Homeless History of Newcastle
More than 170,000 families and individuals across Britain are experiencing the worst forms of homelessness. That includes people sleeping on the streets, sofa-surfing or in other dangerous situations. Rough sleeping alone is estimated to have increased by 169% since 2010. Newcastle is no exception to these shocking statistics.

‘Missing Pieces’ was a unique and captivating exhibition exploring the Homeless History of Newcastle and wider issues around homelessness in Britain. The exhibition was a Heritage Lottery funded project bringing Crisis Skylight members who have experienced homelessness together with project lead and historian Kristopher McKie and museum curator David Wright in the search for stories and evidence from the city’s past.

“Our project dealt with some challenging, topical themes and it was vital to us that we avoided slipping into cliches and stereotypes in its presentation. Everything produced marketing and exhibition material with a bold, striking and contemporary feel, challenging our audiences to think differently about the crisis of homelessness.”

David Wright, Exhibition Curator

Homelessness in the community
Each venue in the exhibition focused on a different discussion around homelessness such as ‘community’, ‘experiences’ and ‘fragments’. To highlight this each venue was given its own colour scheme to clearly identify each narrative. This was then incorporated into the exhibition interpretation, with each site having its own unique focus and personality while still sharing a clear narrative thread with the overarching exhibition as a whole.

Contributors
Exhibition Curator: David Wright
Project Lead: Kristopher McKie
Project Management: Crisis Skylight
Photography: Mark Slater

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