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Cardiff’s Christmas cards help homeless

Guy Hirst·
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·14 November 2017

Cardiff artists have designed Christmas cards you can buy to support The Wallich’s Rough Sleepers campaign
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Eight Cardiffian artists have designed limited edition Christmas cards that will be sold exclusively this 18-19 November on the ground floor of St David’s 2 Shopping Centre.

1,000 of each design will be printed. One pack will be available for an eight pound donation.

Cardiff’s award winning brand I Loves The ‘Diff has collaborated with local artists to assist the Reaching Out to Rough Sleepers campaign, which delivers humanitarian aid to Cardiff’s rough sleepers.

Amy Lee Pierce, Communications Manager at The Wallich said: “It’s been a total pleasure to work with I Loves The ‘Diff again. The artists Chris Amodeo [founder, I Loves The ‘Diff] managed to secure for this project are amazing and the limited edition designs they’ve done will help get people off the streets and into safety this winter.”

Contributing artist Victoria Cao said: “I’m really proud to be a part of this project in support of The Wallich. It really is the least I could do to help continue their amazing work.”

The Reaching Out to Rough Sleepers campaign aims to raise £75,000 to buy five new vehicles to assist the rough sleepers intervention teams.


The new vehicles will be called the Street Fleet. The main aim will be to take Cardiff’s homeless off the streets and into specialist centres where, The Wallich website states, “they can shower, use a washing machine and meet with staff in the hope of securing accommodation and further health and well being support.”

The Wallich’s official statistics shows that homelessness in Cardiff is at an all time high. The rough sleepers intervention team now feed, clothe and assist an average of 40 people per day, in contrast to 2013’s average of 12 people per day.

For more information visit The Wallich web page.

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