Tyrone Mings describes ‘scary’ experience as he backs Prince William homelessness project

England footballer recalls childhood emergency housing as royal launches five-year UK scheme

Homeless people are to be helped into permanent accommodation, regardless of their circumstances, as part of a five-year project to be run by Prince William's foundation and supported by the England footballer Tyrone Mings.

The project, called Homewards, which emulates one run in Finland, will be launched initially in six areas around the UK and is aimed at preventing homelessness where possible and ensuring any incidence is rare, brief and unrepeated". The Prince of Wales's charitable foundation is giving 3m of startup funding to the project.