to be able to escape home at the end of the day and recline with my home comforts around me. So perhaps there have been drugs. A small mistake, a disagreement, a teenage rough patch, whatever. A home is pretty much a human right; everyone deserves one of them, or at least the opportunity to get one. Ah I’m ranting now but just imagine. In this day and age there should not be as many people on the street as there are. Government figures are wrong. Homelessness is the one illness in our society we could really cure.