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Soup runs in Central London: the right help in the right place at the right time?
- Authors:
- LANE Laura, POWER Anne
- Publisher:
- Crisis
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report aims to provide an independent and objective perspective on soup runs in the London Borough of Westminster. A soup run is broadly defined as any mobile food distribution service operating to serve the homeless. It appears that the issue of soup runs in Westminster has become contentious and controversial. Are they a valuable life-saving resource supporting the vulnerable or an outdated, poorly targeted and uncoordinated service that sustains damaging life styles? This study asked: Who uses the service? Why do people use the service? How important are they and where do they fit in with other homeless services in the borough? Ending rough sleeping has been a clear objective for the government and homeless agencies for more than decade. However current policies have some major gaps particularly for those without recourse to public funds and entrenched rough sleepers. The report suggests that, with their tolerant open-access ethos, soup runs can access many vulnerable people not reached through existing mainstream services. The authors set out proposals for ways forward in dealing with soup runs in Westminster. The most important of which, they suggest, is the need for closer partnership working and communication between the various organisations involved.
Grieving and shamed to receive help from a social worker
- Author:
- NORTHCOTT Jacquin
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 1997, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A disabled and recently bereaved and depressed man refuses help, but is descending into depression, alcoholism and self-neglect. What approach should the social worker take? The author says the secret is a team of professionals working closely together with mutual regard.