WHEN people choose to die at home it means they feel safe and supported in that place. When David, 52, was told he had just weeks to live from bone cancer, he knew where home was - among the caring staff and fellow residents at the Leonard Stocks homeless hostel in...
Stories from the Frontline
Angela’s Story
Leonard Stocks’ success at re-settling rough sleepers into permanent accommodation has been praised by the housing charity CRISIS, who pointed to a 70% success rate as well above that achieved elsewhere. Angela is a familiar face in Torquay. As a member of the...
Stuart’s Story
IT is never too late to turn your life around and for some, the Leonard Stocks hostel is the crucial junction. Stuart, 48, first experimented with drugs when he was 11-years old. By 12-years-old he was “unmanageable” and in a boarding school for children with...