Tent for Homeless man

pinkladyof66

has cats given the gifts over to the man yet anyone know

MissShoes

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

has cats given the gifts over to the man yet anyone know

given to her work colleague for him to give to the homeless man as today was her last day in work.

No news updated yet

TanyaJayne_2

gravitytolls wrote: »

It's shameful behaviour, but maybe less shameful than mugging some poor soul or burglary. Many homeless are drug addicts, I wonder how many families desperately struggled before they had to put their own protection first and ask the addict to leave.

(SORRY - see original post for the Daily Mail link)

Anyhoo, despite the link taking you to a Littlejohn article, if you ignore him, but read the experiences of a wouldbe volunteer trying to help the homeless in such organisations, you can see why they're struggling.

There are a dearth of help available outside highly populated areas, and doorways are often the only option. But as another has said, if we all do a little, the result is a lot.

To be honest the article is typical Daily Mail.

It costs charities a lot of money to get each volunteer in to the front line so therefore accepting someone who wants to volunteer just for Christmas would be un-economical.

More importantly why would you only want to volunteer for just ONE day a year!

Homeless people are here 365 days a year.

If you want to help then volunteer your time throughout the year...even one day a month is much more sense than one or two days a year.

The Daily mail piece even said about the volunteer having passed a CRB check 8 years ago....I can imagine the outcry if a Homelessness charity allowed one of their clients to be harmed or abused by a volunteer in any way if they had let a that person work for them on the strength of a CRB check 8 years out of date.

Finally there is not a dearth of help outside of major population areas the charity I'm involved in is in a country town as are many others.

Maybe GravityTolls should be renamed Gravity TROLLs!

Sorry rant over!

TJ

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jackieb

Such a thoughtful thread from the OP. :A

There was a homeless man found dead on the beach a few miles from here a couple of weeks ago. Died from hypothermia.

mummyyum

Nice thought OP, I'm sure he'll appreciate it. I used to work up on The Strand where there are many homeless people living in doorways. I did not give to them all, it would have been impossible, but two young lads were there day in day out in a certain doorway. They didn't beg, they were just there to sleep. They were bedding down for the night when I left work and just waking up when I arrived every morning. I decided not to give them money as I didn't want to compound any drink/drug issues so every day I would take them tea and in the evening would give them my luncheon vouchers to make sure they would be eating...they were very grateful.
At Christmas I have also given a fair bit of money to Big Issue sellers who I have seen throughout the year and who are always polite and friendly. I remember one particular chap who I had watched for a while over a few weeks...I gave him £20 and he was genuinely overjoyed and I was really happy to read in a later Big Issue which had an article about him in that he was now in a flat and had a job.
I think that, if , like the OP, you see the same homeless person every day, you can probably gather whether they are genuine and would appreciate a litle help.
Good luck OP:)

getzls

geri1965 wrote: »

I'd like him to not spend it on the things that are going to kill him.

You really think it will make much difference? Homeless people die young. A few comforts now won't matter.

gravitytolls

TanyaJayne wrote: »

To be honest the article is typical Daily Mail.

It costs charities a lot of money to get each volunteer in to the front line so therefore accepting someone who wants to volunteer just for Christmas would be un-economical.

More importantly why would you only want to volunteer for just ONE day a year!

Homeless people are here 365 days a year.

If you want to help then volunteer your time throughout the year...even one day a month is much more sense than one or two days a year.

The Daily mail piece even said about the volunteer having passed a CRB check 8 years ago....I can imagine the outcry if a Homelessness charity allowed one of their clients to be harmed or abused by a volunteer in any way if they had let a that person work for them on the strength of a CRB check 8 years out of date.

Finally there is not a dearth of help outside of major population areas the charity I'm involved in is in a country town as are many others.

Maybe GravityTolls should be renamed Gravity TROLLs!

Sorry rant over!

TJ

x

And a Happy New Year to you too. :rotfl:

There sure is a dearth of help in our area, perhaps we're too middle class .... just a bit more trolling, humourless lug that I am.

Just wondered if there was an update from the OP on her generous gift.

lanavdt

getzls wrote: »

You really think it will make much difference? Homeless people die young. A few comforts now won't matter.

You could die tomorrow-God forbid-brain haemorrhage, car accident, any one of a million things could kill you before you reach the "statistical average" life expectancy.
I guess that means you're not entitled to any comforts...

JimmyTheWig

OP, this guy isn't in Kingston, is he?

superskintmouse

I think it was a wonderful gesture, who cares if he sells the stuff at least he knows that at the end of the day one person has thought he matters and that means a lot. Hopefully he is somewhere with his new socks on in his sleeping bag and feels warm and fuzzy that someone cared enough to buy him a wonderful heartfelt present. Cats you are very thoughtful and hope you have enjoyed your christmas safe in the knowledge you are a lovely person.
Well Done and i am looking forward to hearing what happened.:T