The See Me North story started in 2023, when we started working with people with lived experience of homelessness (PEH). A year later, we co-wrote a blog post. As a group, we had questioned the wisdom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, as while homelessness presents a definite and immediate threat to physiological (shelter, food, etc) and safety (resources, health) needs, it was always experienced as the visible tip of an iceberg of difficult experiences, which had stripped people of much more.

Even though the wind is still whipping around our ears, the parks’ daffodils and crocuses say we’re heading towards Spring. Spring is about new beginnings and change. Sometimes, change means exploring what creative or social pastime that could bring joy and fulfilment. But trying to find both places that offer things of interest and the courage to go is challenging.