kaytie Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 12/02/2019 at 07:30, magz said: I was stopped twice yesterday, once on the moor and later on fargate, both times by tall young men who stood in front of me so I couldn't get round them, asking for money. They were both clean and well dressed so I assume were not street sleepers. As an elderly woman alone, this is intimidating and surely should be stopped. Say " Basta, basta, non capiche" (Italian for " enough, enough, I don't understand ") and walk off. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, kaytie said: Say " Basta, basta, non capiche" (Italian for " enough, enough, I don't understand ") and walk off. Works for me. Why bother? "No thank you" works for me just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gee Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, kaytie said: Say " Basta, basta, non capiche" (Italian for " enough, enough, I don't understand ") and walk off. Works for me. I can't be doing with all that pretentious stuff, I generally have a chat and give them a quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redruby Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 12/02/2019 at 07:30, magz said: I was stopped twice yesterday, once on the moor and later on fargate, both times by tall young men who stood in front of me so I couldn't get round them, asking for money. They were both clean and well dressed so I assume were not street sleepers. As an elderly woman alone, this is intimidating and surely should be stopped. Yes. And this demonstrates another reason why vulnerable people (be they beggars, homeless etc ) should get help to get OFF the streets and not kept on them with well meant donations of cash, which (or may not) help someone in the short term but is highly unlikely to help anyone in the long term. Who would be happy about their gran feeling intimidated by beggars asking her for money every she goes shopping in town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Clean well dressed young men stopping people by standing in front of them doesn't sound like someone who can be "helped off the street" since they aren't "on the street" anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaytie Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 13 hours ago, ECCOnoob said: Why bother? "No thank you" works for me just as well. Because they don't respond, start a discussion/argument or swear being busy trying to figure out who/what the heck I am. Polite refusal has in the past resulted in my being called some choice names I won't repeat here and/or pursued. Not a pleasant experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Sleeper buses starting in sheffield to help the homeless https://www.shefnews.co.uk/2019/02/21/double-decker-bus-for-homeless-in-sheffield/ yay or nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 15 hours ago, melthebell said: Sleeper buses starting in sheffield to help the homeless https://www.shefnews.co.uk/2019/02/21/double-decker-bus-for-homeless-in-sheffield/ yay or nay? Sadly again I dont think it will work. As it has been stated on here many times. Many people do not engage with services. Anthony Cunningham tried his tent city project and the council shut it down because it was turning into a drugs den. I know first hand as while it was up there was a queue of people just off my street waiting for their fix. Anthony himself admitted that he set up a tent for them to get their injections. Anthony is now trying to get sleeper containers set up to do the same. However I fear that again will fall in the same problem. Yes there is lack of accommodation but also lack of engagement from the homeless and rootless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 What does "lack of engagement" mean? Do you mean that they won't give up drink and drugs in exchange for somewhere to sleep? Or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Cyclone said: What does "lack of engagement" mean? Do you mean that they won't give up drink and drugs in exchange for somewhere to sleep? Or something else? Here is an example of lack of engagement with services. http://www.helpushelp.uk/blog/our-outreach-teams-out-on-the-streets-daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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