Frances Amrani

On Saturday 28th November Frances will be sleeping rough on Parker’s Piece come rain , come shine. She will be doing this as part of the Streetbite sponsored sleepout, an event run by Cambridge University Students.  If you  would like to sponsor her please contact her contact her via this site or donate via http://www.justgiving.com/Frances-Amrani.

Frances says” Homelessness is one of those issues no one really likes to tackle. It is often an invisible problem with rough sleepers being just the tip of the iceberg where people are on a downward spiral of B and Bs, sleeping on friends floors (using up favours until they have no social network left) and then hostels and finally the street. When you have no fixed address you virtually become a stateless person- no access to a bank account, no access to regular health care, no vote, no access to employment. There are many reasons for homelessness- family breakdown and substance abuse are just two, but there are lots of others. I’m raising money for Jimmy’s night shelter because they help at the sharp end of the homelessness spectrum, but I am also keen to raise public awareness to the issue of homelessness as a whole. As a country we need to review our provision of social housing and to address the growing need for it.”