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Back to all in-depth newsWalking tours with homeless - 27.08.2010
London's homeless give alternative guided tours of the city
Throughout the month of August 2010, tourists visiting London were able to take unconventional walking tours, dubbed Unseen Tours, of London with homeless or vulnerably housed individuals as their tour guides.
Unseen Tours is a pilot scheme, launched by a grassroots volunteer network called The Sock Mob, which helps homeless people find sustainable jobs as tour guides on the streets they lived on. The tours are located in the London Bridge or Shoreditch neighbourhoods where tourists are shown the usual attractions as well as a firsthand glimpse of street life.
The main objective of the tours is to shed light on the situations faced by the homeless so as to show society ...
Unseen Tours is a pilot scheme, launched by a grassroots volunteer network called The Sock Mob, which helps homeless people find sustainable jobs as tour guides on the streets they lived on. The tours are located in the London Bridge or Shoreditch neighbourhoods where tourists are shown the usual attractions as well as a firsthand glimpse of street life.
The main objective of the tours is to shed light on the situations faced by the homeless so as to show society ...
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