THE Salvation Army has spent decades helping to find homes or shelter for people who sleep on the streets.
Now the Barnsley corps has found itself with a similar kind of problem - it's been homeless for four years.
The members moved out of its 100-year-old Wellington Street Citadel in 2004, and the officers-in-charge have been unable to find a replacement.
Captains Val and Andrew Spivey are becoming increasingly frustrated after looking at 11 buildings and sites in four years.
They were denied seven of them because they were outbid by big business housing developers, while the other four were deemed unsuitable.
In several cases the church had advanced plans to take over before they were “gazumped” by developers.
Andrew said: “That’s what we’re competing against. We’ve sought help from the council, but with the regeneration of the town centre land is very much at a premium.”
