Forgotten Community - Brighton's Homeless Crisis (Full Documentary)
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2017
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A short documentary on Brighton's homeless.
The number of vulnerable people sleeping on our streets is at crisis level with over a quarter of a million homeless England. The country seems to turn a blind eye.
You can help, if you don't want to give money or food, give 5 minutes of your time. Sometimes all people need is a conversation with someone to help them feel normal again.
These people are like you and I, but in a desperate situation often from no fault of their own.
As the temperature's fall the number of rough sleepers continue to rise.
Please help to raise awareness. Something must be done.
Respect to those women that help these guys! Buyin em tents and clothes but most importantly noticing them
God bless every one who helps the homeless. and just remember those who look down there noise at them it could easily happen to you in this day and age.
I've seen a lot of these faces in & around Brighton and, I've also heard of people who (I've donated money to) have succumbed to the elements or the drink over the four years, I have lived in the city. The amount of homeless is nothing short of shocking and they state that "Brighton council only care about what the tourists think" and that is very true. They've built some £50million fucking eyesore on the coastline with the 'hope' of repaying that entire amount over the next 2 decades, why haven't they built a shit ton of housing for that cost? Why do they think each and every tourist/visitor will want to go up a stick and stand on a viewing platform and look at some shabby rooftops or some bleak skies across the Channel? Is that not arrogance or what?
People in Brighton don't want to see these people on the streets and, I know an absolute monumental amount of folk that were totally against the "i360" being erected as the council needed to concentrate on the homeless epidemic, but oh no, it's all about the fucking tourists first.
If Brighton Council are so against all these homeless people making the place look "dirty" then WHY not concentrate on tackling the rise in homelessness first?
This country and Brighton bastard council make me sick, it's about money fucking money and not what really matters.
I'm not rich by any means but, I will always put my hand in my pocket and give the odd fiver or few bob because I am humble and, I know what matters at the end of the day and that is looking after people that need attention.
It's the people at the top that don't give two fucks and they are the people who need addressing and put in the places of these unfortunate folk to see how they would feel being left, forgotten and made to rot whilst the bastard at the top get richer.
FUCK BRIGHTON COUNCIL.
Thanks for the upload Hugo Healy and apologies for the cursing.
Very true, that i360 is a FUCKING EYESORE and a massive waste of money. Brighton council should be ashamed of themselves.
One of the problems is that homelessness is disproportionately high in Brighton because a lot of homeless people move there from elsewhere (that came from a homeless guy I used to buy tea for). Tourism is important but I fully agree that the council really needs to find a long term solution for homelessness that works.
Sol T-K I hate brighton council too some of the housing is dangerous and filthy I’ve seen families , disabled people and the old out in disgusting moldy flats with windows that don’t shit and filthy carpets
Don't worry about cursing, I completely agree with you, fuck the council.. only care for their themselves
Well said bud it's the same shite in Scotland.
I was in this video and am now housed in a hostel, there is help out there eventually, after being homeless for 2 and a half years of in Brighton. there is too longer a wait until the council do anything, shame lots of suffering. in-between.
hi Barry, thank you for your comment, I am so glad to hear you're housed. I know a few of the people in this video that are still are not housed. Ian is doing well though. Have a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the best! stay strong :)
@@hugohealy8925, thanks Hugo. we will all get there in the end. its just perseverance and staying strong. i hope you have a good xmas too. its nice to be indoors now, i was so used to being outside i forgot what it was like to have a home. all worked out in the end, take care baz
I’m so happy to hear you are now housed 💜 I was homeless in emergency accommodation for two years and also am now housed. I never thought into homelessness until it happened to me and now I feed the homeless within Brighton atleast once a week, my experience truly opened my eyes. Sending my love! - Holly
been watching few homeless documentaries just makes you how lucky you are with roof over our heads and better life, I always give any spare change to homeless people or have a chat I have met some lovely people that really deserve a home, i suffer from bad depression I find it hard every day but after watching documentary’s like this makes me feel there worse people suffering out there, god bless you all david from Scotland ❤️
"If I can beat cancer..I can beat this" ✨✨✨💖💖💖💖
Awesome work Hugo! Amazing to bring awareness to a subject that is so overlooked. Keep it up x
That bit at the end was very sad. .... poor OB 😕
right theres always a story in there somewhere. poor guy lost himself after losing his daughter. its very sad.
