I wanted the pain to stop and I wanted it all to end.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt like a failure. I felt like I let my family down, let my friends down and let myself down. Ultimately as a man I failed at life, to the extent that I wanted the pain to stop and I wanted it all to end, I thought that was the way out to be honest.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a cold wet night in February, Paul got in his van and drove to the Severn Bridge, ready to end his life. That was until a lorry beeped at him and Gizmo barked, at which point Paul asked himself: \u201cWhat the hell am I doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He drove home to his parents and told them everything, how he was living in a unit as he couldn\u2019t afford a new place. He hid his situation from everyone for three months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Paul began to realise that he was one of the lucky ones. He still had his job as a wedding and events planner and there were people on the streets who were surviving from meal to meal, who had nowhere to go and shop doorways for bedrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“After a few beers with my mates, I thought there’s got to be something we can do,\u201d and Boomerang was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Boomerang team.<\/strong> Credit: Boomerang Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nBoomerang is a charity that started its journey in 2016 as a homeless organisation, helping people who live on the streets. Paul was driving around Cardiff in his van looking for donated items and giving them to those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By October the same year, he was picking up the keys for a new industrial unit in Templar Parc, which would be the home of Boomerang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy goal for 2016 was to help 100 working people that were struggling. In 57 days, we helped 673 people, it was just nuts. The fact that we now had our own unit was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five years on, Boomerang have helped 17,500 families across Cardiff who are in poverty, suffer from loneliness or are down on their luck, as well as the homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Households threatened with homelessness in Cardiff have increased by 103% since April 2015. A staggering 49% of single-parent households find themselves without basic essentials such as washing machines or microwaves. These are the people Paul wants to help most through his charity.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boomerang provides a basic package to those in need, which includes a bed, a sofa, a kettle, a toaster, a microwave and crockery. They also run an affordable furniture sale, where people can come to the unit for cheap furniture for their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2016 to 2020, Paul and his team have given out over 2,750 hygiene starter packs, over 5,000 sanitary products and have indirectly helped over 50,000 individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is my purpose in life. Everything I do is for the good of the charity. I\u2019m a do-er, my work doesn\u2019t finish when the clock strikes five. So many families need help and sometimes I\u2019m here for 15, maybe 20 hours a day working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care for money; it\u2019s about waking up and having a purpose. I was paying out of my own pocket for vans to get furniture. I don\u2019t want anyone going through what I went through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boomerang now has nine staff employed, all of whom have suffered from homelessness or rough sleeping. Dave Summers, 33, is the operations manager at Boomerang. He was homeless for seven years before Paul helped him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Credit: Boomerang Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI attribute everything to Paul, he played an integral role in helping me.<\/p>\u2014 Dave Summers, Boomerang operations manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nDave started volunteering with Paul at Boomerang in 2016, it was his escape from the hostel he didn\u2019t want to go back to. He struggled with his mental health, but Paul\u2019s positivity helped him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis infectious positivity really did rub off on me, I\u2019m a lot more optimistic about my own future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhodri Jones is Boomerang\u2019s warehouse manager, but for 11 years he was sleeping in Next\u2019s<\/em> shop entrance. Who knows what his fate would\u2019ve been if he stayed on the streets?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cPaul gave me the opportunity to be a part of Boomerang, helping with everything from clothes sorting to deliveries, I felt I had a purpose again,\u201d said Rhodri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI can\u2019t do what I do without the amazing team around me.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Without the help of staff and volunteers, Paul doesn\u2019t think Boomerang would be able to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t do what I do without the amazing team around me. If I didn\u2019t have the team, Boomerang wouldn\u2019t exist. I\u2019ve worked in many places and not once have I had the team I\u2019ve had now. I\u2019m a lucky, blessed guy and I\u2019ll never take for granted what I\u2019ve got.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas is always a busy time for Paul. For the last 13 years, even before the creation of Boomerang, Paul would help the homeless on Christmas Day: \u201cI\u2019d get up at 5.30am and finish 5pm in the evening, visiting families asking for donations and then buying food and giving it to the homeless or hostels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul and his team have distributed over 15,000 Christmas presents since 2016 and this year he\u2019s hoping more children can get gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping for 2,000 to 3,000 kids getting gifts off us, around 1,500 families. But more importantly, 300 single dads will have gifts off us to give to their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, Paul was in Boomerang\u2019s warehouse until 9pm distributing presents to the queues of people outside. He says seeing the smiles of those he helps puts him on top of the world: \u201cI don\u2019t do this as a reward for myself. When I watch people smiling this is all worth it, no money in the world can give me that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From a jump away from suicide to helping 50,000 people, Paul Gwilym has turned his life around and does everything he can to prevent people from ending up in the same situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I leave Boomerang\u2019s warehouse, struggling to comprehend what I\u2019ve heard, Paul gives me some simple advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cNo-one can help everyone but everyone can help someone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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