Foodbank - Tomorrow

[Union FS]

Hi all, this has been present in General chat for a little while, hoping that mods won't mind us placing it in here for 24 hours to maximise exposure. 

 

Thank you in advance. 

 

UFS. 

 

 

[AKCJ]

Superb idea. Hope you get a lot of donations.

[Donut]

I had mistakenly thought union fs was just a jump up and down group of fans.

 

Great cause. Can bring tinned veg.

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, Donut said:

I had mistakenly thought union fs was just a jump up and down group of fans.

 

Great cause. Can bring tinned veg.

 

Don't know why this tickled me so much

[TheLittleBigMan]

Great effort from UFS. I will be making a donation for sure.

[Voll Blau]

Even if you just pick up a tin of food when you're picking up a tin of beer to walk to the ground with, every little helps. 

[sylofox]

2 hours ago, Donut said:

I had mistakenly thought union fs was just a jump up and down group of fans.

 

Great cause. Can bring tinned veg.

Fresh veg in the away enclosure.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Suppose we have to provide some hospitality for the Watford fans.

[Bluetintedspecs]

Brilliant effort, sadly I can't make tomorrow so my mate who's having our tickets is bringing a donation on my behalf! Love anything to help the less fortunate in our community.

[Bluetintedspecs]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Even if you just pick up a tin of food when you're picking up a tin of beer to walk to the ground with, every little helps. 

Walking beer and beans ?

[desertfox2]

Well done lads. Gets my back up that as the 5th biggest economy in the world and on this forum we wouldn't be happy at under 80m for Mahrez yet we have food banks. But, well done lads stepping up to the plate where our govt lets us down. 

[dynamark]

I'm kind of waiting for someone to post a bit of a negative on this.

Do we really need to be collecting and distributing food in 2018 some will argue no we all know plenty of folk living half decent through our welfare state.I appreciate there are always unusual cases who could be helped and fair play to help them.

[HighPeakFox]

Poverty exists in this country - to deny it is foolish.

[desertfox2]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Poverty exists in this country - to deny it is foolish.

It shouldn't but does.

[Ted Maul]

12 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Poverty exists in this country - to deny it is foolish.

It exists, and will continue to spread due to austerity. It really is crazy that one of the most advanced and supposedly forward-thinking nations in the world does so little to support its most vulnerable citizens.

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, Ted Maul said:

It exists, and will continue to spread due to austerity. It really is crazy that one of the most advanced and supposedly forward-thinking nations in the world does so little to support its most vulnerable citizens.

Well, we have a press that likes to blame the poor for being poor, and so much of the money is in the hands of so very few.....

[danny.]

3 hours ago, dynamark said:

I'm kind of waiting for someone to post a bit of a negative on this.

Do we really need to be collecting and distributing food in 2018 some will argue no we all know plenty of folk living half decent through our welfare state.I appreciate there are always unusual cases who could be helped and fair play to help them.

sounds nice, whatever planet you live on

[Mr Weller]

Can't believe someone still seriously posts the claim on here that many are living off the welfare state. This vile prejudice against the poor has resulted in food banks, widespread poverty and deep inequality which is tearing the country apart.

 

For goodness sake give generously at the match tomorrow 

[Claridge]

1 hour ago, Mr Weller said:

Can't believe someone still seriously posts the claim on here that many are living off the welfare state. This vile prejudice against the poor has resulted in food banks, widespread poverty and deep inequality which is tearing the country apart.

 

For goodness sake give generously at the match tomorrow 

Can I just bring an iPhone 8 or a donation to a full package sky. I work for a housing association and most of the people who I know that use a food bank are taking the piss. There are poor people, but they tend to spend their money wisely. Tearing the country apart????. What a load of bollocks

[HighPeakFox]

19 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Can I just bring an iPhone 8 or a donation to a full package sky. I work for a housing association and most of the people who I know that use a food bank are taking the piss. There are poor people, but they tend to spend their money wisely. Tearing the country apart????. What a load of bollocks

Go on then, cite some examples. 

[Dirkster the Fox]

8 minutes ago, Claridge said:

1. Can I just bring an iPhone 8 or a donation to a full package sky. "I work for a housing association and most of the people who I know that use a food bank are taking the piss. There are poor people, but they tend to spend their money wisely." Tearing the country apart????. What a load of bollocks

In that job you would know how tough it can be for people nowadays, or not ................... 

[Claridge]

4 minutes ago, Dirkster the Fox said:

In that job you would know how tough it can be for people nowadays, or not ................... 

Tough if you want everything, but don’t want to work , which is about 20% of our clients. This weekend as in every weekend we will have between 5-10 properties trashed by the tenants . These will all need repairing, don’t get me started on kicking these scumbags out.

the people who need help are usually people with various issues that means they can’t work. A large amount say 20% are complete scumbags, who are completely feral. 

[Dirkster the Fox]

1 hour ago, Claridge said:

Tough if you want everything, but don’t want to work , which is about 20% of our clients. This weekend as in every weekend we will have between 5-10 properties trashed by the tenants . These will all need repairing, don’t get me started on kicking these scumbags out.

the people who need help are usually people with various issues that means they can’t work. A large amount say 20% are complete scumbags, who are completely feral. 

Wow. Sounds unpleasant and you’re at the coal face.

 

We must remember though some people are genuine and really need help, but I suspect you see many who play the system. Is it difficult keeping the balance of fairness in mind, seeing what you see?

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, Claridge said:

Can I just bring an iPhone 8 or a donation to a full package sky. I work for a housing association and most of the people who I know that use a food bank are taking the piss. There are poor people, but they tend to spend their money wisely. Tearing the country apart????. What a load of bollocks

I like that you added a final sentence critiquing the previous four, saved me a job.

[Claridge]

7 hours ago, Dirkster the Fox said:

Wow. Sounds unpleasant and you’re at the coal face.

 

We must remember though some people are genuine and really need help, but I suspect you see many who play the system. Is it difficult keeping the balance of fairness in mind, seeing what you see?

Yes it probably is. I don’t know how you break the cycle, but just giving some of these people everything doesn’t seem to work. The social workers are not signing off the food bank forms for some people now until they get rid of the sky, dogs etc...