Great video
Ive done alot for the homeless in Brighton since 2010 feeding them obtaining food from resturants and walking round feeding them ive been to so many funerals in Brighton its so sad , people plz help.plz they dont deserve this a few weeks ago i travel down from Sheffield and stay at hotels at my own expence just to help. Last week i cryed because i saw a chain of wheelchair homeless helping each other scale a hill . How can this country stand by and watch disabled on the streets. How .why. whats happend to sociaty
A sufferer of cancer HOMELESS WITH NO BENEFITS WHAT A ABSOLUTE DIGRACE ! TERESSA MAY THI IS YOUR BRITAIN TDAY ! BRIGHTON COUNCIL LEAVING THIS GENTLEMAN ON THE STREET IS DISGRACEFUL . THE TV STATIONS NEED TO FILM THIS MORE.
hihoo oo quite right. It’s disgusting the way the government treats these people.
Someone once said that the homeless can claim £45 per week despite no address.
May be this is not transmitted to the homeless people. Can someone verify please?
I feel sorry for all these people in bad weather esp.
Yes, the UK government should look after it's own citizens, help them. Find them somewhere to stay at least. We are spending too much money helping others, illegals etc...
Not right. Government gives out benefits to poor people, these people have nothing.
Please help them.
Brilliant work, it could be any of us
Recovering from cancer and on the streets sleeping in a doorway that’s terrible poor poor man god love him ❤️❤️❤️
Why are there homeless people in Brighton, when along the coast boat loads of refugees are arriving and will be housed?????
myth
Very good point @Daisy!
I wish I knew.
The price of GENTRIFICATION
Nice to see what Rhod Gilbert's up to these days
greetings from city of homeless people Bristol
it,s strange for me, I have my own caravan and live in the UK with my cat. I pay to stay in a lovely part of the country. I worked from the age of 15 till I became unwell. I am struck by the homeless man who went through chemo, only to be put on the rubbish heap.. if I hadn't lost my home just before Covid, that led me to where I am now, I don't know where id be. Bless you. PEACE
Poor man at the end 😢 hope he's ok 🙏
I was homeless when I split up with my daughters mum slept in my car for seven weeks while I saved enough for deposit shit world
Hope things are better for you now Lee. God Bless
10 years on the streets of glasgow for me 👍.
i burst into tears watching this.....
I was homeless in Brighton years back a priest on Melbourne road ( I think ) used to put us up in a twenty bed night shelter saved my life got moved to the quays in sittingbourne where I got a job for minimum wage and a local vicar heard I was working or was told and paid half my fees at the hostel so I could save some money ,I now have my own flat and have been in the same job for fifteen years but best of all I have a son ,when I first arrived in Brighton I was probably the only rough sleeper in Preston park Brighton now from your video looks apocalyptic I hope the ones who want help get it and the others stay safe xxx
People forget the reason there's such a big homeless problem in Brighton is because majority were homeless in other cities and CHOSE to go to Brighton to be around other homeless people. Pushing those who are actually from Brighton and homeless to the back of the line for help.
More needs to be done in all cities, that way they won't just pile up in one specific area and cause charities who help so much struggle.
JJ's Life but the real problem is the uk systems welfare system declining universal credit is also one major factor no one should be homeless in the 21 century in the uk modern society
Same thing happening in San Francisc. The homeless flock there because of the weather and the services available all major cities are going to become tent cities. Wealthy looking out of their penthouse's observing the poor living on the floor or in tents on the streets. It's rich vs poor, and the poor are falling rapidly.
Shame on you Great UK, Do you Royals and Prime Minister even look at this state of your people on the streets,Dont come to Africa to save the rhino and elephant save your people and stay there,
Margot Torr dont be so condescending of course they look but they have to look at the big picture too, there isnt just seaside homeless to solve in a country & around the world . You have a narrow view of life . Why dont you help if you think this is all you need to solve in the country.
Margot Torr its sad
Margot Torr .. no of course they don’t see, they get driven from home to the House of Commons in Chauffeur driven cars .. the only time you’ll see members of Parliament on the streets is when they’re campaigning for votes ... but, I must add, that people from the U.K. who are trying to save YOUR Elephants and Rhinos from poaching do a good job. If more of your people in South Africa/Africa cared enough about their wildlife, got of their backsides to save YOUR Elephants/Rhinos then there wouldn’t be the need for people[s] here in the U.K. to do the work YOU should be doing .....
@@cosm1cstar Well said.
