Homeless Sunday#1
Housing Justice
Prisons Sunday - PACT (Prison Advice and Care Trust)
World Mental Health Sunday (WHO)
Relationship between the three
Many/most homeless some involvement with criminal justice system
Homeless more likely to have mental health issues
Mental illness more prevalent among homeless people
More than 50% prisoners have mental health problems
Focus on homelessness today
What's our experience?
2016 Woodseaves experience
If England = 200 people
2 or 3 surname Smith
66 households with dog
28 vegetarian
According to Shelter 1 homeless
Sleeping rough or temp accommodation
if scaled up Nationally or globally ...
heartbreaking how many homeless, or (cost of living) anxious
Each year 50 people mental health problem
Most likely our one homeless would be one of the 50
stress of homelessness lead to MH issues
or MH lead to homelessness?
Either could lead to criminal justice
Jesus offers life in all its fullness
Physical and mental wellbeing?
Basic human requirement
Rest, grow - go back to at the end of the day
How can the church be Jesus' hands and feet?
Every three years 1 person will be sent to prison