Shelter
/ˈʃeltə(r)/
/ˈʃeltər/
- a British charity established in 1966 to help people who have nowhere to live, either by finding homes for them or by providing places in cities where they can sleep at night. It also acts as a pressure group to try to influence the government to do more to help people without homes.
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