@@user-wickedflower I agree with Margot Torr. The people in power are out of touch and some just don't care. They're in government for the glory and not to actually help societies' problems.
Thank you Hugo.
Very good film.
Who were the two nice women giving out the food behind Community Base?
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Kelly Jordan Osbourn and Simone Parsons
This UK Government shame
why on Earth would they throw these people's thing in the bin?? OK if you don't want them there, fine, but don't toss their tents, sleeping bags and belongings in the bin! it's all they have!! instead find them a way to sleep safely! :( I don't have the answers, but it just breaks my heart.
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Needs more views more people need to see this , this should not be happening in this day And age ! People begging on the st for food this should not be happening sad sad world . Always do wat u can to help don't walk past and ignore wat Is happening in our world it's inhumane do wat u can for others not wat u can for urself that's my motto these people need help not judging they are u me and everyone we are all one .
The Welsh guy comes across aggressive and blames everyone, more like he came to Brighton to live an entitled free life drinking and taking drugs refusing to live by any hotel or hostel rules and yeah people i have experience living on the streets after a relationship breakdown and had a breakdown!!! I got a supported housing place and proved myself and helped others and i now have a lovely flat, garden and garage part buy, was a mess emotionally drinking no drugs only smokes but turned my life around 2 years ago and anyone watching in this position please stay positive and fight to change your situation. God bless
Sad indictment on today's society...very few actually care. The guy who lost his daughter, terrible..how much harder can he be kicked.
Stay safe people
What's crazy is in the United States we saw the homeless issue coming and did nothing to stop it or slow it down.
Britain has several very wealthy billionaires who could very easily fund construction projects that could provide affordable housing for Britain’s homeless people!
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know!
Why is it always up to someone else how about some responsibility for your own life.
Pls any one that can tell me the name of the song at the end ( min 14.45). many tnx in advance.
it's 2021, And I can't believe 'homeless people' are still a thing.... what a species we are....
R E S P E C T and greetings from Berlin to these Streetworkers...
how in 2017 has himelessness gone up 90% that is unbelieveable
One reason might be Greedy Government.
Done 10 years trying to get my own place years ago, it's brutal, no one wants to live in hostels with the revolving door of criminals staying in them after jail sentences for stabbings, serious assaults, robbery and murder so people leave these places before they can even get a sniff of a place to stay.
Lived in Brighton for 4 years and so many people raved about how great it was, before i was about to move and I've gotta say, I've never been more disappointed with a city. It's an absolute divehole, filthy streets, with a severe drink and drug problem. I've been to places with a fair amount of homeless, but never anywhere where I've seen so many young homeless people, not that that makes it any better or worse, but it just really highlighted to me how big of a problem it is there. Massively overpriced to rent and that along with its drug culture is pushing far too many people to the gutter and sidelines of society there
I enjoyed being homeless,I slept like a log( thanks drugs) in an exquisite pine plantation.But,I realised that it must have been tough when prison felt like a fancy hotel cos of the divine,long,hot showers.
Ai,I can cry for these good people,they are misunderstood,many are in loads of pain and use drugs to just eliminate pain and real abuse and injustice from the equation.Lots dont yet know what they are actually dealing with .
Respect and love to them.
That baby needs a proper coat on.
Sarah Ackroyd they need help
I was thinking the same it looks freezing aswell
The dilveroo guy was funny as fuck 😂
Start buying the homeless bivvy bags. Very popular in Australia, one person tent that rolls up to almost the size of a sleeping bag. So, it's very portable and easy to take down every day and easy for the homeless to carry around. They will be more expensive than cheap tents, but they shouldn't keep loosing them all the time.
I so wish i could do something to help, my love and thoughts are with you all keep safe if you can brothers and sisters, Dave 😢😢
BRIGHTON COUNCIL sort your homeless out!! should be ashamed. HOUSE your residents. look at what lovely people doing helping out!! off their own free time and money.
as noble as that is, maybe they should stop doing council's work for them.
WHO WAS THERE BACK IN THE MID 90'S WHEN WE OPENED A FEW CHALETS AND CONNECTED SOME TUNES UP?
God bless u
It's so sad what number of homeless have died from the cold this year alone Feb 2020 cant the families of these people help them
I live in hove. Borders brighton & it's just got worse in last year or two.
Every one of these I've watched the majority of people are from out of town.
so saf isnt it, brighton and hove seem to be a hub for them
hugo healy you mean safe??
