The festive period is a notoriously difficult time for people with mental health/depression issues. If you find yourself struggling, talk to someone. If you have no one to talk to, I will be available right through the festive period. You can message me via crisis@p4810.com - I will be checking messages regularly.

If you'd rather talk to someone anonymously, these details might be of use

http://waveringoptimist.blogspot.co.uk/p/useful-contacts.html

When did we start accepting children being homeless?

Have a look at this:

http://www.shelter.org.uk/

75,000 children in the UK will wake up on christmas day homeless.

let me run that by you again

75,000 children in the UK will wake up on christmas day homeless.

When did this become something that we accept? What are we going to do about it? There is enough money, sufficient resource and housing for this not to be the case, it's just not spread out correctly. Our society is fundamentally broken.

Here's a link to contact your local MP

http://www.parliament.uk/about/contacting/mp/


Here's a link to donate to Shelter

http://www.shelter.org.uk/donate?cam_id=4&src=christmas_landing&appeal=&consid=


I don't even know what to say to your MP. I think it's down to each of us to decide that. But we need to say *something*. don't we?