Prince William Backs Homeless Cause
12 November 2009
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Britain's Prince William is encouraging people to sleep rough for charity.
The prince is backing celebrities and London business bosses who are sleeping on the streets to raise cash tonight (12.11.09) for homeless charity Centrepoint.
As the charity's patron, the young royal has praised those taking part and wants more to join the annual event to help London's homeless.
He said: "The more people who understand the devastation inflicted on young lives by homelessness, the more Centrepoint can do to support those same young people.
"Young men and women are driven to homelessness for all sorts of reasons, and the support that Centrepoint offers can be life-saving and life-changing."
Over 500 people have vowed to take part in Sleep Out including actress Niamh Cusack, 'Loose Women' TV host Lisa Maxwell and former 'Heartbeat' star Joe McFadden.
Young men and women are driven to homelessness for all sorts of reasons, and the support that Centrepoint offers can be life-saving and life-changing.
They will be sleeping rough in just sleeping bags and cardboard boxes in London's Spitalfields market.
It is not the first time Prince William has helped homeless people this year.
The 27-year-old royal went hiking with four homeless youngsters to mark the countdown to the Olympic games this summer and raise awareness of charities Centrepoint and Mountain Rescue Service.
The prince - second in line to the throne - is following in his mother Princess Diana's footsteps who took him and his brother Prince Harry to meet homeless people as children.
Diana was Centrepoint's patron in the 90s and it was later passed on to William when he left university in 2005.
At the time he explained his decision to support the charity, saying: "My brother and I were lucky enough to grow up supported by the love and nurturing of our family. They saw to our education, our health, our well-being and every other need.
"So many young people have none of this. It is for them that Centrepoint represents the difference between misery and dejection and a sense of hope and renewed confidence."
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