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Townwatch UK travels across the UK creating a support network. We supporting vulnerable people to live better lives through real life journalism. our aim is to create a public platform that can help build a better society across the UK.

Townwatch UK is working on solutions for radically reducing homelessness and the issues around it as our first mission. We have researched homelessness thoroughly both from first-hand experience and also from our volunteering experiences. We have realized our insight from our lived experiences can be highly useful.

Our results will be published once we come up with a proposed solution. Our founder Vince Godwin, a journalist with around 5+ years experience in publishing, became homeless temporarily. Vince discovered the scale of homelessness in his hometown of Southend-On-Sea. In summer 2018 there was over 150 rough sleepers in Southend, Vince decided to get involved.

Drugs

Townwatch UK understands that not all rough sleepers are addicted to drugs. There are the self-employed homeless. There are people having relationship issues. Many have lost their jobs and homes due to Covid. Some have been released from prison with nowhere to go.

People who end up on the streets the most are people that have experienced trauma in their lives. Many homeless end up with personality disorders or other mental health conditions, which cause many of them to ‘self medicate’.

Townwatch UK Outreach Project

Townwatch UK actively patrol the streets and guarantee any homeless people are referred to the relevant service/s. Everyone is individual and some need different needs than the majority.

Townwatch UK aims to work closely with local and national charities to supply a wide support network to the community. Our team publish on public issues and We work on solutions to homelessness and poverty

We avoid publishing negative news, and prefer to focus on solutions to societies problems. Our ultimate aim is a better society for all, whether rich or poor. Many people live sheltered lives in the UK. They are lucky if they haven’t experienced such things as mental health issues or homelessness. Townwatch UK aims to be a voice for those who are often voiceless. Additionally, we strive to help the general public understand such problems.

Townwatch UK welcomes anyone who feels they have anything that can contribute to our cause in any way. We encourage the public to engage with us via our contact form below or you can contact our team@ [email protected]

We Support Streetlink

Townwatch UK supports Streetlink and add people we find to their record, by finding homeless people sleeping rough. Streetlink will always ping the relevant homeless service depending on the area and the homeless services available. Streetlink will contact the local charity which then sends outreach teams to the homeless person that our teams find. Townwatch UK aim to meet peoples immediate needs wherever possible. We offer food, water, and a phone to use if they need to get a message to someone.

Meeting peoples immediate needs is very important, and is our first priority.

Our team work with charities like HARP, SVP, The one love project, and Public support UK. Townwatch UK is always connecting with more charities so we can give outreach support wherever we go.

We began in Southend-On-Sea, Essex we continue to grow across the UK. The team here at Townwatch UK can recognize genuine homeless people through our shared training, research, and lived experiences. These lived experiences help us to engage with people that are rough sleeping.

Some of the services we offer:

• Outreach to find and support the homeless
• Advocacy service for the vulnerable/ homelessness
• Community forum
• Non-profit real life journalism and research.
• watchdog for the vulnerable
• Voices for the voiceless
• Campaigns for change
• Service audits