It's gotten pretty rough over last 5 years or so where hasn't?
Murders, stabbings all massively up.
It has good & bad areas. But tbh there's no where I wouldn't go at night. Lived here all my live so no where don't really want to go!!
Time for zero tolerance. Help the local Brighton people and repatriate the others to their own councils. B&H shouldn't carry the burden of sorting this mess out
This is awful for these people 😢it’s about time we helped our own and not others . No one should be homeless in this day and age ! Disgraceful!!!!! Shame on you uk 🇬🇧!!!!😡😡😡😡😡
one thing has allways baffled me wh sleep in shopping centres or shop doorways ,when i was homeless i found abandoned houses,or factories or small wooded areas ,ie on big roundboats built shelters,dry warm no hassle no people police and 10 min walk into centre , its not just brighton its all big towns and cities has a big homeless issue from all over likes of brighton has been highlighted is because alot of folks go there to escape , go to any big town or city will be the same from wales to the south coast to southampton to hull blackpool, leeds ,manchester sunderland newcastle ,liverpool,bristiol ,brum ,wolverhamton,derby ,stoke london glasgow aberdeen inverness anywere allong the clyde ,,i could fill this comments with a list
We are able to end homelessness worldwide. We need to unite and start pressing government to free more funds for affordable housing. People for the people. We are here to help each other. My heart is broken every time when I see homeless person. God bless them with warm room and food.
We have known the days...
And we have a Royal family who own between them about one sixth of the worlds riches...and pay very little tax...they could solve this problem if they had any integrity at all...Fund small dwellings in small communities and get these people off the streets.
The furthest you can go in terms of housing is to get them into a room full of bunk beds, if you give them more thn that you are taking a piss on the ones who are working and paying their rents. There are homeless ppl who are really unfortunate but for most its just a series of bad decisions and not a single event.
In an "ideal" world you would help those who are really unfortunate to the fullest extent and give the rest basic help, there needs to be some personal accountability.
The problem is with the Govt. Instead of putting together a system where all charities to add details to Govt data base of those struggling with homelessness, addiction issues, poverty etc.... how can you expect to help people. Alot of these charities actually know the people that come in and ask for help. What their situation is, their mental health etc... There is a need for "Specialized" housing for those with addiction issues, Mental health issues. Need for wrap around services, especially budgeting skills. Saw a report of a family struggling to pay their bills, but they had spent thousands on brand new furniture with little to no money coming in on Hire purchase. Definite need for more housing. the amount of money UK wastes on police, emergency services etc... far outweighs the cost if they built more housing for the homeless.
Poor people
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Problem is it's not just the sea side town's that have problems with people sleeping rough I blame the government for selling all the council housing off you only have to look at how many people are sleeping rough in the London Boroughs governments and the councils don't give a shit it's like iam alright jack
Not that simple when the place is stuck between the sea and green belt.
The guy says he cant claim benefits because he is homeless is wrong..you can claim NF always have been able to. what he means is he has no identification..simple
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you can get benefits while being homeless,
No you can't claim benefits if you don't have mailing adress. Maybe government should changing rules for homeless people. They need our help. Any person should be treated like a piece of shit.
If they got tents but them up in woods were its more safer were the dont get taken away and keep the sleeping bags on you
I would move to the tropics... india is certainly affordable....Thailand....verybig world you know....just EXPLORE. Good weather etc
O ye just move 2 Thailand on a majic carpet
Blackpool is the Same.☹️
That is so bad they throw their tents and clothes away that's not a solution for homelessness that is making their lives even harder why aren't shelters available the Government should be funding them.
Is there not prison cells we can fit this lot in rather than polluting the streets
This is what i have to do soon. I live in the south deep south.
I live in a homophobic city and i feel angry/alone completely isolated where i live even tho i have a home here.
If there is no gay community here i have no choice. I will do anything to leave my city and go homeless in Brighton.
Just because i have a home don't mean to say i'm not isolated. If my city was excepting of gay people then i wouldn't have to move.
I will even take a rope with me in case if things don't work out. I can't come back to my city when i leave this year. Even if i die in Brighton, at least i was there. I broke me writing this. I just feel so angry where i live.
I'm so isolated here.
I always wanted to be with the gay community where i feel wanted but i feel hated here.
I feel broken that i have to leave my city and go homeless because there is nothing gay here.
Just one pub and a dance place.
