A homeless charity have shared their "devastation" after their vital transport has been stolen.
In December 2022, one of the vans belonging to Leeds Action to Create Homes (LATCH) was stolen in the middle of the night and has "never been found". The charity, who work to renovate empty and abandoned houses turning them into supported housing for homeless people, were able to get £3000 from insurance but that will cover only 50 percent of the cost to replace the vital transport.
Fundraising Manager Ruth Frost said: "It was like a gut punch when we found out , we just couldn’t believe it, especially because the van was sign written so whoever took it must’ve known it belonged to a local charity. Our team need the van to get to site and pick up supplies, this has had such a big knock on effect on our work and it’s a cost we hadn’t budgeted for."
