Headhunting The Homeless

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 MBE’s [3] Business Action on Homelessness project [4] as part of Business in the Community.

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.

Accountant David Haighbrown doesn’t fit the stereotype; he’s 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?’ I’ve 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.