living on the streets and covid
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Phat Barstood
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Is that so they could be charged with criminal trespass?.
andipandi
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I don't think so but with my council you never know. That spot was popular because it's east facing, the winds from the south west, you can hardly stand up in them sometimes, and the rain drives straight into the shelters.
Being on the promenade and hence close to the beach it aint much fun at all, poor sods. Supposed to be 17 rough sleepers atm, but I think the figure is quite a bit higher. A fair few of them sleep during the day and stay up all night, because they find it to be safer. People piss on them (at night), throw beer over them and are outrageously verbally abusive, with occasional forays into physical violence.
That spot is a last choice really, the good spots are already taken, like in the churchyards etc, where people can hide themselves and their gear because the council keep removing their stuff and trying to charge them £30 to get it back.
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That is harsh AF.
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The council have been using Public Space Protection Orders for some years now, they had one originally that covered a small defined urban area and then last year that increased to the entire size of the borough, huge basically. There is no right to legal representation for homelessness people (or anyone else) when seeking redress for fixed penalty notices, goods removed etc. Homeless people die on the street and half the time it doesn't even get widely reported.
There are though a couple of fantastic local charities who have quite literally kept people not just safer and warmer, but alive. Week in, week out replacing local authority sanctioned stolen belongings, notably tents. They also provide hot meals, packed lunches, hot and cold drinks, underwear, boots and shoes, coats, the list is endless, they even have qualified nurses, paramedics and other specialists on their rounds and for all manner of onward referrals. All those people are saints.
Imagine having feet like this, proper gross, the man could barely walk :
There are though a couple of fantastic local charities who have quite literally kept people not just safer and warmer, but alive. Week in, week out replacing local authority sanctioned stolen belongings, notably tents. They also provide hot meals, packed lunches, hot and cold drinks, underwear, boots and shoes, coats, the list is endless, they even have qualified nurses, paramedics and other specialists on their rounds and for all manner of onward referrals. All those people are saints.
Imagine having feet like this, proper gross, the man could barely walk :
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