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.

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To have a go at Jay's Quizzes, please see here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcSqjJWHJeDWD_SbdorBRw

For his books and social media, please see here:

https://linktr.ee/jayflynn?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

For 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 support

https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK

https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans

https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA

https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia

https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland

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