Tag: thecouchproject
From the Streets to the Stage: The Interview [Part 3]
9 September 2016
This blog is the final part of a three part series of the Streets to Stage Q & A at William Clarke College. "I want to tell you that you all count. You all have a purpose, a reason to live. You have t...
Read moreFrom the Streets to the Stage: The Interview [Part 2]
31 August 2016
This blog is part two of a three part series* of the Q & A facilitated by guest MC Bee Orsini at Wil...
Read moreFrom the Streets to the Stage: The Interview [Part 1]
24 August 2016
The performance featured a Q & A with the two musicians Ozone and Supernal about their youth homeles...
Read moreStreets to Stage Wrap Up
8 August 2016
Streets to Stage is a high impact performance to raise awareness of youth homelessness; created by ...
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Owen and Dwaine: from the streets to the stage
26 July 2016
For Owen and Dwaine homelessness was a reality they faced everyday. They now use their journeys to f...
Read moreFundraising tools
13 July 2016
How to fundraise
How to ask someone to sponsor you
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Couch surfing: the dangerous undercurrents
13 July 2016
Marks home life was pretty good until his mother remarried. I had stepfather issues he says. "It was...
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From 'cool' to freezing
13 July 2016
“Waking up one morning in the middle of winter – it was freezing cold and pouring down...
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Challenges of couch surfing
13 July 2016
Imagine not knowing where you will sleep tonight. Or what you will have to eat. Will you and your be...
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Maintaining school while surviving homelessness
13 July 2016
“I cannot imagine not knowing where you are going to stay. Not having eaten, not having showe...
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Dealing with the devil of addiction
13 July 2016
“You walk in here with fear in your eyes and death in your heart and walk out of here with l...
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Home at last
13 July 2016
“It really is hard when you are homeless. It feels like your whole life is trashed and scatte...
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Rebecca's Story
8 July 2016
There are many reasons why young people find themselves without a home. For Rebecca, it was a ...
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