We all have days that change our lives
Most of us have people to share our good and bad moments with. But for those of us who don't, life can become very hard. Emmaus offers homeless men and women a chance to get the support they need to rebuild their lives, by living and working together.
Everyone deserves to be heard, homeless or not, so please join us by reading some of the stories below and sharing your own.
The more people that join us, the greater our voice. Add your story now!.
Everyone deserves to be heard, homeless or not, so please join us by reading some of the stories below and sharing your own.
The more people that join us, the greater our voice. Add your story now!.
Terry Waite - The day that changed my life was 20 January 1987. It was night. Outside there was the sound of small More
Cherie Blair - The day that changed my life was one day in April 1963. It wasn’t as if my father was a central pa More
Wayne Hemingway - Sounds a bit of a cliche.... but the day that really did change my life was actually a Wednesday ev More
Jamie Murray - I wouldn’t say winning at Wimbledon necessarily changed my life dramatically but it was certainly More
Fern Britton - The day that changed my life happened in Cambridge. I lived in Thompson’s Lane overlooking St John More
Jean Rousseau, President Emmaus International - In 1980, after a stay of two years in Africa, which has opened my eyes to the injustices of the worl More
Selwyn Image - It was late 1989, and homeless people began to appear on the streets of Cambridge. There was no loc More
Richard Pendlebury - I was working for a property developer during the late 80’s early 90’s property crash. The compa More
Ali Ward - I was made redundant in November 2006 and I decided to apply for jobs both in Liverpool where I was More
Harry - I first found out about Emmaus in 1997 when I went to Emmaus Cambridge. When I first heard about it More
Mike - The day my mother left us was the day that changed my life. I think everything would have gone very More
Mark - I’ve been here at Emmaus for 6 months now. I work in the warehouse. When I first came, I did a bi More
John - Wednesday 8th July 1981 was the day my Mother died. She had been ill with cancer. I never found out More
Penny - I was married for 14 years. I’d got a young daughter and she was 11 when I got married but she bec More
Xavier - The day that changed my life was...when I went to teh Guinnes land site (in Wandsworth) which was go More
- When I was 9 years old in 2006, we were coming back from holidays in France with my Mum and my siste More
Frankie - I didn't get a very good start in life, Mother died when I was 3. Then in my Father's second marriag More
Phillip McAllister - When I was in my teens at school, maybe 14/15, I was lucky enough to be in with one of the cool crow More
Steve - I’m here at Emmaus because they provide the help that I need. I wasn’t sleeping rough before I c More
Jon - I came back to the UK in 2006. I’d been living in LA for quite a while where I’d been acting and More
Stuart - I lived in a tiny village when I was young and wasn’t that good at socialising. When I left home I More
Elizabeth - My business went rocky, then my rent increased by 40%. I could have just about held on for another f More
Andrew Bryant - The day that changed my life was...when i decided i couldnt take any more my life was a mess and i w More
Sophie - The day that changed my life was the day my mother died. I was 20 years old and it was a day that I' More
Madeleine - The day that changed my life was... January 11th 1991. That was the day that a doctor, carefuly look More
Eliza Tomlinson - The day that changed my life was...
A very simple day. I was 18 and had gone travelling to South More
Beetle - The day that changed my life was the day I got Dave Dog. More
Jack - The day that changed my life was...
The day my Mum kept asking pesky questions More
Lois - The day that changed my life was when i had a party in my parents house at the age of 14. The house More
Danny - In the last year I’ve had some heavy losses. My best friend was shot, stabbed and set on fire by s More
John - I can’t change what I did before I came to Emmaus but as soon as I arrived here they saw that I wa More
Kat - I was adopted at 6. It wasn’t just that my biological parents didn’t look after me, but they abu More
James - I was married with 2 kids. The wife left and I ended up homeless because the council wouldn’t hous More
Trevor - I did 3 months in a nightshelter before I got here. You’ve got all day on your hands. You have got More
Mike - I was at sea for 30 years in the Merchant Navy. I came ashore ten years ago and life hasn’t been t More
Nick - I’ve been here for 10 months. The best thing about Emmaus is that it’s been challenging and it†More
Philip - I had a live-in position as a kitchen assistant but then I lost my job. If I hadn't lost my job I th More
Charlie - Moving in with my ex-girlfriend was the day that changed my life. At the beginning it was good and g More
Sally - The day that changed my life was the day I arrived at boarding school aged 11 years.
