1. Assembly

2. Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, with his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride Hand held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news So how can you tell me you're lonely, And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags? She's no time for talking, She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags. In the all night cafe At a quarter past eleven, Same old man is sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his tea-cup, Each tea last an hour Then he wanders home alone And have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission Memory fading with The medal ribbons that he wears. In our winter city, The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care

3.  The importance of a home  What is homelessness?  How do people become homeless?  What are peoples rights and responsibilities to a home?

4.  Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.  It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home. ~Author Unknown

5.  Sleeping on the streets  Staying with friends or relatives  In temporary accommodation  Squatting  Unreasonable living conditions

6. “the vast majority of homeless people are actually families or single people who are not literally sleeping on the streets but living with relatives and friends or in temporary accommodation”.

7.  Long term illness  Addictions  Loosing a job  Relationship breakdown  Debt  Death of the main breadwinner

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfGwCyGAz SM

9. Article 27 (adequate standard of living) ‘Every child has the right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical, social and mental needs. Governments must help families who cannot afford to provide this’. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london- 14564949

10. Responsibilities

11. A December eve chilly and dark She sits alone in a mall Her dog asleep too weak to bark Strumming her guitar to all Shoppers laden with gifts walk past She has no money to live She’s treated as a lower caste No one wants to give A tear flows down her grubby cheek A sigh, a shudder, a whimper She holds her hand out feeble and weak Smiles at each passer by’s simper Church bells ring, a distant peal Singers sing in refrain Slowly she begins to kneel And prays in the freezing rain

12. A moment of silence to reflect