31/10/2016 Inside Out North West

Hello and welcome to Inside Out We investigate the rise of rough

sleeping in Manchester. There is really scary.

We reveal why some people are in temporary accommodation nearly one

year after the floods. And we take Graeme Nash back to

Salford boys club. I remember it because it was the

first time I ever went camphng. The numbers of homeless people

sleeping rough has risen in the last two years. We spent the day with

rough sleepers to find out why the numbers have increased in what is

being done about it. Another day dawns in Manchester and

for the rough sleepers it h`s been a long night. It is getting colder as

winter approaches but, desphte the drop in temperature, there hs no

fall in the numbers of people fall in the numbers of people

sleeping rough. Simon Partington is doing hhs early

morning rounds, checking to see who has been out overnight. And if you

need anything to eat. He works for a homeless hostel that providds

shelter for long-term rough sleepers.

By your interesting in getthng help at the moment?

I don't to hospitals, do yot know what I mean?

What has brought you back ott into the streets?

It draws you back and I've been in other hostels and come back onto the

street. I don't know. I feel a lot more free.

I could see from spending a few hours with you what some of the

challenges are. We're working with quite a complex

group of people who have bedn out for a long time and sometimds people

think it is quite straightforward that somebody would want to live

indoors rather than be outshde but it is more difficult than that.

What is the difficulty in pdrsuading people who've been on the streets

are a long time to go into accommodation?

A lot of the guys out on thd streets feel more comfortable there. The

community and safety in numbers The guys who know the peers. It is

difficult to go into a hostdl where you are more restricted with the

four walls around you. Would you say it is getting worse?

Yes, there is a massive increase in rough sleepers in Manchester. A

massive increase in street `ctivity, not just rough sleepers.

The recent count had rough sleepers in Manchester at 70 but that is just

a rough count of the sleeping bags in the city centre on a one night of

the year. The City Council says the figure fluctuates and it is likely

to be much higher. Even ... On the negative the samd

headcount in 2010 there werd just seven rough sleepers. That figure

had increased to 24 and 2013 and increased to 70 last year.

Manchester is third in the rough sleepers table behind Bristol and

Brighton. So why have the ntmbers of rough sleepers increased in

Manchester? What is local atthority doing about it?

It is a complex problem. We are seeing pressure on affordable

housing. There have been ch`nges in welfare which mean people are

experiencing sanctions and people experiencing family breakdown.

People with reductions in btdget so there are a huge pressure on budgets

in government and charity sdctors. There is currently funding for

social housing for 277 people and also a women only accommodation

There are further services for those fleeing from domestic violence. But

it has been accused of not doing enough to help the homeless. A

number of squats have sprung up in the city during the course of the

last year. Some of the younger homeless people

in Manchester have been squ`tting in this premises. They are in the

process of being evicted so we came down to take a look.

We've been squatting here for two months. They came in any thhs

morning started sawing throtgh the door. It really scary.

People say that place you spuat and belongs to somebody.

It is being left they are w`sted. It will be knocked down in a couple of

months. You are so young, living on the

streets can be easy. How hard is it been?

It is hard to see how hard ht is but it gets really emotional whdn you

talk about it. It is really, really scary. There are a lot of drug

addicts that are aggressive people. A lot are and bat sometime to get

anything of everybody and they are not ashamed of hitting an

18-year-old girl to get mondy or assaulting her in her sleep and

taking everything. Has that happened to you?

Yes, a lot. So how do you survive?

Good people, like my friends I am now. If you are out there, xou are

risking the next person comhng along being a really vicious person. There

is a reason these people ard not in hostels and usually it is bdcause

there are aggressive. It is only when you come down and

speak to people that you get a sense of how complicated the issud is

Grace is young and bright and articulate and you can't help think

that she should not be in this situation but this is where she

finds herself. Rough sleepers are 13 times more

likely to be the victims of violence and have a life expectancy of just

47. Simon continues his rounds in the city centre. Those who could be

persuaded to come to this hostel and hard work. There are beds for

so-called entrenched rough sleepers. Those who have been on the streets

for so long they struggle to adapt a normal life.

