Empowering Bristol's Homeless Through Stories

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Increasing Lived Experience input in services.

It is increasingly apparent: knowledge of lived experience is unquestionably essential for absolutely anything and everything to do with Homelessness as grass roots Homelessness is about connection. Simply one has to have this connection to true lived experience in order to proclaim to understand ANYTHING AT ALL to do with homelessness.

Connecting with one another and exploring one’s boundaries within those connections becomes the sole preoccupation and often the main purpose of homeless lives. It is imperative therefore to wish to connect.

As homelessness; law of homelessness, homeless algorithm is of structure of brotherhood, lived experience of brotherhood relationships of the homeless kind is a must. One simply must have experience of what one is talking about IS a very general law of life, but is extra especially true for homelessness topics. On the street it is said otherwise one is simply chatting Sh*t.

Not only it is important to have at least seen a car to advise about how to fix a carburettor; as in homelessness it is important to have lived experience or at least a few homeless friends ; it is also important to mention; those working in the field of homelessness are experiencing the highest standard, levels and structure of communication IN THE WHOLE WORLD that which is generated in lived experience of homelessness - and not by support structures of the employment world. As such you may not exclude lived experience from you building of connections an understanding of communication networks.

Innovations in Inclusion Health Education

Homeless People fall outside the sphere of National Health Service.

The National Health Service is for people who live indoors. There are only a very few homeless people in a city and for these people simply there is no inclusive pathway that which caters for the elements of their health in their homeless lives

It is said whilst a paraplegic will have to complain a 5 minute delay in taking his regular medicine or a broken finger nail – this is his obligation - as his complaint will alleviate his lack of being satisfied with His care

A homeless person on the other hand won’t as much as notice he has lost half a leg. And will declare this in the umbrella territory of bravery.

This of course is an exaggeration but it does hold true.

Every condition, illness, ailment, skin blemish, infection in homelessness is external to National Health Service’s defined scope.

On the other hand a homeless person is perpetually relieving, alleviating b providing solutions to confusion and all sections of mental health illnesses - as defined by the NHS - within the social cloth.

This gets clearer and clearer as the homeless person gets paid for His service – until then this and much more lands back in the murky waters

Commissioning for better outcomes

Grass roots information on Social Conscience of Homeless Service Completion is Pricey.

Only by being homeless you understand the Social Science and once housed and computer purchased, your mind immediately becomes inapt to draw conclusions for homeless science as it will be engaged in rental agreements storage cupboards and shopping lists.

Homelessness is a broken platform of right to land,. It occupies itself beyond all matters relating to land, It understands not about matters of land rights.

Therefore once it is housed is simply no longer homeless and just cannot conclude in one single case of homelessness matter.

For this reason the only true science of homelessness may purely be obtained from street homeless drug addict circles of life and there is no way any amount of hygiene in the Commissioners office or handwashing during b4 and after talks/interviews will get you closer to understanding, rather the opposite.

Information flow on homelessness often is interrupted often for decades if not centuries and as such where there is good flow of or dissemination of information present a piranha effect comes into being and is observed, in other words support structures bite the hand s off those who have compiled the information.

Currently it is difficult to get a good commissioner for this type of study in homelessness and that may not remain that way. When there is information flow, the commissioners must be already queuing for it, failing which the homeless bunch will just trick and mislead them in direct ration to the worth of monies paid over for this information.

Improving health outcomes in the Criminal Justice System

Homeless People May not fall Pray to Criminal Justice System.

Civil Liberties of a Person ensure he is not going to be institutionalised willy nilly and that is Homeless Service Work.

You cannot imprison the one who has guaranteed to all of his family and all of his neighbourhood and all of his friends as well as his fellow citizens We are all safe in our lives in knowing we cannot be institutionalised on ambivalent grounds. By law of conscience as well as conscience of algorithm that person simply never goes inside any system never mind a Criminal Justice System

He cannot be held criminal at a service Area he has just completed Service In. That is Lunacy sometimes it is beyond lunacy service provision take place.

For that reason homeless people complete service in lunacy as well as beyond lunacy.

Homeless people just cannot be institutionalised or can be imprisoned because we fail to recognise his Service tasks

What then are the bounds within which this person has to find his ground for His Health for this period of time? It is a hard one to answer and I suspect he will spew and splutter for the entire duriation of his lock up.

