Thats just the point. She can't distinguish between who wants help and who wants to "leech" so the nature of the charity is to help any one.
The darker side of me thinks of those recovered drug addicts that became born again the money is then returned into the churches pocket somewhere. Sent from my ST18i using Tapatalk |
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I'd like to know the recovery rates, for addicts who come into contact with Maundy Grange. As far as I can see there are many more here now, than there was in 1998, the year they first opened their doors. |
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If you're unaware of how many properties have been taken over, try putting 'Maundy' and 'Accrington' in the search facility of the business phone book.
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So this Maundy set up seems very naive if they giving amounts like £30:00 to people who drop in. They should re-think their strategy - has anyone written to the Observer about this? Also start a petition if you feel so strong about it. |
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When we are out and about, we see the street beggars and my husband goes and buys a coffee(or in some cases a soft drink) and a sandwich and gives them that.......and we have not had a bad response from beggars......they seem to take the gift in the spirit it was intended.
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But as I don't live in the area and havn't seen the place and the surrounding shops that she has taken over. I know down South there are places like this that supply furniture but they are in warehouses off the main high street. What this set up in Accy appears to be is a mix of charity shop, drugs councilling and 2nd hand furnishing to help people in crisis. Which are usually all seperate concerns.:alright: You never see charity shops giving cash handouts to drug addicts. |
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I have given stuff to HUFS in the past, but find they are choosy about what they take.
They refused a solid wood bookcase, and reluctantly took an oak refectory dining table. It seems their clients don't read books and eat off trays whilst watching TV:rolleyes: |
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It's very rare these days to see a TV programme where folks eat at a dining table rather than on their laps in front of the TV. The only place to see families eating together at a table is in the ads which are trying to sell a vision of happy family life. |
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This coming week I am switching from gas cooking to electric.
I will have a clean fully functioning gas cooker surplus to requirements. Normally I would offer it to HUFS but if there is a chance that Maundy will get it, I would rather leave it outside for the 'travellers' to collect for scrap. |
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Even though it didn't work it looked quite good, perhaps someone was able to fix it but I'm sure that it wouldn't work for long. |
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To answer 1 of the previous questions I can categorically say that the same people I see hanging around Maundy are the same people I recognise from my time in a well known high street chemists, and I changed employers nearly 3 years ago, that's progress then. They havn't moved on, but why should they when handouts are there every week?
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