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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">23% rise in rough sleeping</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> - official figures out last month. Every week I talk to young people supported by my YMCA and hear their stories of becoming homeless and how that felt. Homeless people are 9 times more likely to commit suicide and die 30 years younger than the rest of the population. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">West London YMCA’s response is not just to provide a roof over their heads but to help our young people access learning, training and employment opportunities. </span><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We transform young lives.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That's why I'm spending a night sleeping in a church yard in a cardboard box, and that's why every penny you are able to give will </span><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">make a real difference</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to the future of a young person.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sleep Easy is a national YMCA sponsored sleep-out to raise awareness about, and funds for, youth homelessness. Please support me.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
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