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Headhunting The Homeless
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Wikipedia article
'Headhunting The Homeless' is a British documentary series for the BBC by John Walsh of Walsh Bros Ltd. This three part series followed five homeless people for over a year as they looked for employment on a new scheme involving two hundred companies, including Marks & Spencer, Pret a Manger and Wates Construction, following the work of Eva Hamilton MBEs Business Action on Homelessness project https://www.bitc.org.uk/news-events/news/business-takes-practical-action-prevent-homelessness as part of Business in the Community. The goal of this project was to try and break the cycle of homelessness for good, to challenge perceptions of homelessness, and to change the attitudes that business people have and in the process observe the demanding transition into the working world for homeless people. The series followed The Prince of Wales Seeing is Believing Programme and then pioneering a new multimillion pound Corporate Social Responsibility project, addressing attempting a new approach on CSR in relation to homelessness.
For Carol Thatcher its her first job in 20 years: I proved to myself that I can do itI had tears of joy running down my face. Carol hopes that this new start will help her to reconnect with her children who were taken into care 12 years ago. Accountant David Haighbrown doesnt fit the stereotype; hes well-spoken, college educated and motivated. Yet he found himself living rough, forced to rummage through dustbins for food and sleep in shop doorways. I remember thinking, What have I done to deserve this? Ive never abused drugs or alcohol nor have any criminal record, yet here I am.
Describing his own film, Walsh has said: "These moving stories of human frailty and redemption, gave for the first time, a dignified voice to people who are not often heard and seldom depicted as real human beings."[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959785/plotsummary IMDB plot summary]
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Awards
Grierson Awards nominated for Best Documentary Series or Strand.
Reception
The series was part of the BBCs 120 most treasured programmes of the first half of 2003 in the corporations drive to convince its critics that the licence fee should not be abolished.
'The Guardian' described the series as "truly touching". and also chose it as their Pick of the Day.
One episode achieved a rating of 1.4 million according to The Stage.
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