‘We couldn’t throw them back on the street’
The four-star Prince Rupert Hotel in Shrewsbury says it will continue to welcome homeless people throughout Christmas, seven months after first opening its doors for rough sleepers.
It began taking them in after the government told local authorities to house all rough sleepers in England to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 in March.
Manager Charlie Green told Sky News : "We decided that we couldn’t just throw them back on the street. We’ve built relationships and bonds. They trust us. We never considered putting them back on the street."
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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