10/24/2025    

INTERNATIONAL PODIATRISTS IN THE COMMUNITY

UK Charity's Foot Care Gives Homeless Man Hope

 

A man who had been living in his car for four months has spoken about the life-changing support he received from a charity's foot clinic. "When I first came to Forgotten Feet, I was homeless," Steve, from Plymouth, recalled. "My feet were in pain, I was struggling to walk, it felt like I was kicking my toes against a brick wall."

 

Deborah Monk

 

Forgotten Feet, founded in 2013 by Deborah Monk, provides free foot care to people who are homeless or socially isolated. Forgotten Feet now runs dozens of free clinics across the UK. In Plymouth the sessions are held every other Saturday morning and organizers say they can see up to 10 patients per session, but the numbers are increasing and so the charity is appealing for more qualified podiatrists to volunteer.

 

Source: Claire Manning, BBC [10/22/25]