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Give your cash directly and unconditionally to homeless people.
Don’t just buy them a sandwich from Pret. They’re not four. They have the right to spend their money as they choose – and it is their money, once given. Don’t just give to people performing, singing, or accompanied by a cute dog. Buskers deserve a wage too, of course.
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Give your cash directly and unconditionally to homeless people.
Don’t just buy them a sandwich from Pret. They’re not four. They have the right to spend their money as they choose – and it is their money, once given. Don’t just give to people performing, singing, or accompanied by a cute dog. Buskers deserve a wage too, of course.
Not sure why some one from the US would post such a thread.
As for the article he seems to suggest that grassroots charities do good work, yet claims we should give money to the homeless themselves rather than such charities.
There are plenty of good charities that help homeless people such as Shelter and Centre Point and there funding is just as important, and hostels also need funding.
Give your cash directly and unconditionally to homeless people.
Don’t just buy them a sandwich from Pret. They’re not four. They have the right to spend their money as they choose – and it is their money, once given. Don’t just give to people performing, singing, or accompanied by a cute dog. Buskers deserve a wage too, of course.
Nonsense.
There isn't a single reason why anyone in the UK should be homeless unless it is through their own choice.There are adequate official safety nets in place to prevent such a thing happening and have been for decades.
Why give money to a total stranger to often feed what is an addiction to either alcohol or drugs.
As for buskers no-one " deserves " a wage.
But if they're good I might bung them a quid or two.
Nonsense.
There isn't a single reason why anyone in the UK should be homeless unless it is through their own choice.There are adequate official safety nets in place to prevent such a thing happening and have been for decades.
Why give money to a total stranger to often feed what is an addiction to either alcohol or drugs.
As for buskers no-one " deserves " a wage.
But if they're good I might bung them a quid or two.
Charity is a great thing, but I think it's a bit silly to instruct the public to forego discretion and assume good faith on the part of any homeless person you meet on the streets, and assume that they will always spend it on things that are good for them.
Ah,the old sense of entitlement.I want something so I deserve to have it right now.
Councils have had waiting lists for their properties since council houses were first built.
Lately they've got even longer thanks to open-ended immigration which means planning for them is almost impossible.
But two years on relative's couches ? Pull the other one.
Possibly a bi off topic but i was in London 3rd week of October and down the Strand almost all the beggars were Romanian.I can understand anyone coming here to work, but why stay where you havent even got a roof over your head ??
Possibly a bi off topic but i was in London 3rd week of October and down the Strand almost all the beggars were Romanian.I can understand anyone coming here to work, but why stay where you havent even got a roof over your head ??
surely you dont believe that one.... they have old grannies out begging and banging on guitars badly for them.. while they sit in their cosy homes..
Possibly a bi off topic but i was in London 3rd week of October and down the Strand almost all the beggars were Romanian.I can understand anyone coming here to work, but why stay where you havent even got a roof over your head ??
Roma beggars have been a nuisance on streets across Europe even before their country was admitted to the EU.
They account for a huge amount of crime compared to their actual numbers.
In Germany the crime rate among migrants in Germany rose by more than 50 per cent last year and today figures were released showing 30,000 failed asylum seekers in that country had simply disappeared.
In London, they camp out at night around London's Marble Arch and use the surrounding area as an open toilet.
Across the country almost a fifth of those believed responsible for the worst crimes last year were born outside the UK.
But in parts of England and Wales with high immigration levels, the proportion rises to 50 per cent or more.
However, in areas largely unaffected by immigration, such as Cumbria and North Wales, no one charged with rape or murder was born overseas.
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