In 2023, William launched his Homewards project, which aims to develop a blueprint for eradicating homelessness in all its forms, “making it rare, brief and unrepeated”. Six Homewards locations were chosen – Newport, Lambeth, Belfast, Aberdeen, Sheffield and the three neighbouring Dorset towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch (BCP) – with the aim of delivering bespoke solutions to the homelessness issues in each area.
The campaign is a major long-term focus for the prince, who has said that his visits to shelters with his late mother, Princess Diana, when he was a child, left a deep and lasting impression and inspired his work.
Representatives from Australia, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland have travelled to the UK to visit the BCP operation, which is seen as a flagship of the charity’s centres.
William met the delegates, who included representatives from the third sector, education and local government, at Bournemouth Pier where they met leaders of the local services.
While at the pier, one member of the Canadian delegation asked the prince whether he would visit their country.
The future King replied: “I will be there soon, don’t worry.”
Elsewhere, William and the delegates joined a session of the newly formed BCP Youth Homelessness Board to learn how different sectors are working together to prevent young people from reaching crisis points.
And they will look at how these can be scaled across the UK and to the delegates’ home countries.
As William left the pier, a large crowd had gathered to wave him off and the prince stopped briefly to take a selfie with a family of well-wishers.
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