For homeless and formerly homeless people, losing their ID and then having to apply for and afford new ID is insurmountably difficult. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The bedroom tax turfed people, many of them disabled, out of their homes, while the government disseminated myths about people living it… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Supporting people to stay in their homes is surely a better method of reducing homelessness than acting after the fact. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Modern life undermines any attempt at building communities and making connections with people without commerce. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
While, legally, universal suffrage has been achieved for all undetained citizens over the age of 18, many people still find it difficult… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
People never know what to do with women who write, especially about lust, in a way that isn't sanitised and held back. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Renters didn't used to be cursed: social housing offered millions of people a steady, safe and secure home for an affordable price. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Focusing only on street homelessness is resource-intensive, and acts after the rough sleeper has already endured significant hardship and trauma. Acting before… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Most people pass through the doors of a hospital as a last resort. By the time you reach a bed, you've probably… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Hospitals are often grim places: being stuck on a ward is excruciatingly boring, especially when you're too ill to follow the plot… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Good policymaking is evidence-based, and preventing crime and antisocial behaviour involves fixing the society we all live in, identifying risk factors and… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Historically marginalised people - by gender, race or nationality - aren't willing to be silent any longer on the crimes of the… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their formative education and, for those who did not, one theme… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Almost all the people I've met in temporary accommodation fell behind with their rent because of benefit cuts, or found their landlord… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The homeless often feel invisible, allowed to plummet through widening holes in the social safety net, then hidden in doorways from which… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
If you're in a meeting and a man talks loudly over you, rather than copying that behaviour and normalising it, what you could do… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that pays for… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
For children with special educational needs to receive the help they need to thrive in education, councils need targeted funding that properly addresses the… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
It should be obvious that banning begging or criminalising rough sleeping will do little to combat homelessness. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The bedroom tax turfed people, many of them disabled, out of their homes, while the government disseminated myths about people living it up in… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The long-term effects of privatising both rail and housing, aside from ensuring we live in a country of crumbling infrastructure (in contrast to mainland… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
A smart society recognises the benefits of treating problems before they escalate, either through helping people quit smoking or moving them out of mould-blighted… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Modern life undermines any attempt at building communities and making connections with people without commerce. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Women, when they do break into power or succeed, can expect to have their lives scrutinised for clues to how they managed it exactly… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Housing, not buying, should be a right - and available and affordable for all. Right to buy is devastating our housing system, just as… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Renters didn't used to be cursed: social housing offered millions of people a steady, safe and secure home for an affordable price. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
