Stories

Erin

Erin was 7 years old when her dad passed away. She lived with her mum and siblings before her mum remarried and her stepdad joined …

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Karen

What attracted you to hosting when you first came to us? I used to work with young people and families first hand, however since going into management felt that something was missing in my life and wanted to have face to face hands support again with young people. Did you …

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Andy and Denise

As a new host we were very unsure of how we were going to adapt to having a young person living in our home. We …

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David

David had a traumatic childhood.  He was sexually abused at the age of 9 and grew up surrounded by domestic violence.  When he was 13, he started using cannabis as a way of …

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Katie

Katie grew up in a chaotic household.  She was emotionally abused daily.  At 16 the unstable, abusive environment became too much for Katie and she …

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Maggie and Pete

How long have you been hosting for? Autumn 2012, just over 10 years. We started with Nightstop and then progressed to Supported Lodgings and Nightstop. …

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Isaac

*Isaac, 20, came to SASH through our emergency accommodation service, Nightstop, in the East Riding area. “I used Nightstop so I wasn’t on the streets” “I used the Nightstop service so I wasn’t on the streets. At that time, I felt suicidal and I was thinking about taking a drug …

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Clare

After running out of places to sofa surf, *Clare ended up spending the night in 24-hour McDonald’s just to keep warm. Clare, who was just 18 at the time, knew she needed help …

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Sean

During the first national lockdown, it became clear it wasn’t safe for Sean to stay at home. Imagine what a worrying time it was to up sticks and move to a stranger’s house – but Sean did just that. On top of that source of worry, Sean was also furloughed …

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Nathan

Nathan hasn’t been with SASH hosts for long, having moved into his placement from foster care in August, but he’s already getting stuck in with learning some new independent living skills. His host snapped him ironing bed sheets for the first time and helping out round the house. Nathan helping …

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