Stevenage Haven houses women and men from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences.  Their ages range from 16 upwards and each resident has their own story. This section of our website is devoted to our residents and allows them to share their story with you. Click on the links below to read some of their stories  Alternatively to download our Resident Stories Booklet which contains a large number of our resident stories since 2002, click here.

If you would prefer to watch a video where homeless people speak about their situations follow the link to 'Reaching Out' one of Shelter's videos on YouTube.

Click on the links below for a selection of Stevenage Haven Resident's Stories:-

• I can hardly believe how far I have come - Liz's Story

• The Next Step - Liz's Story Continued

• 'Journey' - Eamonn's Story

• The 'Journey Continues': A Year of Love & Support - Eamonn's Story continues.  

• My children were taken into care, I became depressed and started to drink heavily - Sarah's Story.  

• Sarah's Story - Two & Three Years On.

• Simon's Story.

• Fay's Story.

• Dianne's Story.

• Matt's Story.

• It was all over me having a small but beautiful tattoo.

• My life started to go wrong when I was fifteen.

• I walked up the path to the Haven so scared and worried - Susan's Story.

• My Story - Kevin.

• Sleeping rough in fields and bushes broken by occasionally by a night on someone's sofa - Marcus's Story.

• I had lost everything.

• In the past 15 years I have been homeless for 10 of them - Johns Story.

• Sharon's Story.

• I was kicked out of my family house at 16.

• After 18 months of living rough and suffering from deep depression and alcoholism.

• "Oh what a day" - Ian.

• The Winter of my Discontent.

• Andrew's Story

• I have been a heroine addict for six years.