A GOOD Samaritan helped a homeless man who could have died on the freezing streets find a safe and warm place to stay overnight.
Threshold Housing Link shared the story of how a Swindon Night Shelter volunteer provided temporary accommodation for a man who was sleeping rough in a bus shelter.
Threshold said that the man had run out of options and offers due to "a number of complex factors" and would have been "at high risk of death" if he had not found shelter on Thursday night, when temperatures plummeted into the minuses.
The vulnerable client had been exploited and robbed during the last week and this has apparently happened to him many times before.
The Threshold team searched for him from 6am, found him at 4pm and went to The Haven before settling him there at 8.15pm.
Dan said "If we can't help people in this condition, in this situation, what are we here for?"
Threshold thanked Dan and the Swindon Night Shelter for agreeing to accept the homeless man into their care as part of the temporary winter housing provision.
They also thanked Swindon Borough Council's adult social care team who helped arrange this and are working to find a more permanent solution for the vulnerable rough sleeper.
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