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Claire Douglass, Volunteer and Activity Coordinator Claire is wife to her wonderful husband and mother to two amazing daughters and has an old but very handsome Golden Retriever called Hugo who always seems to know how to get under your feet. She is a social being who says she’s at her happiest when spending time […]
Emma has always struggled with her mental health but has pushed herself and managed to find coping strategies. She has managed to work for most of her life despite this but went through a relationship breakdown at the beginning of lockdown and this led to a huge decline in her mental health. Due to multiple […]
Jenny attended Pathways after fleeing from another part of the country due to domestic abuse. Jenny has worked in the social care sector for all of her life and was unable to continue due to a decline in her own mental health because of the abuse she had suffered. Jenny had not followed the normal […]
Colin has been between rough sleeping and sofa surfing for the last four years after his flat being taken over. Colin struggles to engage with services since childhood due to traumatic events as a child and struggles to manage his temper with authority figures. Colin has always engaged well at Pathways but has become frustrated […]
Jimmy has worked in retail all of his life and lost his job during the first lockdown of the pandemic. He lived with his partner in her tenancy but she decided to move back to be with family. Unfortunately Jimmy was unable to afford the tenancy and as it wasn’t in his name the landlord […]
Nick had a difficult childhood moving in and out of the care system and sadly got mixed up in crime and substance misuse. He has experienced a lot of trauma as a child and that impacts on how he copes with things now. When Nick came to Pathways he had recently been released from prison […]
Jeremy was working full time and living with his parents prior to Covid. Jeremy lost his job and his mental health deteriorated. Stresses and strains on the family during lockdown led to a relationship breakdown and Jeremy needed to leave the family home. Jeremy found himself homeless for the first time and was scared and […]
Alan had been homeless for a number of years. He struggled with substance misuse, both heroin and alcohol. Alan has a cancer diagnosis and mobility issues. His mental health was poor and he has had several hospital admissions due to feeling suicidal. During the most recent hospital admission he had been working with the Psychiatric […]
Ben has paranoid Schizophrenia and has a dependency on Amphetamines and alcohol. He has a history of criminal offences and has had long spells of rough sleeping. When Ben found himself rough sleeping again, Pathways visited him a few times a week with supplies such as sleeping bags, food, clothes, early morning coffees and essentially […]
Carl had been asked to leave his childhood home after he had an altercation with his Dad. He was placed into the winter provision and began to work on finding his own property with Pathways. He gained a council property and Pathways provided him with a starter pack including a double bed and helped him […]