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<blockquote data-quote="UserABC2021" data-source="post: 1949341" data-attributes="member: 470000"><p>I admit I don't generally give to charity shops as experience shows me that homeless folk can't afford to go there. Paying attention to your local community often results in finding 'clothing drives' etc that are being organised throughout the year. These clothes are distributed by volunteers directly to the homeless, no financial reward involved. </p><p></p><p>Becoming homeless is not hard, especially in a society that cares less and less about the struggles that many face daily. Over the years I have collected many stories on 'how' someone came to be where they are and I can honestly say it is rare to find someone who you would consider 'deserves it'. The turning away from defined mental health schemes decades ago has meant that many people who would have been helped are left beside the road. The soldier is a common meme today and is very true, so is the autistic teen, the abused spouse, or the girl that was passed from family member to member. When you realise that they believe <em>living on the streets is safer than being at home</em> then you will see the cracks in a society that claims to care.</p><p></p><p>Last year someone told me that being homeless meant people failed because the 'system' works. I chose to take them on a walk thru' the city centre on the pretext of shopping. After a couple of hours I ask them "How many homeless did we pass?". They couldn't think of one, even though I knew we had walked within six feet of eight homeless people. There are none so blind as those that will not see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UserABC2021, post: 1949341, member: 470000"] I admit I don't generally give to charity shops as experience shows me that homeless folk can't afford to go there. Paying attention to your local community often results in finding 'clothing drives' etc that are being organised throughout the year. These clothes are distributed by volunteers directly to the homeless, no financial reward involved. Becoming homeless is not hard, especially in a society that cares less and less about the struggles that many face daily. Over the years I have collected many stories on 'how' someone came to be where they are and I can honestly say it is rare to find someone who you would consider 'deserves it'. The turning away from defined mental health schemes decades ago has meant that many people who would have been helped are left beside the road. The soldier is a common meme today and is very true, so is the autistic teen, the abused spouse, or the girl that was passed from family member to member. When you realise that they believe [I]living on the streets is safer than being at home[/I] then you will see the cracks in a society that claims to care. Last year someone told me that being homeless meant people failed because the 'system' works. I chose to take them on a walk thru' the city centre on the pretext of shopping. After a couple of hours I ask them "How many homeless did we pass?". They couldn't think of one, even though I knew we had walked within six feet of eight homeless people. There are none so blind as those that will not see. [/QUOTE]
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