Freedom

In today's Issue

Freedom 
Facts about Homelessness
Joke of the Day
Amaaaaazing fact
New Release
Get Published

People talk about freedom

But what do they mean

Freedom for decisions

To pursue your own dream

I know freedom

What it’s like to be free

With no responsibilities

Just I.  myself and me

A romantic image

I’m King of the road

But it’s not that, No house,

no home no dry abode

Freedom to be alone

Freedom from love

Freedom from care

Freedom from above

People make assumptions

Based on what they see

Drunk, drugged lazy

Well that wasn’t me

Made redundant

No fault of my own

lost my home to bankers

who pulled all my loans

A partner who gave up

To her cash machine

From £50 k to nothing

Left with freedom but not a bean.

Freedom is just another

Word with nothing left to lose

Freedom to be nothing

Dead within the blues.

So enjoy your freedom

That sits in your head

Whilst you snuggle up

Free from freedom in your own warm bed



Facts about Homelessness

Not everyone who becomes homeless is entitled to be housed.

In England councils only have a duty to find somewhere for a person to live if they have a ‘priority need’. This includes families with children, people in an emergency after a flood or fire, or who are “vulnerable” for various other reasons. In addition, they must not have deliberately done or failed to do anything that caused them to become homeless.

Around 58,000 households were accepted by councils as entitled to be housed in 2015/16. This number has been rising since 2009/10, and is up by a third since 2010/11.

However, it’s 57% below the level of 2003/04, when 135,000 households were accepted.

People who are legally homeless are “rarely” on the streets, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government. We don’t have definitive statistics for how many people are sleeping rough.

In England the number of people sleeping rough is a snapshot taken in autumn each year. Councils count or estimate the number of people sleeping rough in their area. Most authorities talk to local agencies and give an estimate.

Last year, 3,600 people were estimated to be sleeping rough in England. This is 30% higher than in 2014, and double the estimate of 1,800 for 2010 (the earliest comparable data).

Random Joke of the Day

We now live in an age where it's more important to delete history, than it is to make it.

That's Amazing

In 2014 Netflix spent £($) 0.00 Marketing its online video service, but, over 6 million people used it.

NEW RELEASE

Released TODAY

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls... I present to you :-

The follow up to the award winning 'Tales of the Unaccepted'.
This time there are double the pages and double the twists...

I deal with a diverse number of subjects, such as....

The secret of Love...Vinegar ?
Networks... They are important, especially at 60,000 feet
What have magic and terrorism got in common ?
What if you ordered a ghost on Ebay but you couldn't open the packaging
How to get away with the perfect murder....a step too far ?

As usual there is a think, but pumping, vein of humour running through this release.

It may make you smile, it may make you think...it will make you shudder !!

On Amazon paperback and kindle now, we be released on other platforms soon..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1717812686/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1531909384&sr=8-4&keywords=neville+raper

Do You Want To Be Published ?

Get Published !!

This is YOUR CHANCE to get your story or poem in print in a published book that you can hold, read and share. 

We currently support a Mental Health charity. In order to raise funds for them, they have asked if we could put a book together containg their poetry, stories about mental health and how it effects them and/or their families.

The books theme will be about mental health, depression, but that doesn't mean you need to submit writing about that subject (but it would help lol)

THERE IS NO CHARGE OR COST TO YOU AT ALL. We are confident that the sales will cover the set up cost that we will pay up front! We want nothing from you other than your writing. We would like to have this book ready by no later than November so we can get it out for Xmas ( How nice would it be to give a present of your writing to a loved one ) 

Simply send your work to 'talesoftheunaccepted@gmail.com'....Please feel free to share this, with your own friends list so that they may get this opportunity...We've all got a book in us, now is the time to see it in print.

If you have an idea, but it's not ready yet, just let us know and we will book a slot in the book for you...