As simple as being in a rool, in an enclosed space, can be quitd

difficult. Some people will stay one night and then go back onto the

streets and Cork, maybe not for me. We have the outreach worker to go

out and say, let's try again. That is one of the unique things about

us, that we do not just... Well we have that link to the street and it

brings people back. And it is a model that is working.

The second hostel but an additional 23 processors due to open soon. For

the residents, it has proved a life-saver. At first, I did not want

to come into a place like this but it was the best thing I had ever

done. I will be 100% honest with you, it has saved my life coming

here. It saved my life as well. I thank

God for Simon doing the outreach thing because living on the streets,

I don't think I would still be going. I'm surprised I survhved last

Christmas because it was so cold. We used to shiver around each other.

It was the worst experience of my life. Coming here was like `ll my

Christmas is at once. It is the end of the working day and

people are going home. But Paul is preparing for another night outside.

We are human beings. We werd not born like this. Anyone could be

homeless and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Coming up, Andy Kershaw takds legendary singer Graham Nash back to

his roots. You kidding me? What memorids are

flooding my brain Right now. It s nearly a year since flood water

devastated around 9,000 homds Millions of pounds has been paid out

in insurance and almost 1,200 families are facing another

Christmas in temporary But behind every statistic

there is a human face. This is the story of the last ten

months in people and numbers. Storms Desmond, Eva

and Frank wreaked havoc over We've got a train in our back

garden. People are being advised not to

travel in or out of those areas It is starting to get frightening.

The river is enormous. It seems to be never-ending.

The anger I felt the day that we were rescued has subsided

a wee but the anger has been channelled into let's

Ron's house was flooded for a second time in ten ye`rs.

When the family comes to visit, the grandkids come to visit,

Basically, family life is on hold a bit.

How water so strong could rhp the whole bank away,

the river bank plus the garden and taken it all the way

down to the bridge because it was so forceful.

Alan s house and garden was badly damaged and this time

With all the protection I h`ve put in, the rock armour,

the flood boards on the front and these pumps in each doorway

we should stand a good chance of it not going through the same hmpact

Tessa is one of the lucky ones, and she s made it back home.

And it s heaven, honestly, the simple little things,

to be able to sit on your own sofa and go to your own bed and go

to your own bathroom and use your own shower.

But the stress of the floods has taken its toll.

I don t mind admitting last night I was in tears

on the sofa last night saying, It s great I m home,

but am I only going to be home for another six months?

I am struggling to get my hdad back round a routine of just

Everyone on this row, there are all OAPs.

It has made a lot of them ill, with having to put up

with everything and not knowing what is happening.

If I did not have my work, I d be in hospital by now.

In Cockermouth, the frustrations of flooding for a second tile in six

And we were told it was a one in 100 year flood and we were right next

to the flood defences and wd were told we were not a priority.

Go and move your stuff upst`irs because you are going to flood.

For the man in charge of Cumbria s flood defences,

People here who are in this room have suffered hellish

Having been there before so it is quite fair

to turn up and be both interested and curious about what is going

on and what could go on and be challenging of us and others

that we are doing the best for them here in the town.

We built it up and, yeah, it is just heartbreaking re`lly

Sue s Garden Centre wasn t insured for flood risk.

I would say it has cost us in the region of ?30,000.

Can't put a definite price on it because of the stuff we lost.

It was a bit quiet to start with when we reopened as people

It started coming in through the front and quickly filling up

the back because we have quhte a slope here and I don't know

if you can see right into the back garden but right up to the back step

the level was the same through the garden so we had

about three feet of water all the way through the shop.

Since we got refurbished, it has been great, actually.

It seems that the shop has been lighter in colour and peopld have

noticed it a bit more and wd had quite a bit of publicity

of the village so, yeah, things have been really good,

Welcome, everyone, thank yot so much for giving your Friday up.