Homelessness Prevention

The only way to prevent homelessness is in infancy and childhood.

Whether the individual is getting sufficient support which acknowledges, underpins and encourages , grows and endows His bravery in sorting his family matters and defects becomes transparent very early on but some say it is best to wait with any kind of conclusion at least until the child is able to talk.

At what ever point it is seen fit to grasp, this person has homelessness on their path it is then too late to do any preventative work.

You may prevent additional members of the family from going on the homelessness path, but often that also i predetermined and it happens a homeless person actually completes service on the streets for another family member.

This way the one who is the real pro or cookie in homelessness will not have to deal with little matters as those had been settle by the pre runner – who could feel important in settling some matters which were simply that way and just needed a final slot and the real McCoy is free to get on with tasks of desire.

It is important to have available housing and Social Housing as the homeless person is often without funds to cover his rent but that is covered by housing benefit, and primarily he is homeless because of his broken platform of rights to land not because of lack of availability of a room in the city

Embedding Trauma Informed Care in practice

Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a framework that recognizes the pervasive impact of trauma and seeks to create environments that promote healing, safety, and empowerment. In the context of homelessness, TIC is especially critical, as many individuals experiencing homelessness have endured complex trauma—ranging from childhood abuse and neglect to domestic violence, systemic discrimination, and the trauma of homelessness itself.

Effective trauma-informed care begins with understanding that behaviors often labeled as “difficult” may be survival responses to trauma. Service providers must prioritize physical and emotional safety, offer choice and control, and build trust through transparency and consistency. This means avoiding punitive approaches and instead fostering respectful, nonjudgmental relationships.

Key practices include training staff to recognize trauma symptoms, designing shelters and services that minimize re-traumatization, and integrating mental health support. Peer support and lived experience are also vital, helping individuals feel seen and understood. TIC also emphasizes cultural humility, acknowledging how race, gender, and identity intersect with trauma and homelessness.

Importantly, trauma-informed care is not a checklist—it’s a shift in mindset. It requires organizations to examine their policies, language, and power dynamics, and to commit to ongoing reflection and improvement. When implemented effectively, TIC can improve engagement, reduce crises, and support long-term stability.

In addressing homelessness, trauma-informed care is not just compassionate—it’s essential. It transforms services from transactional to relational, helping individuals rebuild trust, reclaim dignity, and move toward recovery and housing stability.

Inclusion Health and Neighbourhood Health

It is said a well-functioning homeless group in a city only clears infection and disease, sickness, ill and foe, whereas a not so well functioning homeless group is capable only at some times to be successful at clearing up disease, which actually is its function.

The murky waters of sewers have traditionally been believed to be the Service Area of only Homelessness, and it can scientifically be proven sewers are a result, consequence, idea, birthplace and workplace, territory of homeless.

The murky waters of sewers naturally are full of infection and disease and the homeless person on the street is tasked with clearing up of as many of these as He is possibly able and learns before too long this (maybe literally as long 6 seconds) - this is best done conjointly and as a combined effort.

This is not because previously attained or learned science is best availed to one another – although that as well – but because the single homeless attempt is invariably swallowed up by misguidance, ill consequence and ultimately the wrong conclusion.

Simply homelessness is a group effort and every thought, thought process, debate, argument and more is given to homeless people to find and bring to life as a group entity. All platforms of Public Health as well therefore are formulated as outcomes of group conscience.

This is very much applicable to neighbourhood health where leaving some ‘clean’ rubbish behind in the neighbourhood indicates Public Health Service Work had taken place, which incidentally did not get paid for or praised.

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Co-occurring conditions/dual diagnosis

Homeless people are a flock, they move on a flock mentality. Virtually nothing they do, think, perform, debate etc singularly, every activity is conjoint and shared.

This does not bypass conditions neither, If one of the group acquires the condition, sooner or later the others will too. This is as simple as that.

If a GP as an example notices or observes the reoccurrence of some condition or disease is because the homeless gang or flock have kindly shared with one another some activity which then sadly resulted in some common disease.

This is natural in homelessness, and it might even transpire the Dr Doctor even wanted to participate.

