You are closer to being homeless than you think w/ Jack Gascoigne

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For the last five years’ core homelessness has been rising year on year in England, reaching a peak just before the pandemic when the number of homeless households jumped from 207,600 to 227,000. Why is this and how can we address it?

Billy chip is an alternative currency for the homeless which allows the public to directly donate to rough sleepers without the fear of their donation being miss used for drugs or alcohol.

In this episode, I sit down with Jack Gascoigne, communications director at Billy Chip to find out more about their journey and find into the homeless epidemic

00:00 Intro

02:44 What is the True valley

03:32 What were some of your fondest memories growing up

07:56 Who was Billy?

08:42 How did Billy die?

13:04 Starting a safe and secure currency to donate to homeless people

19:20 What's the reaction to Billy Chip been so far?

25:45 How does actually work in practice?

31:46 Why does the UK have a homelessness problem?

32:09 How many people in the UK are homeless?

33:36 We focus on rough sleeping

34:28 Do you think it's possible to end homelessness

35:04 You can't have extreme wealth without extreme poverty

35:38 What about people who say homeless people just need to work harder?

36:20 Homeless people are not drug addicts

37:42 You are closer to homelessness than you think

41:35 How Generous is the UK Public

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