How has the campaign been going so far Vinnie? Today the City captain said he feels the homeless crisis is 'shameful' for Manchester, and explained why he believes everyone should take some responsibility for solving the problem: Supported by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Kompany has promised all the proceeds from his testimonial, minus the running costs, will go to Burnham’s Homelessness Fund, with the first windfall providing beds for rough sleepers this winter. The defender's response was to launch his Tackle4Mcr campaign. "We live in the same environment, the same area, and if people have the means to help, they should do it."Ĭity captain Vincent Kompany considers himself an honorary Mancunian He went on: "We're very closely linked to each other no matter how much disparity there is in wealth. In a heartfelt interview with the M.E.N., Kompany said he couldn't 'preach' to her about 'humbleness, if a few miles down the road there's people living in the street. He married local girl Carla Higgs, a City supporter from Irlam, in 2011 and they are raising their daughter Sienna in the region. Until 2014, the Blues players travelled from their homes, many of them in the Cheshire suburbs, to the old training ground at Carrington in Trafford.īut when the new £200m state-of-the-art Etihad Campus opened in Eastlands, the Belgian said he started to experience the reality of Manchester's widening wealth divide on a daily basis.Īs an honorary Mancunian - it was something Kompany, 32, says he could not accept. Vincent Kompany said City's move to their new training complex in the city centre helped him realise he had to help tackle our burgeoning homeless crisis.
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