Homelessness and street begging Reviews

I live in Blackpool and seem to find seeing homless people and street beggers a thing of the norm. And whilst this is happening all over England I find it disheartening. Not just because of the person begging but because it shames me at times to say I'm British. Now dont get me wrong, the reason behind my feelings is because i ...  Read the complete review

Its close to impossible not to encounter a homeless person on almost every street corner in New York. The subway system is flooded with people begging for food or money. While there are some people who genuinely appear like they deserve sympathy, I often times also find myself constantly encountering people who clearly abuse drugs to a point where ...  Read the complete review

I sometimes do, but you have to wonder where it is going. I once took a homeless guy into a shoe shop and bought him a brand new pair of £40 boots. saw him 3 months later and he still had them on which was good.

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Hi there,

The below mentioned is the way I "handle" people who have fallen in this state of poverty and/or hopelessness, and feel that there is no other way for them to keep "body and soul together", save to beg in the streets . . .

1) If they ask me for money and I can see or sense that they are sincere
and their need is real, I will give, immediately, whatever I can.

2) If I am, at all, unsure what to do, I will give . . .

3) It is only in circumstances where I am as convinced as I can possibly be,
that by giving them money, especially, it will be completely wasted on
them, that I will not give them anything, but I will always, always still be
polite to them.

Thank you for reading!

Mayan820.

Touchy subject this! We all believe we know best about such situations. Reckon I did too until an occurrence that changed my mind. I live in a well heeled town in the Midlands. Very little homelessness or if there is someone seems to keep them out of the public gaze. Seriously. We used to have one or two, one, a young man ...  Read the complete review

Homelessness. I find it extremely hard to comprehend how they live, I have been very sheltered - always had food on the table, a roof over my head, warmth and a bed to sleep in. The neccesities, and of course more - mobile phones, laptops etc. I used to live in the countryside - all the way up to age 18 when I moved away to Cardiff city for ...  Read the complete review

Homelessness and street begging is a big thing these days for so many reasons. I have many opinions on it and thats down to the people I have seen randomly on the street or people who I know who have been through it for whatever reason. I remember once when I was about 8years old walking through a subway with my mum as she was walking ...  Read the complete review

When I was growing up, I lived in a very small town so I was unaware of street begging. Now that I have moved to a big city, I see it about everywhere. I see people pushing shopping carts, sleeping at bus stations or under trees, and holding signs at the corner or streets asking for money. I have even had homeless people stand in front of doors at ...  Read the complete review

STOP ASSYLUM SEEKERS!!! Thats the problem!!!!!!!!!!!! You have people coming into our country on the back of lorrys, coming into our country "seeking assylum", they get given a job, a home...albeit not a wonderful one yeah...but whats better?? That or street begging?! Been made to get your pet dog to dance to music in the streets!? ...  Read the complete review

I have always had very strong views about homelessness and beggers, I thoroughly believe that we should do whatever we can to help and befriend people who are on the streets for whatever reason. From a very young age I was always offering my food to the homeless. I remember one day when I was 7 I was in London, walking around with my ...  Read the complete review

I dont believe in street begging in the slightest, i know that i havnt ever been in a situation like that, and perhaps im lucky that i havnt had to ever beg for money as iv always been able to look after myself however even if i didnt have any money at all, i still dont think id have the guts to beg for it. It must be one of the most ...  Read the complete review

Walk down any busy UK shopping street in any major city or town and you are bound to stumble across someone who is begging but is there a genuine need or is it laziness and scrounging for money for alcohol and drugs? How do we tell? Who are we to judge? Genuine reasons for homelessness and extreme poverty do exist but who is responsible for ...  Read the complete review

Although begging is actually illegal in the United Kingdom, it isn't very well enforced and would not result in a jail sentence. But i am in two minds about whether they should be imprisoned or not. If they were imprisoned they would be fed twice a day, have proper sanitation facilities and probably have a better quality of life in ...  Read the complete review

I think begging is completely wrong and should be made illegal (is it already?). Where I live there is a street begger who was recently in the paper. Everyone in the local area knows this man actually has a house to live in but he still chooses to go and beg everyday rather than get a job like everyone else. He has been given an ASBO to stay ...  Read the complete review

Living in the centre of Bristol you see a huge number of homeless people on a daily basis, and there are more Big Issue sellers per square meter than any other city I've visited (or so it seems). It makes me sad, but at times I find it hard to sympathise. In my time I've brought my fair share of Big Issue magazines, and have deposited ...  Read the complete review

Having lived in a city centre for the past two years I have encountered my fair share of homeless people, and usually the same individuals that vary in their tact to get money from me by either playing some music, simply asking, or actually coming to talk to me as I walk along. My mother likes to tell me of a story of when I was five ...  Read the complete review

Dont even get me started at this subject!! I HATE street begging! I dont mind giving money to those that are sat in a doorway and dont beg - every now and again - but the way i see if is i have trouble managing my own cash to look after me with the rising costs of well praticually everything and i work hard for my cash why should i give ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit, had this been put to me last year i would have said everytime 'yes i give money to homeless people, why shouldnt we?'. But my view has completely changed when it comes to this topic. Not too long ago i saw a poster that had been put up by one of the many agencies working to help the homeless, although i cant remember ...  Read the complete review

I used to feel sorry for homeless people but now i think. It is not helping them to give them money. Forget the fact that most people who are homeless and beggars ar alcoholics or have a drug addiction. Aslong as they can guilt people passing by into giving them a few quid, we are not helping. If they can get free money by just begging or ...  Read the complete review

I was always one of those people that felt guilty when I walk past a homeless person, or take cash from my bank for a night out, and a homeless person sits next to the ATM, and to make myself feel better, would always try to give them a few spare pounds. But that has changed completely over the last few years since a very good friend ...  Read the complete review