Each year One25 supports around 240 women who are street sex-working in Bristol. Over 72% of these women are or have recently experienced homelessness. More and more women are in unsafe housing and are living on the streets.

Homelessness for women can look different. It can be invisible.

In Bristol, there are twenty-three times more women rough sleeping than the government counts, illustrated by Bristol’s first women’s census 2024. These women are hidden from records because they sleep in unsafe, hidden places, or stay moving at night to avoid harm and abuse. This looks like getting in cars, going from house to house, never stopping. 15 women were recorded by the 2024 Government Rough Sleeping snapshot. Meanwhile, 349 women were identified by the 2024 census.

One woman who completed the survey said,

This is a bleak picture, but your support fundraising or giving would enable women like her to rebuild their lives.

To learn more about women’s homelessness visit Hidden women: new data out reveals extent of rough sleeping in Bristol - One25.