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As a long-time Chief Executive at a local charity, I can say first-hand how difficult it is to convince people of the level of success we achieve in the community as the problem of homelessness never seems to go away; in fact it just gets worse. However, as our Twitter page recently retweeted “small charities are like bees - pollinating below the radar in their local areas.”

NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES When I started working for the organisation in 1985 we provided spaces for less than 30 people and received a grant from the City Council to help us with the costs. We now provide accommodation for nearly five times as many single homeless people and more than any other single agency in Coventry. The size of the problem has increased but money is tighter for everybody and now we receive no grant from the City Council.

NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES When I started working for the organisation in 1985 we provided spaces for less than 30 people and received a grant from the City Council to help us with the costs. We now provide accommodation for nearly five times as many single homeless people and more than any other single agency in Coventry. The size of the problem has increased but money is tighter for everybody and now we receive no grant from the City Council.