Having been through the system twice as a homeless person, fortunate enough to have the support of an aid foundation the second time, I know the system is shit and that it is seriously failing. The amount of people who are sleeping rough that I met in our local HAC was unbelievable. People sleeping in tents on the side of the mountain in the cold, sleeping on park benches. It makes me so fucking angry.
It would probably be advantageous for both of these guys - Michael especially, as he would classify as a vulnerable person due to his illness - to seek out the advice of Shelter, with view to getting an advocate of some kind. It is always an advantage to have someone who knows the system better than you do to speak on your behalf. And since St. Mungos are so useless...
On the issue of the shoes, I have some size 8 trainers around here that I threw into a bag for sending to the charity shop. If you don't find any, let me know and I'll box them up and send them along.
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on 2007-12-14 12:57 am (UTC)It would probably be advantageous for both of these guys - Michael especially, as he would classify as a vulnerable person due to his illness - to seek out the advice of Shelter, with view to getting an advocate of some kind. It is always an advantage to have someone who knows the system better than you do to speak on your behalf. And since St. Mungos are so useless...
On the issue of the shoes, I have some size 8 trainers around here that I threw into a bag for sending to the charity shop. If you don't find any, let me know and I'll box them up and send them along.