From Homeless to Hero: The Story of Jay Flynn

In this episode of REAL LIVES, Jay Flynn MBE tells the extraordinary story of the two years he spent homeless, sleeping rough and living without certainty. It was a deliberate decision that would go on to shape his life, his career, and his sense of purpose.But then something changed... Jay was offered help from The Connection at St Martin's charity and now he's the Nation's Favourite Quizmaster, homeless advocate and.... he has an MBE.This is REAL LIVES.If you'd like to support the show, you can do so here:https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcastTo have a go at Jay's Quizzes, please see here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcSqjJWHJeDWD_SbdorBRwFor his books and social media, please see here:https://linktr.ee/jayflynn?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=fe4138db-e898-447c-ae0c-6bcf9e73b8e8For support with homelessness please see here:https://www.crisis.org.uk/https://www.mungos.org/https://thestreetlink.org.uk/For the charity that helped Jay, see Connections St Martins:https://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/For mental health support, please see here:https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health & Identity supporthttps://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UKhttps://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritanshttps://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USAhttps://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australiahttps://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.