Britain's Prince William has announced a new project aimed at eradicating homelessness in the U.K. through partnerships with local communities and businesses.
"After so many years in the making, today's the day we are launching the Homewards initiative," William announced in South London on Monday, calling it"a transformative five-year program that demonstrates that it is possible to end homelessness."
Princess Diana meets a young homeless person at a Centrepoint homeless hostel during her visit to the center, March 10, 1997 in London, England.Princess Diana thought it was important to show her sons, the young Princes William and Harry, what life was like for people at the opposite end of the socioeconomic spectrum to themselves.Collaborating with people who understand homelessness
Part of the concept of the Homewards project is to identify situations like that family's before they are made homeless. The thinking is that early intervention is crucial, and possibly more now than it has been in many years as Britain grapples with spiking inflation and runaway energy prices. An image released by Kensington Palace shows Prince William, center, meeting with Tyrone Mings, Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Gail Porter and David Duke ahead of the launch of the Homewards initiative - a five-year program to demonstrate that it's possible to end homelessness in the U.K., June 22, 2023 in Windsor, England.In a statement issued jointly by the 16 private sector Homewards partners, most of them charity organizations based around the U.K.
Cohen-Hatton said she decided to become a firefighter"to help people in a way no one had been able to help me… and since joining the fire service, I was able to continue with my education. I've got a degree, a master's degree, a seven honorary PHDs."
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