Placeholder Image

Subtitles section Play video

  • Is it scary on the streets?

  • What is a question you wish people asked you?

  • My name's Dave.

  • Hello my name is Olivia.

  • A few years ago I was homeless for a few months.

  • There are all sorts of questions floating around the internet...

  • So let's clear the air.

  • It's through family issues

  • and you hear about people losing their accommodation.

  • I was made redundant from my carer's job and my pay was frozen.

  • So when you have a mortgage, council tax, all the utilities,

  • travel and food on your own, it just piled on.

  • Where do homeless people sleep?

  • I used to sleep

  • outside a church.

  • During the day, I've got a quiet bar that can be quite lenient.

  • You do get some safe havens.

  • They sleep in doorways.

  • Anywhere that's under cover.

  • On a bus. Park bench. In McDonald's.

  • In a library, if you want safety.

  • Yes.

  • Yes, I would say it's scary on the streets

  • because especially when you don't know what's around the corner.

  • I did have something thrown over me.

  • I was hoping it was water at the time.

  • I've heard of homeless people getting spat on or kicked.

  • That's why I say to any homeless person, "Do not sleep outside a pub,"

  • because obviously people are coming out of there drunk.

  • Sadly, I personally found a person that had deceased at a bus stop.

  • Obviously you need a bank account when you get a job

  • for your money to be paid.

  • No ID, no job.

  • I've heard about one or two companies -

  • they do give a chance to a homeless person.

  • But it's very rare.

  • Companionship.

  • The loyalty that the dog will bring.

  • They will not turn on them or betray them,

  • or run off with their last £5 note.

  • I hope you feel OK. Just asking about, for me, your wellbeing.

  • Or, "What can I do to help you?"

  • "How can we help?"

  • Basically.

  • Thanks for watching.

  • Don't forget to subscribe and click the bell to receive notifications for new videos.

  • See you again soon!

Is it scary on the streets?

Subtitles and vocabulary

Click the word to look it up Click the word to find further inforamtion about it