Love and Drugs on the Street: Girls Sleeping Rough

Kelly is 18 and has been homeless since leaving care a year and a half ago. She’s living in a tent in a park in Brighton and dreams of being a singer. 22 year old Charlotte and her boyfriend Lance are sleeping rough having been evicted from their flat. Rough sleeping in England has risen for the 7th year running, with Brighton and the South-East having the most rough sleepers outside London. We follow Kelly and Charlotte as the temperature on the streets starts to drop.

Deaths of rough sleepers spike in the winter months as the temperature plummets, and with a snowstorm forecast, there’s a rush for Kelly, Charlotte and Diana to find somewhere warm to sleep. Kelly has found a room with her boyfriend in a shared house, but Diana and Greg are still sleeping in their tent as the snow sets in. Meanwhile Charlotte and Lance receive a surprise gift from a kind stranger.

Kelly may have a room, but still needs to earn money on the street. Brought up in care and with no qualifications, she’s busking for now but hopes an open mic session will lead to bigger things. Further down the coast Zoe started sleeping rough when a relationship broke down, she has learning difficulties and has found refuge in a winter night shelter. Meanwhile, for Caroline home is now an abandoned shelter on the seafront.