West Sussex council's proposal to cut help for rough sleepers by £4m will have drastic consequences Kurt Cavanne spent eight weeks living rough in the woods of West Sussex before support workers at the Open House hostel in Crawley found a bed for him. "It was a Friday. I'll never forget it," he says. "They turned round to me and said 'As of this afternoon you have got a bed.' I cried. It was the first time I remember crying since I was a kid. I'd been living in the bushes, and now I had a roof ...
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The Guardian - 20 Feb 2019 09:00
West Sussex council's proposal to cut help for rough sleepers by £4m will have drastic consequences Kurt Cavanne spent eight weeks living rough in the woods of West Sussex before support workers at the Open House hostel in Crawley found a bed for him. "It was a Friday. I'll never forget it," he says. "They turned round to me and said 'As of this afternoon you have got a bed.' I cried. It was the first time I remember crying since I was a kid. I'd been living in the bushes, and now I had a roof ...
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