After an e More
Ben Hardy - The day that changed my life was one day when I was 16, sitting in a sunlit school hall, playing the More
Phil Tulba - The day that changed my life was... when I met the old man for the first time.
I never knew my da More
Vicki Urch - The day that changed my life was... Boxing day, the day that my husband told me he no longer wished More
Martin Bell - I can't even remember the date exactly, for I had what I thought was a grim ordeal ahead of me, but More
Jo - 21 August 2008 was the day that changed my life. It was the day that I stopped drinking and the mome More
Norman - When I was a kid from the age of 8 I was made to work because I was brought up on a farm. I’d be u More
Pepe - The day my daughter was born was the day that changed my life. I really don’t think that a man cou More
Paul - I was one of seven children in a very religious family. When I was about fourteen my parents moved a More
Sean - I wasn’t especially happy as a child. My dad left when I was 4 1/2. I remember it clearly - he to More
Bob - When my wife died I became very depressed. I didn’t pick up the phone or reply to letters. I was o More
Jessica - The day that changed my life was the day my mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was sectione More
Alastair Campbell - The day that changed my life was...on a Monday morning when I succumbed to depression. I had slept More
Dave - The day that changed my life was Ist December 1978. I was 19 and in my second year at college, a typ More
Danny - When I came back to my house, the front door was boarded up. I couldn't get my key in the lock.
I More
Rosi - My life was turned upside down the day my daughter was born. It was an amazing moment: months of wai More
Joan Bakewell - It doesn't seem much these days, to go to University. It might even seem elitist to mention Cambridg More
James Bond - The day that changed my life was when my alcoholic father came home and smashed his fist through the More
Angela Dunbar - The day that changed my life was...the day I was badly beaten up by my boyfriend, I realised that I More
Florrie - The day that changed my life was...when I was a small child aged about 5 or 6. My day used to beat u More
Bubbly Ian - The day that changed my life was 9th May 2008. After 12 years of fighting and hoping for the impossi More
Tony - The day that changed my life was...Saturday 16th June 2007. I received a message at work saying the More
Petervt - The day that changed my life was...the day I joined SSAAFA /Forces Help as a voluntary caseworker I More
Neil Booker - The day that changed my life was long ago whilst I was sat in a caravan in Devon. I was reading a Su More
Steve - December 27th 2002 was the day my wife Sue died and that was the day that changed my life. We’d be More
Sean - It used to be a laugh at first that I always ended up at the end of the evening the one who was legl More
Lord Janner of Braunstone QC - It was precisely two years since the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp had been liberated. I stood be More
Murdoch - My Dad died when I was eight. He was a lorry driver and died in an accident. I used to go out with h More
Paul - I was adopted at five and had loving parents. I couldn’t have asked for better to be honest with y More
Sarah - The day that changed my life was when I realised I didn't have to be perfect and I didn't have to ki More
Anon - My childhood was bad. It was difficult growing up in a family with six lads always in and out of tro More
Glen - My life changed when my wife died and I had a small baby to look after. For two years she was ill wi More
Andreas - When people ask about Emmaus, I explain that it’s for people who are stranded in life. People in E More
Colin - There are a lot of homeless people with problems such as addictions. My problems were more circumsta More
Eddie - I never knew my real parents. There were 14 of us children and 6 of us were adopted. I was adopted More
Les - I developed pneumonia four times over a two year period. I was working for a big insurance company a More
Martin - I grew up with my Nan and Granddad. My Mum and Dad split up when I was about six. I don’t really r More
Zak - 3 years ago I lost my daughter. Her mum and I weren’t together any more. One weekend, she let our More
