Remember the good work of volunteers and staff at Napier barracks

‘I would hate to think … the idea of people left despairing in inadequate and dilapidated Napier barracks is uppermost.’ Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

I read with interest the article about the closure of Napier barracks (Mass asylum seeker accommodation at Napier barracks to close, 19 March).

I heartily agree that the barracks is far from ideal for the housing of vulnerable people, but nowhere did I read of the huge input that has been made by a group of volunteers and staff, both on and off site, trying to make life just a little less anxious and a little more bearable for the residents.