https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-04-23/dying-homeless
No official body was putting together the stats of how many people die living in the streets of the UK.
They do now - thanks to this project by the team at the Bureau.
They used FOI, trawled local media reports, spoke to doctors in the seaside town of Brighton who were compiling their own list & put together 200s of stories.
They tweeted out #makethemcount #dyng homeless stories & collaborated with newsrooms in the UK.
They even worked with the government’s ONS - national statistics agency - who got on board . The 2 groups won a National Statistical Society award for this.
This week ONS published the latest stats. This will mean , perhaps, better provision for health care & housing support. 500 people’s lives are better documented and maybe some deaths will be prevented.