Cold facts

Cold facts
Half of all the rough sleepers in the UK are in London. For obvious reasons, winter is a particularly difficult time resulting in rough sleepers suffering three times as many physical health problems as the average person. The death rate of rough sleepers is 25 times that of the rest of the population. St Mungo's has a team of street outreach workers working with rough sleepers in London ensuring that each night 1,400 people stay in their emergency hostels and semi-independent housing. Photograph: St Mungo's