Facts about homelessness
- The average life expectancy of homeless men is 47 and 43 for women.
- Rough sleepers are 9 times more likely to take their own lives than the general population
- Rough sleeping has more than doubled since 2010
Our impact
Facts about St Martins
- During 2021/2022 350 people were assessed 265 had positive outcomes.
- During the year we engaged with 169 people during our morning outreach; 98 of whom were completely new to rough sleeping in our area.
- 139 of these people were male and 30 female, we successfully housed people in a planned way.
- 17 people were already housed when we encountered them; often people will continue with street lifestyle and associated activities even when they have been housed.
