• ‘Bank accounts are crucial’: the ex-rough sleeper helping Brighton’s homeless get back on their feet

    ‘Bank accounts are crucial’: the ex-rough sleeper helping Brighton’s homeless get back on their feet
    Jim Deans, 60, moved to the south coast 30 years ago from Glasgow, sleeping on a beach when he had no money. Now, through his charity, he helps people who are homeless to rebuild their livesI was born on the south side of Glasgow. I was heading for a life of crime in my teens because I was in with some bad people. After a brush with the law, I headed as far south as I could go before I hit the sea. I ended up in Brighton.I didn’t have money or a job and I couldn’t get into a hostel,

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