Homelessness in London.


*7,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London every year.
*A lot of people end up homeless due to a relationship breakdown, redundancy, poor mental
health, alcohol/substance addiction, domestic abuse etc....

individual factors including lack of qualifications, lack of social support, debts - especially mortgage or rent arrears, poor physical and mental health, relationship breakdown, and getting involved in crime at an early age
family background including family breakdown and disputes, sexual and physical abuse in childhood or adolescence, having parents with drug or alcohol problems, and previous experience of family homelessness 
an institutional background including having been in care, the armed forces, or in prison.

Reason	Number of accepted households, 2013/14	% of total
End of assured shorthold tenancy	13,650	26%
Parents no longer able to accommodate	8,520	16%
Friends/ other relatives unable to accommodate	6,660	13%
Relationship breakdown with a partner: Violent	6,130	12%
Loss of other rented accommodation or tied housing	3,040	6%
Relationship breakdown with a partner: Other	2,550	5%
Rent arrears	1,740	3%
Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of mortgaged home)	990	2%
Other reasons	2,550	5%
Total	52,270	100%

31.2/5.2 Be able to research for social action and community media production work

 Homelessness in South London

outline of the project: this project is based around the homelessness going on in south london.

aims of the project: 

The aim of this project is to make people aware of homelessness in their area and how we should stop ignoring them and think of ways to help get them back on their feet. I wish to make people aware of the fact that the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of London

target audience: 

The target audience of my documentary is everyone as i believe that this is a message for everyone to hear even though homelessness is not an issue in all areas it is still possible for people in different communities to help with situation but they do not due to be them being unaware of the situation I also believe everyone should watch this is because the areas that are suffering with extreme homelessness are used by all of us such as croydon shopping centre as people from all over south come to use this well known shopping centre but are unaware of the vast people living in dirty allies, car parks and behind some of the most used stores.

timescale: 

My aim is to complete filming with in a maximum of two weeks and have the final edit prepared after another week.

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different types of brief

There are two different types of brief, contractual and cooperatives. Contractual briefs is where a client well hire a media company to complete a project while following all instructions giving in the brief. Cooperative briefs on the other hand are very brief and giving out to multiple media companies instead of just the one, because there are more then one media companies competing on one project it allows them more freedom to try and do things there way instead of already being told how things should be done by the client.


why is it important to follow a brief

it is important for the media companies to follow the brief given to them by the employer because it makes things easier for them as it well tell them in detail what the product is and what they want them to do with it. for example if the company does not fully understand what they are being asked to do the brief is full with content to help them understood what they are being asked to do.



why do you need to negotiate

being able to negotiate with the employer allows for improvements to be made where the employer may not have seen. it also helps the media company get the better over their competitors who have also been hired to work on the project as it allows their project to have more individuality.



why do you need to identify your strengths and weaknesses

it is important to identify your strengths  and weaknesses as it underlines what part of the project you should put your attention to.




what are the most important things to consider; deadlines and reading it correctly

The most important thing to consider is that the project is completed o the set deadline and that the brief has been read correctly if it is a contractual so the employer is satisfied with the project.

assignment task 1

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Project summary:

This project is based around making people aware of homelessness in their area and how we should stop ignoring them and think of ways to help get them back on their feet. i wish to make people aware of the fact that the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of London has risen by over one-third in the past year, new government figures reveal. The crisis has prompted homelessness charities to call for sweeping reforms but unfortunately alot of people are un aware of these figures, so the aim of my documentary is to bring these kind of things to light.


Target Audience:
The target audience of my documentary is everyone as i believe that this is a message for everyone to hear even though homelessness is not an issue in all areas it is still possible for people in different communities to help with situation but they do not due to be them being unaware of the situation.
I also believe everyone should watch this is because the areas that are suffering with extreme homelessness are used by all of us such as croydon shopping centre as people from all over south come to use this well known shopping centre but are unaware of the vast people living in dirty allies, car parks and behind some of the most used stores.


Perception/tone/guidelines:

i want this documentary to be serious containing a lot of factual information.

Homelessness questionnaire summary/evaluation.

1. Why do you think there are so many homeless people in the uk?

A lot of the people who believe a lot of people end up homeless due to the lack of jobs. But statistics show that the most common reasons for people going homeless are; drugs, alcoholism, relationship breakdowns etc…

2. What’s your reaction when you see a homeless person on the street?

There was a vast variety of different answers to this question some people said they would just wonder how the homeless person ended up there, others that they would just feel naturally bad for them and there were the few that said they would just try to avoid eye contact to prevent an awkward situation.