Peter Stephenson (St Petrock's)

Just deleted my X/Twitter account.
I feel clean again!
#Xodus

Big thanks to St Petrock's Housing team, who've just accommodated 3 people who were sleeping rough on #Exeter's streets. So grateful for the caring, courageous and fun team I have the joy to lead.

Deputy police and crime commissioner Mark Kingscote resigns five months after defiant appointment by Alison Hernandez - Exeter Observer Resignation follows appointment of third Devon & Cornwall Police chief constable in eighteen months after suspensions of Jim Colwell in November and Will Kerr in July 2023.

Meanwhile rank-and-file Devon and Cornwall Police keep doing a great job on the ground despite chaos at the top. exeterobserver.org/2025/01/07/d...

Hope long before Elon Musk's alignment with Trump and extreme right views results in a boycott of Tesla products?

This is very good news! For too long landlords have charged excessive rent up front to circumvent deposit rules.

Looking for #Exeter peeps to follow on @bsky.app.
Local businesses
Local charities
Local people with a good heart.

Recommendations welcome!

St Petrock's Christmas Appeal 2024 Donate to Exeter’s local homelessness charity and help raise £40,000 to support those on our streets this Christmas and into 2025. Every donation makes a real difference to people in crisis.

So it's Christmas Eve. I'm looking forward to time off, time with my family, time to remember that God chose to become a person like us.
But for those who are #homeless, #ChristmasDay is just another day to survive.
But St Petrock's will be open serving Christmas dinner.

stpetrockschristmas.org.uk

Just seen this donation to St Petrock's Christmas appeal on stpetrockschristmas.org.uk. 😥
#homelessness #Exeter

St Petrock's Christmas Appeal 2024 Donate to Exeter’s local homelessness charity and help raise £40,000 to support those on our streets this Christmas and into 2025. Every donation makes a real difference to people in crisis.

As you, like me, warm up to #Christmas festivities, please remember those for whom this is a painful, lonely, cold and dangerous time. #homelessness #roughsleeping
stpetrockschristmas.org.uk

And many of these children in Temporary Accommodation will end up disadvantaged for life, especially if "temporary" ends up being many months. And so the cycle of homelessness and social inequality rolls on...

Was it worth the wait?

And totally agree about non-registered counsellors/therapists. The term should be protected exclusively for those who've done approved training and are at least registered with a professional body with a code of ethics.

It's a gentle kind of victim blaming. Come on, depressed person. Pull yourself together, take responsibility and reach out.
I know it's not meant that way, but to someone who can't reach out because they're depressed, it must feel like they're being told it's their fault for not making the effort.

Well said John. I've been thinking this for ages, but never articulated it.

Thinking about those on the streets right now.

Help rough sleepers by donating to the amazing St Petrock's below.....

#exeter #homelessness

This is such a glaring, stupid policy failure with outcomes that are both cruel and costly - it's great to see coverage in the mainstream press.

Thank you @itvnews.bsky.social West Country for highlighting the plight of rough sleepers in #Exeter, and the work of St Petrock's to provide practical life-saving help

www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

St Petrock’s appeals for funds to support its work with rough sleepers - Exeter Observer Exeter homelessness charity’s Christmas 2024 fundraising campaign features a short film depicting the fictional tale of a rough sleeper in the city’s streets.

NEWS // St Petrock’s appeals for funds to support its work with rough sleepers

Exeter homelessness charity’s Christmas 2024 fundraising campaign features a short film depicting the fictional tale of a rough sleeper in the city’s streets.

exeterobserver.org/2024/11/21/s...

Looking for your #Charity of the Year for 2025? If you or your team care about #homelessness, get in touch with St Petrock's! #Exeter #Devon #CSR

And the biggest tragedy of all?
UK Gov decided to stop reporting on #homeless deaths after 2021
It's almost as if they think homeless people don't matter.

Looking forward to @teamlabouruk.bsky.social recognising that the deaths of homeless people actually matter.

@steveracemp.bsky.social

Death statistic for #homeless people are terrifying.
741 homeless people died in 2021
35% of deaths were due to drug poisoning
13.4% suicide (<1% in general pop.)
9.6% alcohol-related

So well over half homeless deaths are so-called deaths by despair.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

PS. I don't really mean "forget where people live" as clearly geography is linked to prevalence of social exclusion. But the impact of homelessness is FAR higher than where people live.

Forget where people live, what about #homelessness? Life expectancy for homeless women is just 43 years. Homeless men 47. www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-pro...

Looking for your #Charity of the Year for 2025? If you or your team care about #homelessness, get in touch with St Petrock's! #Exeter #Devon #CSR

I'm definitely a procaffeinator. It's dangerous for me to do anything (other than put on the coffee machine) until sufficiently caffeinated.

Thanks Brian

There's only so many massive egos (generally one) that can coexist in the same space for any length of time.

Yep. Definitely. Struggling to find homelessness peeps here so far!

St Petrock's Christmas Appeal 2024 Thank you so much for thinking of people without a home this Christmas. Your support for Exeter's local homelessness charity makes a real difference to people in crisis on our city's streets.

Big thanks to all who've contributed to St Petrock's Christmas campaign so far! Beginning to gather momentum now... Stpetrockschristmas.org.uk