Silent protest brings homelessness to town hall
Campaigners highlighted the "silent" problem of homelessness in the West’s market towns yesterday with a "flash mob" protest among shoppers in Chippenham. Doorway, a Wiltshire drop-in centre for the homeless and vulnerably-housed, held the silent protest outside the town hall.
They said they wanted to ‘raise awareness of homelessness’
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The flash mob protest in Chippenham
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Comments
by bath1946
Sunday, October 14 2012, 11:59AM
“Pleased you noticed the irony Fred, i am becoming rather irritated at the frequent categorisation of the lesser privileged (not on this thread) and the passing the buck denials of shared responsibility which Roger so aptly summed up as shame on us.”
by FredofoffBath
Saturday, October 13 2012, 8:15PM
“Hey thats my mum in that photo bath1946, shes no 'crackhead homeless youngster'.
Shes 60.”
by bath1946
Saturday, October 13 2012, 3:26PM
“council_spoke, i am aware that Chippenham is not in BANES but that does not invalidate my comments about the BANES homeless register having more than 11,000 registered.
Yes, council taxpayers did contribute £90,000 but the initiative and project management came from Wessex Water, and this is after years of trying to switch the emphasis within the council away from headline commercial development to resolving social problems. Even the gimmicky 20 mph zones which the police have stated they will not enforce will receive £750,000.”
by council_spoke
Thursday, October 11 2012, 4:28PM
“To Bath1946 - notwithstanding the fact that Chippenham isn't in Bath and North East Somerset, the Council contributed £90,000 to the recent Julian House project as part of our commitment to homeless people.”
by joning
Thursday, October 11 2012, 1:05PM
“Not a flash mob. This website seem to use that term quite freely but never correctly.”
by bath1946
Thursday, October 11 2012, 11:52AM
“More than 11,000 on the BANES homeless register with an estimated waiting time of 10 years assuming no increase in the obvious crackhead homeless youngsters such as those in the photo. There can be many reasons for homelessness including mental difficulties and to generalise is to deny the problem.
65 Councillors yet not a peep from whomever is responsible for resolving this disgraceful situation. Even the renovation of Julian House in Bath was sponsored by Wessex Water and other organisations with no input from the council.
Chronicle, can you please add this to your list of must does, please, before a hard winter claims pavement deaths or hypothermia hospital (waiting in corridors) admissions.”