This is partly possible thanks to the many people who are able to confront the homeless and offer them help (“Real Life Stories of the Homeless”). Often these people work through charities. A notable homeless charity in London, England is St. Mungo's on Broadway. Many charities such as St. Mungo's offer means to escape the streets, in fact all of the city's awareness programs have a No Second Night Out policy. This means that charity workers do their best to ensure that no person spends two consecutive nights sleeping outdoors. This policy has proven quite effective, as demonstrated by the database that collects information on homelessness in London, CHAIN, which found that only 3% of homeless people were found sleeping on the streets in any quarter of the year (“Homelessness Facts and
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