David Duke
David Duke played for Scotland at the Gothenburg 2004 Homeless World Cup when he was homeless battling issues with alcohol following the death of his father.
It got him back into football and he decided he wanted to pursue a career in football coaching, completing his Scottish Football Association coaching badges to become a certified youth coach.
David became the assistant coach for Team Scotland at the Edinburgh 2005 Homeless World Cup and rose to become manager and lead Team Scotland to victory at the Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup beating Poland 9-3 in a royal final watched by HRH Crown Price of Denmark. The same week David collected the keys to his new home.
David is now himself a social entrepreneur having set up Street Soccer Scotland to use football to help homeless people in Scotland. It is already working with thousands of homeless people providing weekly coaching sessions, an academy providing essential life skills, a Street Soccer National League.
David said: "The Homeless World Cup was the rope that allowed me to pull myself out of a very dark hole. It helped me and now I can help others. When homeless people say to me I can't change, I say yes you can. I did. So can you."