{"id":16757,"date":"2017-02-07T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16757"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:39:22","slug":"meet-sikhs-feed-cardiffs-homeless-every-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/07\/meet-sikhs-feed-cardiffs-homeless-every-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Sikhs who feed Cardiff\u2019s homeless every weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cs5WiC02rNI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cs5WiC02rNI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EVERY Saturday afternoon at 3pm, a group of Sikhs set up a table at the end of Newport Road where it meets Queen Street, and give out food parcels to the homeless.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just opposite Greggs, not too far from the pedestrian crossing, they take an hour out of their weekly routine to help some of the most vulnerable people in Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They unpack large polystyrene boxes packed with foil cartons full of lentil and chickpea curries, and pasta with sauce, as well as plastic grocery trays full of chopped fruit, crisps and biscuits, and service flasks full of piping hot tea and coffee.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The man behind this weekly display of generosity is Amerpreet Singh Khalsa, from Adamsdown, though he admits he is not the head chef for the endeavour.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy wife does all the cooking,\u201d he says, \u201cI just do the chopping and the simple things like pasta sauce!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16766\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16766\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The volunteers serving up food to the homeless. From left to right: Prem Singh Gill, Gurraj Singh, Alvin Dev Singh, Amerpreet Singh Khalsa.\" width=\"494\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16766\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The volunteers serving up food to the homeless. From left to right: Prem Singh Gill, Gurraj Singh, Alvin Dev Singh, Amerpreet Singh Khalsa.\" width=\"494\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/noscript> The volunteers serving up food to the homeless. From left to right: Prem Singh Gill, Gurraj Singh, Alvin Dev Singh, Amerpreet Singh Khalsa.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amerpreet has been serving food at the stall every weekend since August 2014, having previously run a stall in the city centre and worked at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huggard.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Huggard Centre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Tresillian Terrace.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBasically, this was something I was looking into doing for a few years,\u201d he says, \u201cand when the founders of a group called the Midland Langar Seva Society were looking to extend what they do to Cardiff, I got involved.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The society was founded in Walsall\u00a0with the aim of feeding and providing support to the town\u2019s homeless people.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its founders never expected it to grow beyond the Midlands, but now it has a network of people stretching from Newcastle to London, as well as Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Midlands Langar Seva Society is now planning to go international, with groups being set up in the USA and India.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16762\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16762\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the food given out by the Midlands Langar Seva Society, being kept warm in a polystyrene box.\" width=\"485\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16762\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the food given out by the Midlands Langar Seva Society, being kept warm in a polystyrene box.\" width=\"485\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/Sikhs2-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/noscript> Some of the food given out by the Midlands Langar Seva Society, being kept warm in a polystyrene box.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The charitable work of the society is informed by key principles in its founders\u2019 religion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Langar is a Sikh custom of providing a communal kitchen at their temple, the Gurdwara, which anyone can use regardless of their background.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Midlands Langar Seva Society extends this idea of a communal kitchen beyond the walls of the Gurdwara.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur first guru, Guru Nanak started a set of concepts 500 years ago. One of these was Vand Chakko &#8211; to share your wealth with others\u201d, says Amerpreet. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBecause this wealth that we have, we aren&#8217;t going to take it with us.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What better thing to do than see people in need and help them out? If you\u2019ve got a bit of happiness then share it out.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joining Amerpreet on this cold weekend at the start of February are two students from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cardiffunisikhsoc\/?hc_ref=SEARCH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff University\u2019s Sikh Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Gurraj Singh, a fourth-year dentistry student from Slough and Alvin Dev Singh, a post-graduate law student from Malaysia.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some weeks there are more people manning the stall, and some weeks less, but overall there are more than 20 people who help out on a regular basis.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16763\" style=\"width: 469px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16763\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers from Cardiff University Sikh Society joined by members of the Islamic Society at the stall on Newport Road. Credit: Cardiff University Sikh Society\" width=\"469\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16763\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers from Cardiff University Sikh Society joined by members of the Islamic Society at the stall on Newport Road. Credit: Cardiff University Sikh Society\" width=\"469\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/noscript> Volunteers from Cardiff University Sikh Society joined by members of the Islamic Society at the stall on Newport Road.<br \/>Credit: Cardiff University Sikh Society<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The volunteers are not just limited to Cardiff\u2019s Sikh community either, members from the university\u2019s Catholic and Muslim societies also offer a helping hand. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amerpreet is also joined by his newest volunteer, Premdeep Singh Gill from Reading, a Marine Geography student in Cardiff University who has been helping at the stall for two weeks.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople see what we do and they just want to help in some way\u201d, says Prem, as he is known to his friends.