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As you know every month I focus on trying to help make the world a better place by raising awareness, this month I've chosen to focus on The Macari Centre and how Lou Macari is trying his hardest to swim against the tide that is homelessness.

271,000 people are registered as homeless and of this figure 123,000 are children. This figure has rocketed since the recorded numbers before covid and because of covid logistics changed and cramming rough sleepers into a building had it's limitations. So Lou rented out a warehouse and filled it with clamping pods to help alleviate the covid risk and this provided the homeless with privacy, dignity and a place where they could have their own space and an individual address. We talk about the barriers surrounding homelessness such as drugs and alcohol use and simply the fact that there aren't enough places to house people.

What makes this episode extra special is that it's 30 years today that Lou Macari guided Stoke City to promotion! We talk about his football career and him climbing the career ladder on the pitch from apprentice to then playing for his beloved club, to playing for Manchester United making 400 appearances and scoring 78 goals in that time. He then went on to play for Swindon Town ending his playing career there and then going on to manage them, he had managerial spells at West Ham, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Celtic, he then returned to Stoke City taking them to promotion and ended his managerial position at Huddersfield Town.

When asked what was easier managing the homeless or managing footballers his answer was indeed the latter!!!

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and will agree with me on what a fantastic job Lou has done for our city in helping the homeless and providing a safe space for them to be.

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