WE'VE never been more aware of how important it is to have a safe and secure place to call home.

Having a stable roof over our heads ensures we can hold down a job, provide for our families and maintain our mental and physical health.  

Yet, across Great Britain hundreds of thousands of people are facing the devastation of homelessness.

This includes night after night spent walking the streets because it’s not safe to sleep, hunkering down in a freezing car after a hard day at work or forced to live in run down temporary accommodation for years because they can’t find a home they can afford With the cost-of-living crisis escalating we know that more and more people are struggling to keep their head above water as they feel their budgets are squeezed from every direction.   

We know it doesn’t have to be this way.

This March Crisis asking you to take as many steps as you can towards a future without homelessness.

How you do it is up to you – you can walk, run, hop or jump towards a distance of your choosing, all to raise money for people experiencing homelessness and help to put them on a path to a secure home.

To sign up, please visit: www.crisis.org.uk/stepforward   

 Matt Downie MBE, chief executive, Crisis