'The people who we support across our services are victims of a broken society and protests like this only serve to re-victimise them'
A republican group have been urged to call off a planned protest outside a Belfast homeless organisation.
Asking the group to call off their protest, Jo Daykin-Goodall, Chief Executive of the Welcome Organisation, said: “The people we support are the most vulnerable homeless people in Belfast – they are the victims of wider societal issues that are affecting people across Belfast, Northern Ireland and further afield.
Jo added that the societal problems are wide and complex, as are the reasons why people become homeless. "Between April 2022 and March 2023 nearly 16,000 households presented as homeless and over 10,000 were accepted as homeless. This is not just people sleeping rough, but people sofa surfing, living in temporary accommodation, living in poor conditions, and living at risk of violence in the home.
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