MODEL NELL JOINS
UNFIT HOUSING CHARITY
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[ September 1st 2004 ]
Model
Nell McAndrew will today become the first protester
to join homeless charity Shelter’s nationwide
sit in as it takes to the streets with a campaign
to help a million British children living in unfit
housing. The organisation hopes to raise awareness
of the health and education problems faced by
a generation of young people living in overcrowded,
unfit and emergency accommodation. Miss McAndrew
will perch on Shelter’s giant red armchair before
it tours 25 UK towns and cities over the next
four months to promote the charity’s Million Children
Campaign. It is hoped that members of the public
will join a - physical petition - by being photographed
in the seat for an exhibition of supporters to
follow in the New Year.
Adam
Sampson, director of Shelter, said: "In Britain
over a million children are suffering in damp
and dangerous homes, living in fear of eviction
and debt. Some have lost their homes already.
We hope that thousands of people will register
their protest and that their elected representatives
will commit to ending bad housing for the next
generation of children."
The red
armchair will today be placed opposite the Houses
of Parliament, on the South Bank, before it covers
a route from Bournemouth to Dundee. Miss McAndrew
said: "My home is so important to me and I know
the difference a safe, secure and comfortable
home can make to a family. Yet for more than one
million children in Britain a decent home is a
distant dream."
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