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	About Wintercomfort
	Wintercomfort is a Cambridge based charity that runs the only day centre for the homeless in South Cambridgeshire, and one of only two such day centres in the whole of East Anglia. It also provides a five day a week doctor's surgery (most GPs won't treat people without a home address), a job training and confidence-building course, help with rent and deposit on accommodation, and assistance with emergency winter shelters. Wintercomfort gives people who would otherwise beg on the streets a place to sit down, sort out their lives, and link in with a range of other essential services. At the time of the arrests of Ruth and John, Wintercomfort was an open door drop-in-centre. This meant that anyone, whatever their background, reputation, or state of mental health, could turn up and find a cheap meal, washing facilities, free clothing and support and advice. How many people does Wintercomfort help? Between 60 and I60 people visit the day centre every day. Altogether, Wintercomfort helps around a hundred people a year move off the streets and into hostels or private accommodation. Who are the homeless?

	The reasons people become homeless are enormously varied. Some of the most common causes are mental instability (particularly since the closure of state mental institutions in the 1980s), childhood abuse, alcoholism and drug-addiction. They are a chaotic, often aggressive set of people. Wintercomfort also frequently helps people who were once in high-paid jobs, but have suffered nervous breakdowns after the break-up of their marriage or collapse of their business.
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