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Counsellor; counselling psychologist and psychotherapist in training; pro-EU, anti-Tory; she/her.

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

scoop.me

@littleelse I fear most of the population won’t realise what they had until it’s gone...in the meantime the personal burnout for staff and the untold number of deaths from the system being overwhelmed will continue to rise.

Long term government thinking and caring when it comes to the #NHS and social care (not just last minute injections of cash) have been absent for so long, it makes me think they want to make it impossible for anyone to fix it.

Lesson learned from 2022, bringing a dog named Shark at the beach is a mistake.
It's #worldintrovertday. Please celebrate appropriately by quietly acknowledging with an eye brow raise or slight head nod and returning to your book, headphones or screen.

Poll: #UK #Politics -

"We're f***ed at least until the #Tories are gone. We may still be f***ed afterward; and, unless we ditch #FPTP, they could come back and f*** us some more."

Broadly agree/disagree?

(Please boost for wider opinion.)

Broadly agree ✅
98.5%
Broadly disagree ❌
1.5%
Poll ended at .
This year I am determined to make myself more emotionally available, so long as I don’t have to show up in person.
The Isle of Rum as seen this Hogmanay afternoon from Camusdarroch beach near Mòrar.
I won't beat around the bush when it comes to misuse of idioms. Sorry to rain on your parade.

2023 begins with hope & anticipation...

Let's not spoil it by carrying on with the unpleasant bits of 2022.

Happy New Year.