Beggars, homeless, street drinkers & drug users in Sheffield!

[HeHasRisen]

4 minutes ago, briret said:

Talking to an army veteran in Asda today. He was collecting for a veterans charity.

.He told me that there were thirty thousand veterans on the streets.

No doubt forum veterans will have plenty to say on that. 

Aye, hes likely talking cobblers. One of these facts wheeled out without any substance behind it whatsoever,

 

There is a difference between being "homeless" and being "on the streets", the former includes people using hostels, B&Bs etc. There arent even 30k people "on the streets" on any given night in the UK, let alone 30k veterans.

 

Certain news outlets love to run with the homeless veteran angle, it appeals to a certain subset of angry faced people....

Edited November 20, 2023 by HeHasRisen

[kidley]

1 minute ago, briret said:

Talking to an army veteran in Asda today. He was collecting for a veterans charity.

.He told me that there were thirty thousand veterans on the streets.

No doubt forum veterans will have plenty to say on that. 

A lot of people who joined the armed forces had no homes when they joined up that's one of the reasons they joined

[briret]

He had plenty of information and leaflets to back up his statements

[HeHasRisen]

Just now, briret said:

He had plenty of information and leaflets to back up his statements

Link me to something then. I suspect he is getting confused with "homeless" and "on the streets" which are two very different things, and the number of the former is much higher than the number of the latter.

[Irene Swaine]

3 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

Some dogs are far nicer than some people.

The one that was running around The Moor attacking didn't seem nice at all.

[Irene Swaine]

For avoidance of any doubt, no one HAS to sleep on the street, the Sally Army offer night shelters. https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/homelessness/night-shelters  and there is a soup kitchen here https://sysurvivalguide.co.uk/directory-sy_survival/listing/sheffield-churches-soup-kitchen-churches-soup-wagon/ . Remember that MOST (virtually all) beggars are not homeless at all and are deceptive to gain money for drugs and gambling, some use conning the public as a career. A zero tolerance approach on begging needs to be stringently enforced.

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by Irene Swaine

[Padders]

2 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

For avoidance of any doubt, no one HAS to sleep on the street, the Sally Army offer night shelters. https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/homelessness/night-shelters  and there is a soup kitchen here https://sysurvivalguide.co.uk/directory-sy_survival/listing/sheffield-churches-soup-kitchen-churches-soup-wagon/ . Remember that MOST (virtually all) beggars are not homeless at all and are deceptive to gain money for drugs and gambling, some use conning the public as a career. A zero tolerance approach on begging needs to be stringently enforced.

 

Your right Irene.

I've spent many nights sleeping in Privet hedges.....

[Irene Swaine]

Just now, Padders said:

Your right Irene.

I've spent many nights sleeping in Privet hedges.....

After a few sherberts at Padders's Bar, no doubt. 😉

[crookesey]

How would anyone know if someone resembling a beggar was a street sleeper or a Salvation Army Hostel dweller? I’m not likely to walk the streets of Sheffield in the dead of night looking for folk sleeping in say, shop doorways?

 

[FoxLady]

I notice that user longcol hasn't reappeared since my post #2580.

I don't take kindly to being called a liar, and asked him to explain his/her comment.

I suppose it reveals just what kind of a character he/she is.

Can't help feel sorry for his/her spouse if there is one.