Love and Drugs on the Street: Girls Sleeping Rough

22-year-old Charlotte and her boyfriend Lance are sleeping rough in Brighton again after the winter night shelter closed in the spring. Kelly, now approaching her 19th birthday, has moved back to Hastings after her boyfriend was arrested in Brighton, and Ocean, who is 20, has returned from France after her work placement didn’t work out. In the last ten years, the number of people sleeping rough in Brighton & Hove has increased by nearly twenty times - more than anywhere else in the UK. We continue to follow Kelly and Ocean as they negotiate life on the streets while Charlotte faces her biggest challenge so far.

Kelly is trying to adjust to life back in Hastings and get housed. Ocean moves back in with Nikki, who is helping her search for somewhere more permanent to live. Charlotte finally leaves the streets for the first time in two years. We meet Kayley who is sleeping rough with her partner in Eastbourne, despite being pregnant.There are no official figures to account for how many homeless people are pregnant women.

In the final episode of the series, Brogan, 24, is in Brighton and has been sleeping rough or squatting across Europe for the past 6 years. She is currently searching for a suitable empty building to squat in. Studies have shown that young care leavers are more likely to have sofa surf or sleep rough than the majority of the population. After leaving care, Kelly has been sleeping rough and is currently sofa surfing in Hastings. She may have finally found somewhere to be housed. Becky, another care leaver, is currently sleeping rough in Hove after losing everything, just over a year ago.