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Keziah Cussen, team manager at the Bradbury Day Centre, said it had supported a lot of rough sleepers. She said there was a man in his 40s who was "extremely entrenched in substance use while rough sleeping because it was his coping mechanism and he unfortunately passed away from an overdose". When he died, he had nobody with him, she said. A member of the public saw him on the streets and called the emergency services. "It is very, very difficult [and we can] see how people can slip through the net, especially people that are rough sleeping and the lifestyle choices people make, through no fault of their own," she added. Ms Hemmings added: "It comes from a lack of funding in statutory services, lack of access in health care and support and lack of basic resources we need to maintain a healthy life. "We are hopeful and optimistic that things will change. There is a desire in the community that there needs to be a solution."
