19-02-2025
Bristol homeless charity loses multiple computers in raid
A homeless charity said having laptops and other computers stolen in a break-in has left staff "devastated".Bristol Outreach Services for the Homeless (BOSH) said the thieves struck on Tuesday night at its HQ on Bond Street in the city centre. Founder Julie Dempster said: "We are a small independent charity, and this has had a huge impact on us & our clients."Two new touchscreen desktop computers and six laptops were taken in the raid. she added.
The charity supports homeless people with clothing, food and referral a statement to the BBC, Ms Dempster said the raid was a "massive disappointment".She said she arrived at the centre to open it just before 07:00 GMT and found they centre had been broken Dempster said: "All [the computers] were for the clients use, for job searches, to log in to the welfare benefits, keep in contact with family."Avon and Somerset Police said: "We were called at 7.23 GMT on Tuesday morning to reports of a burglary in Bond Street in the Broadmead area of incident is believed to have taken place at about 23.30 the previous night and enquiries to identify the person responsible are ongoing."The force has asked anyone with information about the raid to get in touch.
