{"id":25480,"date":"2018-02-16T14:27:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25480"},"modified":"2018-02-16T14:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:27:05","slug":"man-found-dead-cardiff-park-homeless-say-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/16\/man-found-dead-cardiff-park-homeless-say-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead in Cardiff park was homeless, say volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MAN who was believed to be a rough sleeper has died in a park in Cardiff.<br \/>\n\u201cSouth Wales Police is investigating the unexplained death of a young man in Hamadryad Park, Cardiff Bay,\u201d a spokesperson for the force told The Cardiffian yesterday.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25553\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25553\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28054407_10210890284950868_1993592054_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Few details have been released about the young man, who is believed to have been sleeping rough. Photo: Alex Seabrook<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cNext of kin have been informed and a file is being prepared for HM Coroner.\u201d<br \/>\nNo more information will be available until next week, police said.<br \/>\nVolunteers working with homeless people in Cardiff city centre have said that the young man was sleeping rough.<br \/>\nA spokesperson for volunteer group Left Outside Alone confirmed that the man was homeless, but declined to comment further out of respect for his family.<br \/>\nThe news comes less than three months after a 32-year-old woman died while sleeping rough in Alexandra Park in the city centre.<br \/>\nLindy Louise Pring died on November 25th, 2017, while sleeping in a tent in the park.<br \/>\nAt the time, Coucillor Lynda Thorne, Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, said: \u201cI know that people will ask if we are doing enough to help the homeless and, in the face of a tragic death, we must always ask ourselves how this was allowed to happen.<br \/>\n&#8220;But I want people to know there is no need to sleep outside at night and if people in need engage with us we will do everything we can to help them.\u201d<br \/>\nThose sleeping rough in Cardiff can get help from the council\u2019s seven-day-a-week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.gov.uk\/ENG\/resident\/Housing\/Homeless-or-at-risk\/Homeless-now\/Pages\/Homeless-now.aspx\">Outreach service<\/a>, as well as charities such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huggard.org.uk\/\">Huggard<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvationarmy.org.uk\/map-page\">Salvation Army<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewallich.com\/\">The Wallich<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ymcacardiff.wales\/\">YMCA Cardiff<\/a>, who provide hostels, a day centre and a night bus.<br \/>\nMs Pring\u2019s death also sparked a discussion on South Wales Police\u2019s Operation Purple Ash, which uses Section 35 dispersal orders to ban people from the city centre for drinking, begging and anti-social behaviour.<br \/>\nBut volunteers say moving people out of the city centre is not the solution.<br \/>\n\u201cSection 35s are moving the problem instead of sorting the problem,\u201d the Left Outside Alone spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MAN who was believed to be a rough sleeper has died in a park in Cardiff. \u201cSouth Wales Police is investigating the unexplained death of a young man in Hamadryad Park, Cardiff Bay,\u201d a spokesperson for the force told The Cardiffian yesterday. \u201cNext of kin have been informed and a file is being prepared for HM Coroner.\u201d No more information will be available until next week, police said. 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