KentOnline Podcast: Homeless charity Porchlight concerned for rough sleepers ahead of Christmas
Published: 12:57, 12 December 2019
Updated: 08:58, 08 January 2020
With less than two weeks until Christmas, a homeless charity say they've found hundreds of people who are on the streets in Kent.
Porchlight have been helping rough sleepers since they set up in Canterbury 45 years ago - and they say things haven't got any better over the years.
Also in today's episode: a man's described the moment he was attacked with a knife after refusing to hand over cash, tributes are being paid to Conservationist David Bellamy who's died at the age of 86, and a Tonbridge man is taking on an Arctic challenge to raise money and awareness for charity.
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