Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

Remember me saying DH received an email from Iceland thanking him for liking SW food and popping a fiver on his bonus card (I've only just signed him up!), he's just received another email saying as a valued bonus card holder he can choose a free gift - a milk chocolate reindeer or any Iceland pizza worth up to £1.50. Ones he's chosen and clicked in the email, the offer will print out as a coupon next time he swipes his card. Me on the other hand who has had a card for yonks got nothing :rotfl:

mhoc wrote: »

I think this is London based as St Mungo s is.

This is another issue. Eldest child works in London so she sees the homeless on a regular basis, its just one of those things associated with cities and you become compassion weary.
Sadly there are so many its impossible to help everyone.

For us out in the sticks though even seeing one person huddled down in a doorway for the night is shocking

Just popping in for a catch up and spotted your post mhoc, not had time to read back yet :eek:

We've had a lady sleeping on the streets for 2 or 3 years now. She just turned up over night and at the time she was sleeping close to the church in town. Several of the local youth were taking pies, soup and tea to her it seems.

When questions were raised about her situation, social services were well aware as were the housing department at the local council. The trouble us you can't force someone to take to a bed if they've decided to sleep on the streets :eek:

That's right, she had been offered on several occasions, accomadation which she keeps turning down.

Social services see her every day, just to keep an eye on her but she refuses their help too, she's not suffering any mental health issues so she has been left to live in our town , on our streets.

I think she has grown to be part of the town, rather than living in a big city.

She is still fed daily by several that frequent the local pub which is over the road from the church,

I thought I'd better have a catch up early tonight, but haven't got far . I'm sure I'll find you've all been busy, getting your Selection boxes and soup :rotfl: :rotfl:

Weather here is so cold, I did hear earlier today that part of Wales has had tremendous damage done due to bad weather and wind. We had about 15 minutes if very windy gusts, sending the dust bins rolling everywhere, then it died down and vanished, thankfully.

Hope everyone warm and well, off to read back now

LEJC wrote: »

I think she may have been there for about a week...I vaguely remember driving past last week and seeing the beginnings of a pile of stuff in the corner of the shelter....its a brick built one and quite large so she has seemed to expand into it since I last went by.
Now it appears that someone has given her a pop up type tent and there is evidence of blankets so it's not a case that she may have been "just passing through"...it looks like she is dare I say it settling in...not the right word or phrase but you get my drift....

its a busy main road and as I said the police station is one side of the road and the other side in equal direction away is the council offices.....they all must have seen her....no one should have to live in a bus shelter....there must be something that can be done.

I want to phone Social services but not with a view to moving her on...with a view to finding out how they can help her....its such a sad situation,which I know I know nothing about other than I dont want to turn a blind eye too.

Sadly LEJC this is becoming a part of our society.....Having watched this evenings news, there is a cronic shortage of affordable housing in this country....A 40% increase in homeless people. Council housing now has to prioritize who is found temporary accomodation, even people with children are turned away......Not so many years ago over 100,000 council properties were built each year...Last year it was below 1000....What you are witnessing is going to be commonplace around the country in the coming years...It will probably get worse before it gets better...The simple fact is that, there is no money on the already overstretched coffers that go to pay for schools, NHS etc etc.....Perhaps the only way forward is to increase taxation, or for the government to borrow more and more money. I think a lot of people will contest that this should be the course of action taken. There is no answer in the short term..

As far as your elderly lady is concerned. I would be quite sure that the relevant authorities are already fully aware of this lady.....

marmitelovemehateme wrote: »

Sadly LEJC this is becoming a part of our society.....Having watched this evenings news, there is a cronic shortage of affordable housing in this country....A 40% increase in homeless people. Council housing now has to prioritize who is found temporary accomodation, even people with children are turned away......Not so many years ago over 100,000 council properties were built each year...Last year it was below 1000....What you are witnessing is going to be commonplace around the country in the coming years...It will probably get worse before it gets better...The simple fact is that, there is no money on the already overstretched coffers that go to pay for schools, NHS etc etc.....Perhaps the only way forward is to increase taxation, or for the government to borrow more and more money. I think a lot of people will contest that this should be the course of action taken. There is no answer in the short term..

As far as your elderly lady is concerned. I would be quite sure that the relevant authorities are already fully aware of this lady.....

I totally agree with you Marmite, such a sorry state of affairs and no way out of it for the foreseeable future