Leo Sayer 3,624 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Only buy food, but only to ones I see regular who are English. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,521 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 5 hours ago, mC HULL said: last week at ferry bridge services i give one 20 quid he tried giving me it back and said give him a tenner as that would get him the night in the hotel there i think ? like you say mate plenty are just down on there luck Could be any one of us mate,anyone can go off the rails and experience hard times.I have seen hundreds today,I spoke to a couple who live on the beach earlier just to surf and skateboard. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,923 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Them i see in Rotherham regular I don't give them anything as it's plain to see they are only begging to fund a drug habit one lad who i see often an English lad in his early 30s always gives me the sob story but his lifestyle choice is to sit in different places in town begging to fund his drug habit in my opinion after seeing him getting on his small burner phone after an old woman gave him a tenner. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 48,187 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Charity starts at home,I only give to the veterans charities,my family and close friends come first these days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,142 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Im on first name terms with a few of them around regular places i go ......stone me i came close to pulling up a bed with them the year of f****n misery ive just had ! Personally i prefer to get in a bit of a chinwag with them see if they're genuine if they are i'll see them right, if not i wish them luck and carry on with my day.....if they're not Brits i dont even give them the time of day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,624 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Am always in and out of town doing stuff for work. There is one lad who I buy food for and always take time out to chat to him. He has admitted to me he is a drug addict . He is absolutely manky , his hands are that black and his clothes. I've known him for a few years now. He sleeps in the bins at the back of Barclays bank. So I've given him a new sleeping bag and camping stuff and clothes. Through a charity organisation we help out through work I got to know some of his background as one of the lady's there knows him very well. He's only a very small skinny lad and apparently he fell on hard times and ended up on the streets at s young age, he is in his 20,s I would say. Also apparently he got groomed and raped by a Muslim gang, who also had him and other beggars, begging for them. So he takes drugs to blot out his past. I will always buy him food and give him clothes, once he told me one of the other beggars ( who apparently lives in a hostel or bed sit ) who's is a bigger lad and used to slap him and tell him to move on and that they was his spots. So this particular day I add a word with this fella and polightly explained if hit slapped Callum again what the out come would be. I genuinely feel sorry for this kid, what a sh1t life eh. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackthelad 2,081 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Was outside Euston station few months ago ago talking to a lad from Belfast gave him a score an a pot of nice skittles puff he was over the moon haha sound lad 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 214 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 There by ours most of them work a shift in the same area by Lidl one goes then a other shows up seen run for buses even dropped off in a car set down and start begging one shows up with a mountain bike asking over heard one saying on his phone being grafting all day off home now smiling happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,629 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Used to, same as buying the Big Issue. Hardly give anything now unless it’s someone who genuinely looks like they deserve a hand. Half the country would deem you racist if you complained about the gangs of Romanian ‘professional’ beggars up and down the country. Utter fcuking madness! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 24,449 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 I always look up CEO salaries. Some of the dates are ten years old ffs. Think some are taking the piss. Charity CEO salary (£) Source CEO name Salary data sourced Charity turnover (£) Source Turnover data sourced Salary percentage (2 s.f.) Age UK 190,000 [6] Jonny Towers 2015 86,400,000 [7] 2016 0.22% Amnesty International 210,000 [6] Shalil Shetty 2015 24,900,000 [8] 2015 0.84% Anchor Trust 420,000 [9] Jane Ashcroft 2015 374,700,000 [10] 2017 0.11% Arts Council England 40,000 [11] Sir Nicholas Serota CH 2022 1,488,655,343 [12] 2021 0.0027% Barnardos 209,999 [13] Javed Khan 2019 306,000,000 [14] 2021 0.069% BBC Children in Need 154,044 [15] Simon Antrobus 2023 50,078,000 [15] 2023 0.31% British Heart Foundation 180,000 [16] Simon Gillespie 2013 158,900,000 [17] 2017 0.11% British Red Cross 173,000 [18] Mike Adamson 2017 251,700,000 [19] 2016 0.069% Cancer Research UK 240,000 [6] Harpal Kumar 2015 621,000,000 [20] 2015 0.039% Macmillan Cancer Support 200,000 [21] Lynda Thomas CBE 2022 227,145,000 [21] 2022 0.088% NSPCC 162,000 [22] Peter Wanless 2016 106,800,000 [23] 2016 0.15% Oxfam 120,936 [24] Danny Sriskandarajah 2021 400,000,000 [24] 2016 0.031% National Trust 209,000 [25] Hilary McGrady 2023 704,700,000 [25] 2023 0.030% Nuffield Health 1,229,999 [26] Steve Gray 2022 1,238,400,000 [26] 2022 0.10% Prince's Trust 140,000 [16] Martina Milburn 2013 610,000,000 [16] 2013 0.023% RSPCA 162,217 [27] Chris Sherwood 2022 152,107,708 [27] 2022 0.11% Scope 129,000 [28] Mark Atkinson 2015 99,500,000 [29] 2017 0.13% Scottish SPCA 140,000 [30] Kirsteen Campbell 2023 20,936,000 [31] 2023 0.67% Shelter 122,500 [32] Polly Neate 2017 58,000,000 [16] 2017 0.21% Sightsavers 144,288 [33] Caroline Harper 2021 261,200,000 [34] 2020 0.055% St Andrew's Healthcare 433,000 [35] Gil Baldwin 2017 205,600,000 [35] 2017 0.21% St. John Ambulance 140,000 [16] Sue Killen 2013 910,000,000 [16] 2013 0.015% Wateraid 128,000 [36] Barbara Frost 2016 84,000,000 [36] 2016 0.15% Wellcome Trust 445,220 [37] Jeremy Farrar 2017 1,134,000,000 [38] 2017 0.039% Cheers Arry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,461 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 I often feel conflicted when seeing "down and outs", particularly when enjoying a pleasant evening in a city centre. Stopping to speak or giving money can result in criticism that you're a mug and it's all a scam or that they will only use the money to buy drugs. My reply is often that it's below zero, pissing down and this person is curled up in a shop doorway and whatever the reason for their current predicament their life obviously isn't going too well. Also the old adage there but for the grace of God go I I have a family member and a friend at the moment who don't have a pot to piss in. Both had comfortable lives until fairly recently but you can never be certain of what life has in store. I make a point of checking in with them regularly even if it is at times only a phone call. Occasionally I will pay some funds into their bank account to cover a basic food shop or pay utility bills. The financial assistance is never asked for and reluctantly accepted as a loan, not charity. The most important thing is that they know that they are not completely alone, as that feeling is the one that can lead to further spiralling down that dark hole from which there is no coming back. On a lighter note, my boss took me out for a lovely Chinese long lunch today and on the way back to the car I bought a beggar sitting outside of Greggs 2 steak bakes and a large Latte, think he would have preferred the money but hay ho. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Franks dad 1,768 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 8 minutes ago, Arry said: I always look up CEO salaries. Some of the dates are ten years old ffs. Think some are taking the piss. Charity CEO salary (£) Source CEO name Salary data sourced Charity turnover (£) Source Turnover data sourced Salary percentage (2 s.f.) Age UK 190,000 [6] Jonny Towers 2015 86,400,000 [7] 2016 0.22% Amnesty International 210,000 [6] Shalil Shetty 2015 24,900,000 [8] 2015 0.84% Anchor Trust 420,000 [9] Jane Ashcroft 2015 374,700,000 [10] 2017 0.11% Arts Council England 40,000 [11] Sir Nicholas Serota CH 2022 1,488,655,343 [12] 2021 0.0027% Barnardos 209,999 [13] Javed Khan 2019 306,000,000 [14] 2021 0.069% BBC Children in Need 154,044 [15] Simon Antrobus 2023 50,078,000 [15] 2023 0.31% British Heart Foundation 180,000 [16] Simon Gillespie 2013 158,900,000 [17] 2017 0.11% British Red Cross 173,000 [18] Mike Adamson 2017 251,700,000 [19] 2016 0.069% Cancer Research UK 240,000 [6] Harpal Kumar 2015 621,000,000 [20] 2015 0.039% Macmillan Cancer Support 200,000 [21] Lynda Thomas CBE 2022 227,145,000 [21] 2022 0.088% NSPCC 162,000 [22] Peter Wanless 2016 106,800,000 [23] 2016 0.15% Oxfam 120,936 [24] Danny Sriskandarajah 2021 400,000,000 [24] 2016 0.031% National Trust 209,000 [25] Hilary McGrady 2023 704,700,000 [25] 2023 0.030% Nuffield Health 1,229,999 [26] Steve Gray 2022 1,238,400,000 [26] 2022 0.10% Prince's Trust 140,000 [16] Martina Milburn 2013 610,000,000 [16] 2013 0.023% RSPCA 162,217 [27] Chris Sherwood 2022 152,107,708 [27] 2022 0.11% Scope 129,000 [28] Mark Atkinson 2015 99,500,000 [29] 2017 0.13% Scottish SPCA 140,000 [30] Kirsteen Campbell 2023 20,936,000 [31] 2023 0.67% Shelter 122,500 [32] Polly Neate 2017 58,000,000 [16] 2017 0.21% Sightsavers 144,288 [33] Caroline Harper 2021 261,200,000 [34] 2020 0.055% St Andrew's Healthcare 433,000 [35] Gil Baldwin 2017 205,600,000 [35] 2017 0.21% St. John Ambulance 140,000 [16] Sue Killen 2013 910,000,000 [16] 2013 0.015% Wateraid 128,000 [36] Barbara Frost 2016 84,000,000 [36] 2016 0.15% Wellcome Trust 445,220 [37] Jeremy Farrar 2017 1,134,000,000 [38] 2017 0.039% Cheers Arry Think they all are looking at that mate …. What do they actually do to justify those Amounts… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,542 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 We'd always go into the city ( Nottingham) new years eve to celebrate we always took a extra ton to dish out to the most deserving , we also support a few fundraisers Home - Beat The Streets WWW.BEATTHESTREETSUK.COM 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 24,449 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Just now, Franks dad said: Think they all are looking at that mate …. What do they actually do to justify those Amounts… Some are defiantly taking the piss FD. Cheers Arry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WataWalloper 3,261 Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 I don’t honestly mind giving them the odd tenner or even a score, even if they gonna drink it or take it in drug form, it stops me doing the same haha no seriously tho it’s there choice, an if you think sat without food is bad, imagine sat without food whilst clucking for a bevvy or a hit, I have known a few folk fall on there arse through diff situations so know how easy it can come to us, I don’t give any foreigners money tho, unless they asked for a plane ticket home haha an I don’t ever give anybody nowt without stopping an spending 5-10 mins chatting to them, prob for my own selfish self haha as walking away from folk like that always reminds me how lucky I am and have got it, will I fcuk donate to charity tho, it’s all a scam I reckon, even the food banks an that all open now, look at some the motors pulling up outside them haha 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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