“I didn’t just want to be a patron or a supportive voice; I wanted to actually do more than that. That’s when I thought, ‘I need to go back and live in Wales again.’ The other big thing that changed my thinking was the Homeless World Cup in Cardiff in 2019. I had committed to helping to organize that, and then suddenly, with not long to go, there was no money. I had to make a decision – I could walk away from it, and it wouldn’t happen. And all those people from all around the world who were banking on coming to have this extraordinary experience, maybe a life-changing experience, wouldn’t have it. I thought, ‘I’m not going to let that happen.’ So I put all my money into keeping it going. I had a house in America and a house here, and I put those up and just did whatever it took. It was scary and incredibly stressful. And I’ll be paying for it for a long time,” he said.


