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Benjamin Zephaniah - eat your heart out baby!
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I recall our local MP Chris Mullin campaigning before his retirement to London,for tenants to receive their DSS payments directly to stop landlords being able to receive rent direct via DSS. A reasonable policy in principle but one with the unintended consequence of less functional tenants wasting money on drinking,drugs and gambling. By the time they were required to pay rent there was not much left and the worst cases had nowt left for food. We should stop and think before rushing to buy the sentimental solutions.
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These lefties can't take a joke at all can they.
So next time you're walking down the High street eating a bag of chips and see someone in a doorway sleeping rough, give him your chips - it might be Facts. |
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Book early for the busy Christmas period to avoid disappointment.
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Tesco 1kg Porridge Oats 75p. How many servings? 8,10? Milk, water, bit of sugar, honey or jam. Less than 20p a bowl.
And yet kids go to school hungry. Makes no sense. |
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Why would some benefit-ridden single mum pay for porridge when you can get a sausage & egg mcmuffin meal delivered by uber-eats for £6.95
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Tesco porridge flying of the shelves,kids just go mad for it..........
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The Trussell trust:
Today we support over 1,200 food bank centres across the UK, and together we provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, while also campaigning for change to end the need for food banks. Some good jobs going there as well. Pensions Matched contributions up to 8% Health scheme Allows employees to claim money off healthcare bills Enhanced sick pay Four weeks of contractual hours on full pay and four weeks of contractual hours on half pay after completion of probationary period (remainder at statutory rate) Enhanced contractual leave Five additional days above statutory entitlement (33 days in total including bank holidays) [pro-rata for part-time hours] Potential to buy/sell contractual leave Up to five days [pro rata] Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave pay To support sustainable living while having a family we offer enhanced pay while on leave. Please do contact us if you would like further information. Personal development programme Continuous Personal Development is actively encouraged and training opportunities explored. Flexible working Core hours 10am – 4pm (where role allows and in agreement with line manager) Group life [death in service] scheme 3 x annual salary to nominated beneficiaries Group Income Protection scheme An insurance policy which pays a proportion of your income for a period of time in the event that you are unable to work for more than eight weeks. Payroll Giving Allows you to make regular donations to your favourite charities from your gross rather than net pay Staff Volunteering Five paid days per year to spend supporting another good cause. Cycle to Work Scheme Save up to 42% on the cost of bikes and equipment. Season Ticket Loans An interest-free loan to cover the cost of a public transport season ticket. Plus Three paid days of compassionate leave, significant life event leave, and time off for dependants leave. Please give generously. |
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1200 food bank centers and that's just the one company.
How many staff have they got? All they have to do is to highlight one or two extreme cases that have slipped through the welfare net, and 1200 food bank centers spring up. They soon be bigger than the governments welfare bill of £95 billion a year. What a massive scam. |
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while also campaigning for change to end the need for food banks.
That's a lie, their policy is to have a food bank in every town in Britain. |
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Probably not if they have been brought up on coco pops and sugar puffs....
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re pecker's porridge comment...
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And yet kids go to school hungry.
Well they don't do they. The vast majority of kids are looked after properly and get plenty to eat, too much in fact. What these charities do is to find one or two genuine cases where children are neglected, and the parents need to be prosecuted. Then use them as an argument to stir up outrage in order to stimulate cash donations from the public. Of which the charity's livelihood depends. The bigger they can make the charity, then the bigger the salary of its organisers. |
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Even my local supermarkets have big bins with donated food stuff at the main exit - I'd not like to see them, but there are a necessity for some unfortunate souls put into that predicament thro' no fault of their own.
I've virtually stopped giving money to beggars in the streets, but I still succumbed every now and again if the guilt factor overtook me eg the attire of the poor soul was genuinely depressing and unhygienic. I noticed the secure emergency housing I highlighted did have several bags of rolls for those who might need them on a table by the lift on the ground floor. I did not see a male occupant only young women with toddlers or health visitors and social workers. |