Garry - The week before I knew I had to move out of my home I slept outside in the garden just to get used t More
Peter - I think a high point in my life was the first time I heard the name Emmaus and the next high point w More
Mark - I was in a night shelter and heard about Emmaus through word of mouth. So I turned up with an open m More
Billy - The day that changed my life was 26 years ago. My mum and I were walking the dog, when she had a mas More
Brett - I was a manager in an electricity board shop. It was supposed to be a job for life, but all the shop More
Rob - The big life changing event for me was leaving my family home for good when life became unbearable. More
Tookey - After I left the MOD I ran 4 different pubs for seven years. My life was very regular. I had my name More
Mark - I’ve been in this Emmaus 7 months now but before I’ve been in Emmaus in Dover, Cambridge, and Co More
Wendy M - The day that changed my life was the day, heavily pregnant, I found out that I was having another da More
John Bird - June 1961
I was born in a slummy part of Notting Hill, I had been made homeless, with my four bro More
neil - The day that changed my life was actually almost unknown to me.... I was a child of ten and on a sch More
xian - He was a quiet man of few words, and outward displays of emotion were a precious rarity.
In the t More
Lorraine Kelly - On June 8th 1994 my daughter Rosie was born after about 16 hours of labour - six pounds 12 oz - with More
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor - I was 20 years old, a student studying for the priesthood at the English College and the Gregorian U More
Anton Mosimann - I left Zurich on a Swiss Air flight bound for Tokyo. It was 1st February 1970. Aged 23, this was my More
Jenny b - The day that changed my life was the day I started school. I saw lots of faces that I though were f More
Matt Wearing - I work in live music. I am 18. The day that changed my life was the day Michael Jackson died - it se More
Stirling Moss - The day that changed my life was Easter Monday 1962. I had an agreement with Ferrari that he would s More
Vincent - For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be in the army. My Dad left when I was five. I donâ More
Karl Davies - My parents separated when I was a young boy. But my dad was always a short drive away and I'd visit More
Kate - My life didn't change in July 2000, but my attitude to life did.
It was Andy's early retirement s More
General The Lord Ramsbotham - In October 1965, as a young Major, I was commanding a company of my regiment, based in the Borneo ju More
Sally - The day that changed my life was...the day my husband of 40 years died very suddenly. Two years on More
Sarah Brown - 27 June 2007
Looking back at my life, there are many days that I could pick that changed my world More
Trine Wade - The day that changed my life was... when my mum died when I was in my 20s. She was only 49, but had More
Yvonne - The day that changed my life was 31 January, 1953 when our small, seaside bugalow was deluged with More
Frank McMahon - The day that changed my life was..Thursday 9th December 1965. I was in a Birmingham bedsit watching More
Debbie Williams - The day that changed my life was... probably the one when i made the decision to leave my job, home, More
Colette Grantham - The day that changed my life was...the day my son was born. Every woman changes when she becomes a m More
Patricia - The day that changed my life was...coming up from Dover to London Victoria. I lost my money for tick More
Tara - The day that changed my life was the day I heard that my dad had cancer and only a few weeks to live More
Alfie Boe - As a kid I probably took my Father for granted and always assumed he would be there for me. After hi More
Sammy - The day that sticks out in my life was the day I applied to be a volunteer at the Emmaus shop in Cov More
Emma Desty - The day that changed my life was...when i moved out of stonham hostel i moved in to emmaus in winche More
Ross Lee - I can't remember the exact date but it was definitely the year of 1988 that held the day in which ch More
Tim Bentinck - One morning in January 1967 my father came downstairs and told me that my mother had died. It was su More
Sarah Chandler - The day that changed my life was...when I was working for a city firm, and we were merging with anot More
