Tag: homeless

A new charity has been established by Oxford students with the aim of distributing books to the city’s homeless. The non-proft organisation Homeless Oxford Literature Drive (HOLD) was set up last month by Hamza Rana and Alex Haveron-Jones, from Somerville College. This term, HOLD have launched their first book drive where they are collecting donated books […]

Polaroid photos have long been the preserve of arty students and Cellar-goers. Homelessness Oxfordshire, however, has subverted this: their new exhibition at the Jam Factory in Oxford showcases images that capture (as best as photographs can) the experience of homelessness. As you walk into the Jam Factory’s boiler room, past a cosy bookshelf and pot […]

The Jam Factory’s new exhibition Below the Spires aims to bring attention to homelessness in Oxfordshire. Featuring photographs of Oxford from the perspective of homeless people, they hope to dispel some of the myths about what it is like to survive on the streets. Below the Spires offers us insight into the very different ways […]

Image Credit: Alex Kumar Today at 5pm, a number of homeless people are set to be evicted from a site owned by Merton College, Oxford. The field, which is claimed to be overgrown and unused, has been a place several homeless people have been using as a place to sleep. A photo of the sign […]

Many food bank users are falling deeper into financial and food insecurity, according to a report released last week. The study, commissioned by the Trussell Trust – a poverty charity with a 400-strong food bank network – highlights income insecurity and the prevalence of food insecurity and material deprivation in the population of food bank […]

Nationwide, rough sleeping in England has increased by 134% between 2010 and 2015. Oxford has historically had high levels of homelessness with around 55 people counted as rough sleeping in the city at the last official count. Oxford’s homelessness problem partly stems from housing issues: it is the most unaffordable place to live in the […]

Today in court Oxford University were granted an interim possession order to repossess the Old Mill at Osney, which has been inhabited by Osney Open House (formerly Iffley Open House) residents for the past ten days. The residents have been permitted 5 days, an extension of the usual allowance of 24 hours, to move their […]

Two Oxford councillors have come under heavy fire this week for comments insulting the LGBTQ community and the homeless. John Tanner, Labour Councillor for Littlemore, branded Oxford’s homeless “a disgrace”, while Julia Gasper, a parish councillor currently affiliated with the English Democrats and previously UKIP, posted a picture of Jimmy Savile to commemorate LGBTQ History […]

Balloting for the RAG charities vote which took place last week, closed on Thursday 9th February at 6pm. Oxford Raise and Give supports four charities a year; two national or international, and two local. The charities, chosen in a ballot each year share the profits of RAG’s fundraising activities over the course of the next […]

According to its website, Oxford City Council’s proposed city-centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) “is about creating a safe and welcoming city centre for residents, businesses and tourists”. If you are homeless, however, your life is about to get a whole lot harder. Criminalising a number of behaviours deemed to be anti-social, the proposed PSPO […]