This illustrates clearly homelessness is a beautifully fertile ground for the World of Sweet Temptation which all people including homeless people very much love, and they do very much like to lead each other into temptation as this is ‘THE’ structure brotherhood and law of brotherhood then evolves out of.

Sometimes when one is lead into some naughty Brohterhood deed of temptation, blips occur and homeless people are led to believe these are best cleared up within the brotherhood structure rather than by medical science, but occurs in medical science also

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Nutrition and Diet

A homeless person loves to fast

There is no two ways about it.

Fasting allows for a clear mind and that a homeless person welcomes.

In between their fasts, when they are feeding regularly they like to have a routine assigned to the satisfaction of their dietary needs.

Also they like to eat with their street homeless comrades. This gives rise to feeding homeless people on mass. So long as breakfast or dinner is served at exactly the same time and preferably every day homeless people of the city will turn up - on mass - for that meal. Homeless people regard their meals granted by the city as part of their Service Payments for their Service Completions in the areas of Civil Liberties and Public Health as well of course as the arena of Free Food in the World Pyramid.

Homeless people are able to pull off a miracle a size and significance of the miracle of the Fishes and Loaves – which is a story written down in the Bible and is associated with some miraculous multiplier of one gift being generated into thousands and thousands of the same back.

In this world of miracles, it is said in the other way round, which is the following: “so long as you shall conglomerate in the city, people will come and feed you “hears” the committed homeless person from messengers of homelessness.

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Obviously a homeless person has the same health requirements as any other person in the city just a little bit extra health must be incorporated into one’s thinking about homeless nutrition and health

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Primary Prevention of Homelessness Happens in Childhood – and most will be surprised to note – before birth.

This incidentally proves homeless people are very much involved in the country’s reproductive defence mechanisms and it is beyond the bounds of this paper to discuss those, but these might be where one – ordinarily birthed and living in e.g. Bristol - takes on a mission in Yorkshire and requests to be born there and complete Service in the given Service area for which he has to have relocated – in the truest sense – in our example to Yorkshire.

A homeless life is a similar Mission and many men choose it instead of

• a life in the army for example or

• a life as a criminal or

• even as a Government official or

• a Buddhist monk

• There are many others which crop up as alternative to choosing homelessness on lifepath

On a homeless life path, one will unearth for resolution some severe defect in the family; as a result of which finds himself street homeless.

This is very brave indeed and homelessness therefore only finds the bravest of the Social Cloth. In this instance there is nothing that can be done by providing housing etc. The person has to weep over the spilt milk of the family defect and then rejoin the ordinary troops in his own time.

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Supporting staff and preventing burnout

Currently there is more known about plant life than there is known about homelessness.

This is a true and shocking fact.

This means there are more hours in Universities spent on learning about chlorophyll than there are hours spent learning about Social Conscience Science of Homelessness at the same time as there being more service completed by Homeless people in the area of Civil Liberties than Service Completed by All World Governments combined – and that does include Palestine – the cradle of state.

Obviously knowing about homelessness and homeless lives, actually understanding about issues and Service areas and elements homeless people deal with and face alleviates over 90 % of worries, concerns, disrespectful ways of staff

As homelessness is much about connection and communication and the homeless person requests from staff : prior to attempting to connect with a homeless person they are acquainted with basic bits of information about homelessness and ranking – this often is not the case.

Fascist laws of governance are best avoided by homeless people and are best strictly adhered to by support staffs and mere attempts at keeping to these will stand staff in good stead in another walk of life – this includes family life.

Freak outs are not to be prevented but enabled in homeless settings. Such as: why staff kept to the nth detail of a request when later that whole process completion was then annulled, might result in somebody just simply wanting to get a freak on. They must never be betrayed in an employment setting, labelled mentally ill or ousted for weird behaviour but instead given the required assistance for the freak, which homeless people do an a daily basis. rite your text here...

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Sharing of Clinical best Practice is an age old topic for a good trash out and debate.

Highest guidance in ordinary health matters is on Two Counts;

Number One:

Health & Health Care is FREE.

Should one be lucky enough to participate in free health care as well as getting paid a fee for provision of Health Care often disables the mind in being able to think clearly in this matter. For this reason doctors are guided to ask the stupidest questions when they are dealing with paraplegics or homeless.

