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‘We need to stop “othering” homeless people’
With the Homeless World Cup heading to Cardiff today, Lynne Walsh chats to the head of Shelter Cymru JOHN PUZEY
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JOHN PUZEY has been director of Shelter Cymru for 30 years. And he’s delighted that the Homeless World Cup event has come to Cardiff: “It’s a fantastic opportunity to raise the issue, and especially the fact that it isn’t only street homelessness. There are families with children, for example, who have no decent home.”
He’s concerned about the current climate, which he dubs “a very hostile environment.”
Not only are there attacks on people sleeping out, but trendy projects such as “diverted giving schemes” are designed to stop passers-by from giving money to individuals. Organisations, more often than not funded by retail companies in city centres, pledge to support those in need.
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