{"id":27122,"date":"2018-03-09T13:07:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T13:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27122"},"modified":"2018-03-09T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T13:07:06","slug":"homeless-community-helped-canton-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/09\/homeless-community-helped-canton-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless community helped by Canton residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WINTER is a hard enough time for the homeless as it is, but when the snow hit last week they needed more help than ever &#8211; step forward Taff Housing Association.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Realising the struggle for Cardiff\u2019s homeless community to try to keep warm and fed when the city was snowed under, a team of volunteers from Taff opened a day centre to care for them.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The centre on Cowbridge Road East, provided rough sleepers with a place to keep warm as the \u2018Beast from the East\u2019 set in. Hot drinks and food were also on offer.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Local businesses, volunteers, Community Housing Cymru, Adore Cardiff and Taff Staff members supported the cause and enabled the success of the shelter. The local community proved invaluable, donating items to the centre and offering their support.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27257\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27257\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4.png 381w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4-174x300.png 174w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4-293x504.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27257\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4.png 381w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4-174x300.png 174w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/snow4-293x504.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/noscript> Residents provided hot food for the homeless and rough sleepers (cr. Taff Housing Association)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One homeless man arrived at Taff with soaking wet socks and shoes. Staff took to Twitter to find the man some replacement boots&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok, we need sturdy boots, men\u2019s size 10\u2019s ASAP. Deliver to our conference room before 4 today, or the guy who needs them will be outside the co-op. Cmon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CantonPontcanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CantonPontcanna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PontcannaHub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PontcannaHub<\/a> &#8211; let\u2019s see if we can do this! Pse RT!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taff HA (@TaffHousing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaffHousing\/status\/969952933352755200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">3 March 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;and, within ten minutes, a local resident had donated a pair. This was just one example of the \u201cfantastic\u201d donations that followed across the four days that the shelter was open.<br \/>\nKeen to continue their charitable work, Taff are now appealing for donations to their Syrian Relocation Resettlement Project.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter, WE NEED YOUR HELP! As part of Taff&#8217;s Syrian Relocation Resettlement Project, four recently arrived families are in need of basic items to begin their life in the UK. We are looking for the following if anyone has to donate: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/siq3MhwP78\">pic.twitter.com\/siq3MhwP78<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taff HA (@TaffHousing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaffHousing\/status\/971352196230066176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">7 March 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The project will help equip Syrian refugees arriving in Cardiff with basic items to make their start to life in the United Kingdom as comfortable as possible.<br \/>\nDonations have already been flowing in from the local community who have readily given microwaves, hoovers and even washing machines and fridges to name but a few.<br \/>\n<strong>More to follow on the Syrian Relocation Resettlement Project next Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINTER is a hard enough time for the homeless as it is, but when the snow hit last week they needed more help than ever &#8211; step forward Taff Housing Association. 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