“I actually felt great, and even all the staff loved me, and they praised us”
homemade cooked meals… I actually felt great, and even all the staff loved me, and they praised us, and they went like that, ‘All the young ones, they can’t stop talking about you. They love it. They get you, they can actually talk to you, and it’s good because some of them don’t feel like they can talk to us’, because I’ve been through the same situation.” (Male, 25-29, urban)
“I’m thinking about going back to college to do a social care course, so maybe work with ex-drug - well, people that have got drugs addictions or alcohol addictions, or even work in hostels or something, to give something back. Do you know what I mean? Because if it wasn’t for places like hostels and that, I would have had nowhere to stay for five years.” (Male, 45-49, urban)