Barber gives free haircuts at downtown Hamilton park to those in need. He's paid 'in conversations'
Collin Alfred, 28, has been offering up his barber skills at Gore Park most Saturdays for over a year. For some of his regular clients, like one man experiencing homelessness, he has become 'family.'
![Barber gives free haircuts at downtown Hamilton park to those in need. He's paid 'in conversations'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7064364.1703020730!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/collin-alfred.jpeg)
![Collin Alfred gives Nolen Greenspan a shave in Hamilton's Gore Park Dec. 16, 2023. man sits with barber cape, other man holds trimmer in park](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7064364.1703020730!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/collin-alfred.jpeg)
Collin Alfred, 28, has been offering up his barber skills at Gore Park most Saturdays for over a year. For some of his regular clients, like one man experiencing homelessness, he has become 'family.'