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03.03.2022 - 00:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pensioners are among a number of rough sleepers bedding down at Manchester Airport.
Charity workers say three people in their 70s are among those who have been found sleeping at the airport over the last three months.
A 76-year-old woman and a former soldier were just two of the people helped and placed into temporary accommodation during a week of action in December.
Steph Moore runs outreach at the airport three days a week and says around 15 rough sleepers can be found there most mornings - however the true numbers are not known.
“It’s very transient,” she says.
“It’s not the same people we’re seeing all the time. There are a handful of regulars. People go, come back and go again.”
Good transport links, warmth and safety are thought to be some of the reasons why people stay at the UK’s second busiest airport.
“If you’re homeless, where can you go where it’s dry and indoors? And where have they got toilets?
“It's all those kind of things we all take for granted,” says Steph, who co-runs Reach Out to the Community - a charity working across south Manchester to support rough sleepers and those in food poverty.
“To a lot of people in the community, the airport feels safe. There are cameras there. It’s warmer than some places.
“People don’t want to go into the city centre. Homelessness has steadily increased and Piccadilly is just bedlam at the moment.”
Some homeless people have been known to leave the airport during the day to go to work and return to sleep there at night.
Others have landed at the airport and slept there because they have nowhere else to go. Reach Out are working with charities including Lifeshare as well as Manchester City Council and airport bosses to signpost those most in need to the appropriate
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