GET HELP DONATE Search MAKE A DIFFERENCE OUR CHARITY OUR EVENTS LATEST THERE IS A HOMELESS CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY – IN THE WAKE OF COVID The end of the pandemic may be in sight – but the Homeless Crisis is only just beginning. Please donate to the ‘Crisis in our Community’ Appeal to provide support to the increasing numbers of people becoming homeless where you live. More people than ever are losing their homes as the true economic impact of Covid begins to unfold. Simon, who became homeless during the pandemic, had to live in his car, describing that time as “absolute hell”. You can find out how your support enabled Simon to “get his life back on track” here We are starting to witness the full – and frightening – cost of Covid. Every day, we see real distress from local people losing their livelihoods and their homes. Homelessness can happen to anyone, especially now. There has never been greater demand for our services or greater pressure on our frontline keyworkers. Please donate urgently – there is a Homeless Crisis happening in our local community. The Government’s ‘Everyone In’ initiative sought to find every person sleeping rough and bring them into emergency accommodation to protect them from the virus. This has exposed the true enormity of homelessness in the UK – it is nine times worse than the previous official government estimate – and it is getting worse. ‘Everyone In’ is ending. In West Sussex, for the first time, a record number of some 1,000 people are staying in temporary emergency accommodation. Unless they are supported into proper housing and, crucially, given support to rebuild their lives, it is only a matter of time before many find themselves without hope or a home. We need to meet this challenge and help local people turn their lives around. It doesn’t have to be like this – we can help – we can support men and women towards a brighter future. But we cannot do this without your support. Long before the pandemic there was a public health crisis – homelessness. In spite of ‘Everyone In’ deaths among homeless people in the UK have risen by more than a third in a year. Even as we take extreme measures to protect ourselves from a potentially fatal virus, the ravages of homelessness continue to steal people from our community. Please consider giving as much as you can afford, to those who have lost so much. We all want nothing more than for our community to recover from this awful pandemic – we have to make sure everyone gets a chance. With your support, we can hope for better times for everyone. Find out from Claire Halford-Dale, Worthing Community Hub Manager, what it has been like during the pandemic, supporting the growing number of local men and women who are in desperate need. DONATE BY PHONE Phone us on: 01903 680748 Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm DONATE BY MAIL Cheque payable to: Turning Tides, sent to: Town Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1HA DONATE BY BACS Donate by BACS to: Turning Tides Homelessness Account Sort Code: 40-47-23, Account No: 31498959 OTHER WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HOMELESS If someone told me on my 60th birthday that I’d be homeless the following year, I’d have thought them ridiculous! For 33 years I worked in care, mainly for elderly people with dementia, in nursing homes and post psychiatric wards. I think I’ve had what most people would consider to be a ‘normal’ life. But then life took a cruel twist. READ MORE FROM YVONNE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER INSTAGRAM WORK FOR US OUR CHARITY CONTACT US © Turning Tides 2021 | Charity No. 1027832 01903 680740 | Town Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing West Sussex BN11 1HA Legal | Website by Molokini Marketing