{"id":43614,"date":"2025-12-01T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43614"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:20:07","slug":"crl93654jg5oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/crl93654jg5oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Staggering&#8217; numbers of people sleeping rough in Cornwall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-573fa0e8-0 bWRWzH\"><span data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors\" class=\"sc-573fa0e8-11 cOQNNv\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors-contributor-0\" class=\"sc-573fa0e8-5 gXJgDY\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-573fa0e8-7 gqeTMs\">Anna Varle<\/span><span data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors-contributor-0-role-location\" class=\"sc-573fa0e8-8 bIfajQ\">South West home and social affairs correspondent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gtLOOD\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5-key-moments-after-MPs-quiz-top-BBC-figures.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Staggering-numbers-of-people-sleeping-rough-in-Cornwall.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/bed1\/live\/3c95a760-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Staggering-numbers-of-people-sleeping-rough-in-Cornwall.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"BBC Two blue tents are seen on grass near a concrete retaining wall. The weather is drizzly. \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">A homeless charity in Cornwall has said the number of people accessing its services is the highest it has ever seen<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A homeless charity has said the number of people accessing its services is the highest it has ever been.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">St Petrocs said it had supported 153 people who were sleeping on Cornwall&#8217;s streets in October &#8211; a 35% increase on the same month in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The charity has launched its winter campaign early due to the freezing temperatures and will be rapidly rehoming people between November 2025 and February 2026, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Lois Wild, director of engagement at St Petrocs, said: &#8220;We are seeing such high numbers of people sleeping rough at the moment, the figures are really staggering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gXrNRM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5-key-moments-after-MPs-quiz-top-BBC-figures.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764570006_422_Staggering-numbers-of-people-sleeping-rough-in-Cornwall.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/9943\/live\/65145290-cbc2-11f0-8795-0b6a550cbd3b.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764570006_422_Staggering-numbers-of-people-sleeping-rough-in-Cornwall.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A man with dark brown hair and a beard wearing a black jacket\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Mike ended up on sleeping on the streets after his relationship broke down<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In September 2025, the charity worked with 176 people sleeping rough &#8211; it said this was the highest number of people it has ever recorded in one month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mr Wild said: &#8220;The cost of living crisis has had such an impact on people, pushing more and more people into homelessness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;There&#8217;s such a shortage of affordable housing and very few private rental properties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mike, 33, ended up sleeping on the streets after his relationship broke down after his birthday in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s demoralising, it turns your world upside down,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t see it coming. One week you are thinking happy days and planning work and your shopping list and then the next week you are thinking, &#8216;Where&#8217;s the doorway, where is there no rain?&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 gXmhTb\">&#8216;It&#8217;s scary&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">For women, sleeping on the streets can be extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">One woman who uses St Petrocs&#8217; services but did not want to be identified said: &#8220;It&#8217;s scary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;You have to stay awake, you don&#8217;t know if someone will burn your tent, you don&#8217;t know who might hurt you, you could get murdered, raped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">St Petrocs runs two community-based resource centres in Truro and Penzance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">These provide tailored housing advice and guidance, access to a GP, toilets, shower facilities, hot food, hot beverages, a postal service, bedding, clothing and access to volunteer-led activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Staggering #numbers #people #sleeping #rough #Cornwall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna VarleSouth West home and social affairs correspondent BBC A homeless charity in Cornwall has said the number of people&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43616,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43614\/revisions\/43616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}