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The Camborne / Redruth / Hayle Gazette August 2017


News


Bid to find housing to help Cornwall’s rough sleepers


Lions award for footballer Bethany


A YOUNG woman from Redruth who ex- cels at football has become the latest Camborne, Redruth and District Lions Club Youth Award winner.


Bethany Prouse is 15 and is a pupil at Redruth School. She is currently study- ing 10 GCSE subjects as diverse as PE, Spanish, Food Technology and Physics. Her great interest is football and since 2013 she has played for the St Day youth team, comprising both boys and girls. When she turns 16 in November, she will have to play in a women-only team as then boys and girls are segregated. Her major achievements, to date, are: qShe joined the Cornwall Girls U10s De-


velopment Centre aged just nine. q She is a member of the St Day team


which won the league in 2013 and 2017. q She played for Cornwall School Girls at under 14 and under 16 level, captain-


ing on several occasions. q She took part in the England Schools


U15s trials. q She was selected for the Kernow Youth team in 2015 for a tournament in Germany, being one of three girls se- lected for the first time in its 17-year his- tory, and the first girl to be selected to represent Cornwall there. She won the ‘Best goal of the tournament’ award. Following her GCSEs, Bethany plans to do A-levels, possibly at Truro College, hopefully with a view to pursuing further education and a sports-related career,


BETHANY Prouse receiving her award from Lions president Paul Bray, left, and Mark Leah, chairman of St Day AFC


either as a PE teacher or as a football coach.


Mark Leah, the chairman of St Day AFC, said: ‘What marks Bethany out as different from other talented footballers of her age is that she is already involved in coaching, having taken charge of the U7s at St Day which, as you can imag- ine, is quite challenging.


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supportive of her peers. In short, she is already giving back to the game the ben- efit of her experience’.


Those who selected her for the Lions


Youth Award, which comprised a certifi- cate and a £50 voucher, said: ‘Bethany is a remarkable young lady, supported by a wonderful family, who has a clear vision for her future and is a worthy of the Li- ons Youth Award Winner.’


A CORNWALL-wide £1.1m strategy to tackle rough sleeping has been unveiled.


The multi-agency will try to pre- vent rough sleeping by helping those most at risk to access hous- ing, help and support quickly. And the aim is to provide sup- port for what Cornwall Council calls ‘entrenched’ rough sleepers to help them off the streets perma- nently.


Bodies teaming up on the new strategy are Cornwall Council, Cornwall Housing Ltd, Coastline Housing, voluntary sector providers, Safer Cornwall, the Drug and Alcohol Action Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Public Health (including Mental Health Services) and Inclusion Cornwall. The strategy is backed by £850,000 from Cornwall Council and Cornwall Housing and £292,000 from a successful bid to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for a scheme called ‘Nos Da Kernow’ (No First Night Out).


Cornwall Council cabinet mem- ber for homes Andrew Mitchell said: ‘In Cornwall, as in other parts of the country, we have seen an increase in homelessness and the continuing impacts of welfare reform mean that more people are at risk of becoming homeless. ‘This new strategy means earlier


help to people who are in desper- ate need of accommodation and support and placing them on a path that will not involve worry- ing about their safety at night be- cause they are forced to sleep rough.’


A key element of the strategy is to provide stable housing to help get people back on their feet, and then provide support services. The council and its partners have been working on a number of initiatives since September last year to begin the process of reduc- ing rough sleeping in Cornwall, in- cluding Nos Da Kernow.


Experienced


This programme involves a team of experienced outreach, housing options and resettlement officers from Cornwall Housing, Coastline and St Petroc’s Society working together to help those who are facing pressures that could tip them over into rough sleeping. People at risk of homelessness or worried about their housing sit- uation can contact the advice team at Cornwall Housing on 0300 1234 161.


Members of the public who have concerns about a rough sleeper in their area should see the website www.streetlink.org.uk or call Streetlink on 0300 500 0914.


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