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Deserving Of Charity Food? – Don’t Bank On It! Elizabethan Poor Law Again?

Posted on June 19, 2013 by calneeagle

A furore arose last week in Hounslow, West London, with a story breaking over the fact that a food bank run by local tenants and other residents, in partnership with Hounslow Council, would not be issuing food to those “in … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits, Charity, Chippenham, Homelessness, Mental Health, Wiltshire | Tagged Atos, benefits, CAB, Charity, Chippenham, Church Action on Poverty, Deserving Poor, domestic violence, Doorway, Elizabethan, ESA, Food Banks, Homeless, Homelessness, Hounslow Community Foodbox, JSA, Mental Health, Oxfam, Poor Law, salvation army, The Trussell Trust, Undeserving Poor, Victorian, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Council, Workhouse | 7 Comments

‘Is it safe?’ – issues of home and domestic violence.

Posted on November 23, 2010 by doorwayblogguest

(Ed: This post was contributed by an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) During this week, there will be events to raise awareness of domestic violence and abuse. It’s a topic that many people find difficult to talk about, perhaps because … Continue reading →