Visitors to an art exhibition supported by the Prince of Wales to overturn stereotypes about homelessness will be able to buy mobile phone top-ups and travel cards to help people at risk of losing their homes.
A selection of charity gifts will be available in the gift shop at the Saatchi Gallery in London, where the Homelessness: Reframed exhibition opens on Wednesday.
It is the first time the Saatchi has offered “non-commercial” products in its gift shop, and is thought to be the first offer of its kind in the major British galleries.
Homewards, the Prince’s campaigning project, which organised the exhibition, described the items on offer as a “daily travelcard so people can travel to their employment, mobile data top-ups to enable them to stay connected, a study kit for a new training course, and a moving-in pack to help make their accommodation feel like home, which we know helps sustain tenancies”.
Each gift will be represented by a postcard costing between £5 and £100, with money sent to two homeless charities – The Passage and Centrepoint – to be converted into products to be given to those in need.
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The exhibition Homelessness: Reframed is free and runs at the saatchi Gallery until Sept 20.
Peasants lining up to give William money like:
Didn’t he say he was going to build homes on one of his properties to help the homeless too?
This sounds really good.
Also: “Far too often the images we see of homelessness are of people rough sleeping, failing to reflect that this is just one of the many different types of homelessness that people can experience.” that is actually true and should be talked about more (and the same goes for the need of a complex solutions for homeless people).