‘Nothing has changed for outsiders’

AFTER almost 35 years in operation, homeless charity Trust has had to cease its “open door” policy because of violence, drugs and racism.

Trust founder Alice Leahy said there was often extreme violence on the part of people frustrated because of their inability to have their needs met.

Many people, she said, were addicted to drugs, including alcohol, and the increase in the number of people coming from abroad, particularly from Eastern Europe, had led to a lot of racism within the services.