Homelessness and street begging Reviews

I do not give money to street beggars because I have no idea what they will spend it on in spite of their pleas to finance a cup of hot soup. I have no intention of financing someone's drug habit. Years ago I was accosted in the street by an obvious down and out seeking a few pennies for a cup of tea. As luck would have it a nearby stall was ...

I have been homeless afew times. In this opinion i'm going to tell you about why people really beg and what being homeless is really like. Also try to be very truthful. I was in care from the age of 15 to the age of 17. When I left care, I got a bedsit in a large house with 30 other people. We were all classed as homeless. The ...

Ive never been homeless. nor would I want to but a lot of people are homeless and living, or existing on the streets. There are plenty of con artists out there. Trying to beg for money and really they are well off. The real homeless people that live on the streets 24/7 are the ones I feel sorry for. They have to shelter in doorways in ...

The issue of homelessness and begging is obviously a sensitive one and fortunately one which I have yet to have had any personal experience of. It seems that there are 2 issues here. 1) Should we give money to beggars or straight to the charities which aid them? and 2) Should companies be encouraged to recruit ...

Homelessness definitely should be taken seriously and addressed by society.The government keep on telling us not to give money to people on the street,yet they are not necessarily actively helping charities such as Shelter and Crisis at Christmas to do the work they do. I think sometimes it helps to give people money or cigarettes or other ...

I fail to believe that someone would want to beg out of choice. For starters, it is degrading. Being at the mercy of other people can't be fun, no matter what anyone says. Dressed in rags, with a meal being a rarity. That isn't fun. Let's face it, people have to be in a pretty adverse situation to beg. Now I know that there are ...

Any city I go to, I find people sprawled across the pavement with a wide collection of blankets and cardboxes. Many also with a cigarette in hand. Myself for one purposely cross the road if I can. If you give them something, you know it will probably go on a packet of cigarettes or drugs. The Government also seem to say that they are ...