Shelter boost for homeless

A LEITH YMCA is to throw its doors open to the homeless this winter.

The Acorn Centre, in Junction Place, has revealed its timetable for the Bethany Christian Trust Night Shelter Project.

It is run by City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, one of dozens of churches which have offered to accommodate the homeless on a rotating basis.

The Acorn Centre will be open on November 6, January 8 and March 5 to provide catering for the homeless.