Credit: Alex Walker for Homeless World Cup
Hollywood actor Michael Sheen says football can help transform lives as Cardiff prepares to host the 2019 Homeless World Cup. More than 500 players representing over 50 countries will travel to Cardiff to play in the festival of football which seeks to inspire people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion towards a brighter future. Cardiff University is proud to support the event, which takes place in Bute Park from Saturday 27 July to Saturday 3 August. We are providing practical support by hosting the hundreds of players and key personnel from 50 countries at our Talybont halls of residence. Dr Pete Mackie, from our School of Geography and Planning, is lending his world-leading expertise in housing and homelessness to organisers to inform initiatives that can impact on homelessness in the city after the final whistle is blown. The tournament will be staged in Cardiff by the Homeless World Cup Foundation and supported by social inclusion charity Street Football Wales. The bid was led by Welsh actor and activist Sheen, who is taking a hands-on role in the organisation of the event.
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