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We help homeless people rebuild their lives
Many believe High Wycombe is an affluent town. On the surface it is, but let’s not imagine there are no homeless people there.
For one thing, people become homeless for a number of reasons, the principal one being relationship breakdown. And that can happen even in a prosperous place.
What’s more, at Wycombe Homeless Connection, we meet just as many people who have lost their homes through unemployment as through alcohol; so no-one should judge too readily.
Voices from the street
"Being homeless was very rough, miserable and lonely with no friends."
"Being homeless is about feeling cold, feeling insecure and not having good prospects."
Sleeping rough in High Wycombe
Some people ask, “How can there be a ‘homeless problem’ when we don’t see people sleeping on the street?” The answer is that homeless people don’t sleep where they can be seen and robbed – they hide. If you can imagine being homeless, you too would find a place to hide out of the way.
We began Wycombe Winter Night Shelter around the time that a local woman died sleeping rough. Since she died we have seen many lives on the brink of a downward spiral. But our experience is that a good number of homeless people can, with help, escape the trap, rejoin society and be what they were meant to be.
Our mission at Wycombe Homeless Connection is not just to keep people off the street but to help them rebuild their lives.
Will you help?
Do you need help?
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