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IT started with a gym. Changing Lives, which began as a soup kitchen in Newcastle, is now a national charity that provides a host of services to those experiencing homelessness and other problems. The residents at one of their accommodation services, the Fells in County Durham, asked for a gym and Alan Hodgson, then the project lead, decided to make it happen. “I thought I always deliver on my promises. Then I thought, right what do I do?” he said.

There was a large, derelict building in the Fells, full of rubbish and

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