Transcript

SAS:

I started volunteering at the homeless charity a few years ago. And I think one of the primary reasons I was drawn to that particular charity is because homelessness is very evident and very immediate and you can’t walk through a major town or city without seeing homeless people. And I think you have a lot of questions about, oh, how did they end up in this situation?

And I think homelessness is very polarising and a lot of people are like, on some level, maybe, you’ve put yourself there. And what are the reasons? If you really want the help and support, can’t you get yourself off the streets? And some people are always very willing to give money, and others are adamantly against it, depending on what they might choose to spend the money on.

So I think it was really interesting. So I kind of had a lot of those questions in my mind, as well, and preconceptions about what homelessness was about. So I think being part of the charity and talking to homeless people, well, the first thing you realise is, there are any number of reasons why anyone could be homeless.

But I think there’s an immediacy to homelessness. You know, a lot of these guys, two or three months ago, had homes. And, through circumstances beyond their control, they found themselves on the street. And it’s something that can happen to anyone.

So I think because it feels like there’s a very quick, slippery slope to being quite contented and living an everyday, happy life and then finding yourself on the streets, I think maybe because it’s something that can happen to anyone, I felt, like, more drawn to that particular charity than a lot of the others.