Hannah Layland is the pseudonym for an advocacy and support worker in a local voluntary organisation
February 2016
Second thoughts
It’s hard going for people left behind on ‘sink estates’
Hannah Layland
When ‘sink estates’ are scheduled for demolition, a handful of families waiting to be rehoused are forced to live among abandoned buildings and unlit passages
November 2015
Second thoughts
Charities can’t rescue vital state services
Hannah Layland
As an advocacy and support worker in a charity, I’m often asked for help by health and care services trying to offload vulnerable people into volunteers’ hands