Homelessness and street begging Reviews

Living in a small town, its seems very strange that none of the homeless people begging for money to buy drugs never seem to have a local accent. Scottish is of course the most prevalent, followed by Scouse. I know Glasgow and Liverpool have some of the highest drink related illness up there, and not many people are working, But why are they ...

My company have recently relocated offices, within the same city, but into and area that is primarily known for homeless. It is located just a street away from the main city centre, a place I now often go to in during my lunchtime. But that relatively short walk is, more often than not, a very difficult one for me because I empathise with the ...

One of the largest growing concerns in London is the constantly increasing number of people who are finding themselves living on the streets. The United Nations implemented a universal declaration of human rights. Article 25 Section 1 of this declaration states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the ...

One big issue that I cannot understand in life is why are so many people against homelessness? It could happen to virtually everyone in life and you are very lucky if never have to worry about being without a place to go one day. Now, no one can pretend that homelessness id a good thing and surely no one can say that it is not a ...

I think homeless people are increasing in numbers. About 10 years ago walking up the town you'd never usually see all these homeless people and their pets. The good thing nowadays is the public help them by making homeless shelters and selling the 'Big Issue' for them. Some people passing by will give money to them and if I have spare ...

I was not gonna write an opinion on this but after reading others I decided to.Where I live there is a lot of homelessness and begging but a lot of the people are not even homeless. One person I knew pretended she was homeless and used to beg outside a pub until one night I saw her getting in to a taxi and discovered she was going in home.I know ...

I don’t think we can blame the homeless, it's not their fault. They don’t choose to be where they are; they ended up there mainly because of troubles at home. I sympathise with the homelessness, and I would love to help them in a big way. I don’t think we should give them money, I think we should do the following: ...

Hello. I'm a cat. Yeah, that's right. A CAT. And yes. I Beg. It's my nature. Living in the city,like I have for the past 4 years I've done a lot of things; screaming like a baby in the middle of the night, leaving my own little brown mines on the pavement and chasing children. But the thing I ...

I live in the US and have been a resident of California now for over ten years. Before that I was living in Austin, Texas. I have seen a lot of homeless people in both places and have wondered from time to time where my money went. Now, I find myself numbered with them. I have been homeless now for almost an entire year and it may ...

A I used to live in Nottingham and have never seen so many homeless people. I have a very deep disliking for them as I used to walk along the same route 5 or 6 times a day (being hassled constantly) and have never even looked one of them in the eye. That is the way I deal with them, I treat them like they do not exist. I have seen ...

Firstly let me say that I have never been homelessness, but I do have my opinion on the matter and I shall give it here. I understand that many people end up, for one reason and another, homeless. But I dont understand the reason why they cannot get accommodation from the local councils. The town where I live has hundred of empty ...

Homelessness is very apparent in Leeds. I only moved there two months ago and already I recognise faces. Unfortunately something quite shocking happened to me the other week. I was doing a little bit of shopping in the city centre, I had a big night out planned and I was looking for the perfect outfit. A man begging cornered me and asked ...

Ha Ha. That got your attention! That was the comment by Victor Adebowale, the Chief Executive of Centrepoint just before Christmas. The comment was prompted by the programme of "diverted giving" announced by the Homelessness Tsarina, Louise Casey and her acolytes in the Rough Sleepers Unit. The whole concept of ...

I read somewhere (dangerous I know) that if all the homeless charities turned into one large charity, they would have enough money, so that every single homeless person would have home and food. I have had to deal with active beggars on the tube train, walking seat by seat asking for money, very intimidating. When I tell the underground ...

...but I never give money to the homeless. Why? Am I heartless? Am I tight? Am I immune to the plight of a fellow human being? No, no, and no. I never managed to work out why. I used to go into University by train. I would arrive at the station and walk through Birmingham city centre. I would leave the station and someone ...

I'm not going to get any popularity points for this one but here goes. There is a poster at Westminster tube station for a homeless charity - I forget which one - which makes me really angry. There is a picture of a young man and the caption "Some days I just don't see anyone". The spiel at the bottom then goes on to say ...

The issue here isn't so much should people beg, should we give to beggars and who are these people anyway. Much more to the point should the government, by way of their Rough Sleepers Unit, be spending our money (we're all tax payers) telling us who we should give our money to? The Rough Sleepers Unit is giving a quarter of a ...

How often has any one of us walked past a homeless person on the street and stared straight ahead, avoiding all eye-contact, quickening our pace so as to move away from the person as fast as possible? For me, it is a daily occurrence. I hear their calls for change, their pleas for help, but I try not to listen. I don't want them to invade ...

We all see homeless people, we all walk by them day in and dayout. What do we think? We DO feel sorry for them, but we are also worried, worried that they would use our money for drugs and drink. Many people think that it's their own fault, that they could find a way out if they tried. How often do we stop and remember that these are ...

I have been technically homeless myself... although during the period that I was, I did feel that I had a home. I was very lucky that I lived in a place where myself and my father were given what I felt to be a home. Following the divorce of my parents when I was about 14 years old, my mother got ownership of the house, and my ...