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Community open space seeks to help address homelessness, addiction, poor health

October 14th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

imrs-phpThis man has found a wonderful way to help people through their darkest times. It starts with tea.

Inside a library in a depressed seaside town in Northern England is a room converted into a cafe designed to look like a grandmother’s homey living room. On any given day, there might be an elderly woman playing Scrabble with a man in his 20s. There might be a homeless man making coffee for a mother whose daughter recently died. Seated on the vintage-looking couches and armchairs there will be strangers sharing stories, offering counsel and friendship.  Read the rest of this article at The Washington Post…

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