It's Give A Day in Kendal, where volunteers are helping out

We're helping out painting this house and helping the flood victims

of Sandylands get back on their feet, really.

To know that people are not in their houses.

We go back to our nice, warm houses you want them

Quicker than what I thought they would.

Heard about this opportunitx and jumped at the chance

and I thought we will do whatever they want us to do.

So helping with this lovely lady's garden.

I looked and I did not know where to start

Even the Bishop of Penrith hs out to lift the spirits.

This is a gift from the local community.

It has been a bit of a rough time recently, hasn t it?

So this is to bring a bit of a smile and joy into people's lives.

My wife will love that as ours all got washed

Something needs to be done with the flood defences now

or we could be standing herd next Christmas in four feet

We will be looking at this window watching that river

It is a worry because you don t know if it s going to happen agahn

and if it happens again I don t think we can survive this thme.

Music fans from all over thd world come to the North West to bd

photographed outside Salford Lads Club.

But 30 years before it was lade famous by The Smiths,

it was a home from home for the founder members of `nother

In an Inside Out exclusive, Andy Kershaw took Graham Nash back

In this. And? What then is our flooding my brain right now.

Has it changed much? This doesn't seem to change that

all. When we last inside?

When I was about 16. Too many to count.

57 years ago. Graham Nash has sold millions

of records in a career He founded The Hollies

with fellow Salford Lads Cltb member Allan Clarke,

the group had a string of hhts Me and Clarkey used to come

here and learn chess The tables are smaller becatse this

is American war billiards or whatever.

This is the room I learned to play snooker.

Here, Graham, I ve something to show you over here.

Incredibly, we tracked down footage of Graham on that very camphng trip.

I do cos it was the first thme I ever went camping and the tents

And was that your first big adventure outside Salford?

It is actually, yes, and my mum and dad saved up enough

People then didn't travel as casually or as recreationally

No, not at all, now you can go to Abu Dhabi in ten

minutes, so that was 1956 so I was 14 years old.

And they've got a photo here of every single summer camp

they've had here right to the present day,

This is an engraved thing and this is every member of the club

in alphabetical order until recently.

Leslie's the manager of Salford Boys Club and yot won t

We ve got 22,000 records of everyone who s been a member here since 902

and these are all the Nashes and quite a few of these

No kidding, that s where my father was born.

After scoring worldwide hits with The Hollies,

in the late '60s Graham gavd up everything to move to California

and live with singer songwrhter Joni Mitchell, forming

a supergroup with her friends Stephen Stills and David Crosby

This is where Clarkey and I did Minstrel shows.

This is the stage where I first sang.

What sort of stuff would yot do on these minstrel shows?

It s a long way from here to Woodstock.

There are so many memories flooding back into my mind.

I wish Alan Clarke was with me, he would love this.

You once said that you wouldn t be who you are today

There s a saying downstairs that says, To make lives brightdr

and make better citizens, and I always liked that

for some reason, I thought it was a great motto.

What kind of place do you remember Salford

I remember it being tough, I remember rationing

and you couldn't get butter and milk without a coupon

I remember getting my sister's pram and going to the railway line

to pick up pieces of coal for the fire and I mean,

We didn t have anything to rub together.

Now, there s someone in here who might be able

Archie Swift has been involved with the Lads Club for 70 ydars

They were all decent lads and say you go to camp and your lifd can be

a torment with certain lads but this lot there were about seven of them

and they were angels and they all stuck together

It s lovely to see you again after all these years, my friend.

And I m glad we didn t upset your life too much

So, here you are now at 74, back where it all started.

Did you ever expect to have a career that

I never thought it would last this long and the truth is it s

I'm going round the world promoting it.

People seem to be really totched by it and here I am.

And my life doesn't show anx sign of coming to a close soon.

Graham Nash, nice to see you back in Salford.

It is hard to know who enjoxed the most, Graham or Andy. That hs all

for this series but we are back in January. See you then.

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