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A man who was previously homeless is raising £250,000 for a 24/7 community hub to take people off the streets and teach them how to cook, clean, pay bills and work.

James Anderson – and build a centre to transform homelessness in Burnley, Lancashire. James, who was picked up off the street by strangers when he was a teen, knows exactly what it feels like to be “assaulted, spat at and beat up” – and is determined to give others that life-changing chance in return.

But his carefree and happy-go-lucky attitude soon found him living on the streets between London and Bristol for two years with no belongings and no address.

“It was a terrible experience. I got assaulted, spat at, beaten up and nearly raped. I would not wish anything like that to happen to anyone,” James told the Mirror.