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s a real desire for people in Cardiff to help out if they can, but they just need a venue to do it.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They give us clothes and food, and some try to give us money but we ask for food instead.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA lot of people give food donations by sending a Tesco delivery van to one of our houses, and last week one woman gave us ten new coats to hand out to people.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve asked for donations of fruit recently, because I was concerned they weren\u2019t getting enough nutrients.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On this blustery Saturday, the stall is quite quiet at first, with only a few visitors who stop for a cup of tea.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But as four o\u2019clock approaches there is a flurry of activity, with warm foil cartons of food being handed over the tabletop, apples being pocketed for later, and shoppers stopping for a chat.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the visitors sit down at tables outside Greggs across the road with cups of tea, while others stop by and leave soon after.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey do a very good thing for us,\u201d says one man shyly as he and a woman wearing backpacks stop to talk to Gurraj and Alvin, \u201cthey\u2019re a lifeline.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16765\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16765\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Busy Newport Road, where the Midlands Langar Seva Society set up their stall each week.\" width=\"430\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16765\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Busy Newport Road, where the Midlands Langar Seva Society set up their stall each week.\" width=\"430\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/NewpRoad1-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/noscript> Busy Newport Road, where the Midlands Langar Seva Society set up their stall each week.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the crowd disappears just before four, the volunteers pack away the table into Amerpreet\u2019s van parked outside Queen Street station and take the remaining food to the Huggard Centre.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNone of it will go to waste,\u201d says Amerpreet.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As he carries the folded-up table to the van, Gurraj explains that they never ask too much about the lives of the people who visit their stall.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe don\u2019t ask any questions they might not want to answer,\u201d he says, \u201cbut if they are happy to talk to us, then we listen.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere was one man who used to visit who said he wanted to become a professional chef when he got off the streets, and that he would cook for the homeless when he did.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19922\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd.jpeg\" alt=\"Cardiff Rough Sleeping Infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-667x1024.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-770x1182.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-500x768.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-293x450.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd.jpeg\" alt=\"Cardiff Rough Sleeping Infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-667x1024.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-770x1182.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-500x768.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/roughsleepingca_23009651_80bfd78800d174044d64db5b526eea1539b1b0dd-293x450.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> See the Wallich for more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/thewallich.com\/rough-sleepers-statistics\/\">https:\/\/thewallich.com\/rough-sleepers-statistics\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research by the Welsh Government has shown a spike in the numbers of people sleeping rough on the streets of Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though only a one-night snapshot of the wider issue, when WG undertook their <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/statistics-and-research\/national-rough-sleeping-count\/?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">second annual rough sleepers count<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2016, they found 53 people sleeping on the streets of Cardiff, a rise from 30 in 2015.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wallich, a leading homelessness prevention charity in Wales, has recorded a similar trend, with Mia Rees, their Public Affairs and Research Manager saying: \u201cOur figures have shown a consistent rise in the number of rough sleepers in all areas, apart from Bridgend, over the last three years.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16764\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16764\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Amerpreet and Gurraj in 2015. 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Credit: Cardiff University Sikh Society.\" width=\"435\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/SikhsFB2.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/noscript> Amerpreet and Gurraj in 2015.<br \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cardiffunisikhsoc\/photos\/a.1430744750473814.1073741829.1427473370800952\/1604500659764888\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Cardiff University Sikh Society.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Amerpreet is not deterred by this.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He plans to take part in a charity skydive in Wiltshire later this year to raise money for the Midland Langar Seva society to buy a coach that can travel around the country giving out food to those in need.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf I could find a way to pay bills and support my family while doing this seven days a week, I would,\u201d he says.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe need people from Wales, and our friends from Cardiff to come and help out,\u201d he adds, \u201cDon\u2019t just like us on Facebook. Until you get involved in it you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re missing: when you see that smile on these guys faces when they\u2019re eating &#8211; that little smile is worth a lot.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read more about the Midland Langar Seva Society at their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/midlandlangarsevasociety\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook page.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVERY Saturday afternoon at 3pm, a group of Sikhs set up a table at the end of Newport Road where it meets Queen Street, and give out food parcels to the homeless. Just opposite Greggs, not too far from the pedestrian crossing, they take an hour out of their weekly routine to help some of the most vulnerable people in Cardiff. 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