Homeless inclusion is slightly more difficult in Health Care but essentially the same applies. Facing a homeless individual, the doctor is snookered by the mere fact of paid employment present in His Free Healthcare to which he had added tonnes of connectors, conclusions healing methods and mindsets, crutches, bolsters, braces props and just general support – all for free.

Whilst the doctor as a paid employee cannot for the life of Him think never mind answer a question in relation to anything.

Number two:

If he did manage to clumber out of His Muddle of being for fee not least with the kind support and assistance of His newly found homeless buddy , and managed to strung a sentence together, His first guidance is He is to keep that information for himself and make it His secret. Sharing it will not move nor notch medical science on and HIs personal evolvement, growth endowment becomes more crucial than resolving any issue or coming to a definite answer even in relation to sharing Clinical Best Practice.

A such Vollen and Able Conclusions on sharing Clinical Best Practice always remain a secret, in which the doc was very lucky.

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New research – adding to the evidence base

Homeless people are full of vital information on homelessness and one must gather this information in.

Often the homeless person with the lived experience is unable to formulate into words the other side is able to understand .

This is a lack on the part of the support worker. He has not Learnt the street lingo attached to homelessness and so a homeless person is unable to get Him to grasp. Sometimes it says this is so that the homeless person is unable to express his findings.

The supposedly supporting structures are there for his scientific demise and at this point most homeless people just don’t want to do it. They would very much like to participate as well as to go to war for their points held true and which operate exclusively on principles of bravery, but will not give a hoot about opposing opinions and will not like to patiently explain why humans must care for their injured as opposed to the animal world

If you did not know you are not to be on his path as He will turn you into a mushroom. Simple as that

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Working across service boundaries

Support structures simply must work across service Boundaries as homelessness requests it that way. Homeless solutions are provided in that way. Homeless people complete service in apartheid free states of mind and those more often than not require there is no demarcation or differentiation in the definition of one Service area to the other.

This service completion and provision must be respected.

This is usually unheard of in support structures as the chef is untrained to carry out duties of the dentist, but a homeless person’s mind likes it that way. One person assigned to the individual and that one person completes all tasks is the reasonable solution.

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Health in housing initiatives

There are two things you absolutely MUST NOT do to homeless people

Number ONE

You may not institutionalise homeless people as a solution to their housing problems because they are in the process of completing Service for Civil Liberties which ensures people in general have a Civil Liberty ; not to be institutionalised against their free will.

An officer of any description may not come and lock one up willy nilly even if there is a war on in the back ground – as an example . This is a Civil Liberty homeless people had attained for all people.

For this reason this applies doubly to those who had actually completed service in this regard.

Number TWO

You may NOT just shoot all homeless people in your city as a solution to your housing problems as they are in the process of Completing Service for a murder free city

One; no matter of age, office, background, education etc simply may not hit against the Service Belt of another, this backfires and breaks his knuckle.

ON the other hand : Should there be an amicable solution of housing offered and accepted by homeless people without coercion there are unlikely to be health issues in that block of time or space as a homeless person is clearing disease not making it.

If it is a mid-way solution, the homeless person has to be given a myriad of opportunities to ‘spew’ at something else at somebody else other than his housing block.

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Best practice in in-reach and outreach

What you have to understand in an outreach programme (or in-reach for that matter) is that the programme is being commissioned from Monies which had been paid to Homelessness for Service homeless people had completed.

Homeless People complete Service in many areas and walks of life and homelessness is paid for it in return.

So whether that is private donors or allocation from council finance, that is homeless money. You will often hear a homeless person kicking off : that is my money. That is my money you are spending against my interest and that deriles any one.

Ther has to be consultation before embarking on an new outreach programme even if that in fact takes years

Faffing about for years and being available for the odd cup of tea for the kind homeless person is a better state of affairs than ringing into life a programme opposed by the very cloth of homelessness in the city which does frequently happen. The group agree on something and support structures acquire only what had been dismissed by the group.

This ensures the truth does not get out as well as keeping support structures off homeless people’s backs and many more functions it has.

Again just as in sharing clinical studies the support worker has a hard call – which he invariably then gets wrong - on whether to keep His Eureeka His own secret or whether to share with others in the vain hopes it might nudge something on either in homelessness or in the running of His organisation

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