Prince of Wales arrives in Aberdeen as part of UK tour for homelessness project

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The Prince of Wales has arrived in Aberdeen as part of a tour of the UK to announce an initiative aimed at ending homelessnessWilliam, known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, is visiting Tillydrone Community Campus on the second day of his tour for his new Homewards project, having visited a community centre in Belfast earlier in the morning.He is expected to be shown around the campus and see various activities taking place including cooking classes, NHS services and nursery sessions.He will be joined by Homewards advocate, David Duke, who founded Street Soccer Scotland and Street Soccer London after playing for Scotland at the Homeless World Cup while sleeping rough.The visit came as part of William’s UK tour to launch Homewards, a five-year locally-led programme, delivered by The Royal Foundation.It is set to take a transformative approach to the issue of homelessness and put collaboration at its heart, giving six flagship locations new space, tools, and relationships to showcase what can be achieved through a collective effort focused on preventing and ending homelessness in their areas.Aberdeen is the fifth of six locations to be unveiled by William during a UK tour which continued on Tuesday.Earlier, he was cheered by well-wishers as he arrived at Skainos, a community centre in east Belfast.He was officially welcomed to the Northern Ireland capital by Lord Lieutenant Dame Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle as well as Belfast Lord Mayor Ryan Murphy and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson.In Belfast, William met initial members of the coalition being built through Homewards, and heard from representatives from the East Belfast Mission about their work to tackle homelessness and about their new housing development 240.He also met