"being old and living alone. I am sick. I am afraid of loneliness … I cry a lot but try to look calm and collected when I go out." - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…"

Relais Social Charleroi - homelessness and participation

Friday 29 January 2010

In the context of the 2009 Annual Theme on Participation and Homelessness, FEANTSA asked its members to submit videos or other forms of information resources on homelessness and good practices of participation from their countries.

A selection of the different contributions can be accessed on FEANTSA’s webpage as well.

Belgium: Parlons-en ou cause toujours? Le débat, qu’est-ce qu’on y gagne quand on est à la rue ?, arpenteurs/Alpes Presse, 2008 (in French only)

Every month, service users and social workers come together at the Relais Social Charleroi and talk about conflicts and issues that arise. This forum is called “Parlons-en” (Let’s talk about it!)

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