Headhunting The Homeless

                                  Headhunting The Homeless

                                               3 x 40mins

                

There are over 100,000 people homeless in Britain. The aim of the series was to challenge perceptions of homelessness; change the attitudes that business people have and in the process observe the demanding transition into the working world for five homeless people with major companies such as Marks & Spencer, Pret-a-Manger and Wates Construction.

 

 

For Carol Thatcher it’s her first job in 20 years: “I proved to myself that I can do it…I had tears of joy running down my face.” Carol hopes that this new start will help her to reconnect with her children who were taken into care 12 years ago.

 

 

Accountant David Haighbrown doesn’t fit the stereotype; he’s well-spoken, college educated and motivated. Yet he found himself living rough, forced to rummage through dustbins for food and sleep in shop doorways. “I remember thinking, ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ I’ve never abused drugs or alcohol nor have any criminal record, yet here I am.”

 

 

These moving stories of human frailty and redemption, gave for the first time, a dignified voice to people who are not often heard and seldom depicted as real human beings.

 

          Nominated for the Grierson Awards for Best Factual Series

 

                                                  

                          

                                            music by the Pet Shop Boys