I decided to do something meaningful for Christmas this time round. Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. They are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Crisis at Christmas has provided vital services for homeless people for 40 years.
It goes on for two weeks; guests can come and go as they please, they are offered 3 meals a day, opportunities to take part in art and crafts, IT, massage, live music, games and other activities. Guests are also offered shower services, hair cuts, dentist and optician check-ups.
I got to meet so many good people - volunteers and guests, everyone was on the same level, the sense of community their is unimaginable. Your social status doesn't matter at all, what matters is feeling like you belong - communicating and connecting emotionally with people, loving strangers, seeing yourself in them and doing your best to make that person happy with a hope things will get better, that they can be ultimately be happy and not feel alone or unfit for this world.
What's even better is that it doesn't end there, Crisis have Skylight centre's where homeless people can go all through the year and are offered services to help them get back on the feet and ultimately be happy. I think it's great that these people are given a second chance. Life is short, it should be enjoyed.
Follow this link to a blog that one of the guests showed me, he'd been blogging at the Skylight centre, about life on the street and his interests from growing up.
