The Lightbody Foundation gave the donation to People’s Kitchen Belfast, which the organisation said “will allow us to continue to offer all our services particularly during the winter months and at a time when we are under extreme pressure”. A total of 72 people were estimated to be rough sleeping in Northern Ireland representing a 60% increase from the 2023 figure of 45, according to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. In a statement on the foundation’s website Lightbody has said the charity “has no remit”. “Mental health, education, music, dementia, sport, cancer and disease research and many other things… I don’t want to narrow our focus. “The focus is Northern Ireland, countrywide.

Source: The Herald December 30, 2025 05:11 UTC