People don't open up their sexuality where i live because most feel ashamed because it is what they have been told.
Even if i die in Brighton i am still going.
Then they can spread my ashes on the Brighton pier
I will be here this year i will, even if it kills me.
Try living in the southwest when your gay, it isn't good at all.
Thought theye liked bumders down there
4 years ago. My gosh. May I ask...how are you doing now? Wow...the lack of empathy with any sort of reply has shocked me. I am sending you love.😇❤
The government are damn out of order, we are all human
It is sad to see homless because nobody knows what is the story behind them. But a shame to the country is when war veterans who served their country lost a leg or an arm or both just got chucked in the street. That is even more than a shame.
Make it illegal to remove a homeless person tent from a public park
One more thing if your homeless where i live you don't get treated as good as that. This looks like heaven compared to where i live
where do you live?
Plymouth.
There is nothing much here.
If your homeless here you have a strong chance of getting beaten up.
Brighton looks like heaven
I am 100% coming here, there is nothing gay here only 2 pubs.
I even told people on facebook there is a good chance i will end up dead but i will try.
I would rather die trying then never tried at all.
I have mental health problems too bipolar.
I am not scared to die.
I grow up in a homophobic situation and city.
I hate it here.
If you hear of someone hanging themself at the Brighton pier it would be me.
I would rather die in Brighton then to die here any day.
I am very upset writing this message but i have no choice to leave.
There really is nothing here for me
You know when i die i just want to be spread out on the Brighton pier please don't send me back here please. So upset writing this message but i have to come to Brighton.
I will not die in Plymouth this homophobic city.
Brighton is where i belong just Brighton
I feel like her from home alone when she said ''even if i had to sell my soul to the devil himself i am going to get home to my son'' that is how i feel about Brighton 10000%
She did everything to get home, where home is. Home is in Brighton i doubt i will live through it but i will try everything to try. Please remember me if i don't make it but i am brave enough to try.
go to Brighton, hang strong, everything will work out
I have also been under a lot of stress lately but i hope it looks better.
Even your comment saying go to Brighton made me feel better, like you cared about me. Thank you.
I just don't feel loved where i am and i am so isolated but i am going to sell everything i have to go.
You know i always think of that film home alone about how she did everything to get home.
Plymouth is 100% a place not to be gay, i am not saying you will be killed but it is the version of Texas for understanding sexuality. I have never saw 2 men holds hands in my city and when others do they let their hands go because they feel ashamed. Brighton is my home and i am going to go i just want to feel excepted, loved and not judged by others. It kills me here and i don't even go out because of nothing being gay here. I just think people want me dead. I am so looking forward in coming. Maybe i can get a nice boyfriend that would treat me right instead of hurting me. Emotional damage can be just as bad.I just want to be loved. I never had it before. I hope my mental health will improve by being in a gay community and i believe a gay person being in a straight community where their is nothing gay is very very damaging. Thank you for messaging. Do you have any information on gay groups or homeless places to go or websites you can give me? Thank you.
We have money for war but not for the poor. Fact
Will someone please tell these poor people that PCSO's are not the Police, they are civilians in drag, they cannot tell anyone to do anything.
I don’t know if this is true but apparently the housing charities are suggesting that giving tents and money is making the issue worse because they won’t seek help if they have those things. They see it as enabling. I don’t profess to know enough about the deeper reasons behind the problem. BHT certainly suggest that we should not give money to the homeless
This is the UK today maybe Queen has a bed
Mad Drivers 101 = Sweaty Betty Windsor and Phil the Duck of Edinburgh, two pensioners living rent free in the biggest council house in England, it's a fucking piss take through and through!
bollocks excuses
Yeh she does. So do you. Go five them YOUR bed.
I was homeless there's some kind people out there got nice gaf now watching this on me telly some shady people also tho had few fights on street becouse some like 2 bully I was homeless for years in London the worst thing for me tho is when I got a flu and I couldn't even move my body no strength imune proper bad then I luckily got put in a winter shelter so I CD recover I think if that outreachworker didn't help me I'd probably be dead some days I might moan and then I think 2 myself we'll I've got a yard and I'm comfy stop moaning lol
The funny thing is I bet they're all in receipt of some sort of benefits yet they still can't afford to live on the streets don't have to pay rent, council tax, tv license, gas, electric and water. So where does their money go🤔🤔🤔 the ones on the streets with nothing at all are the ones I feel sorry for.
I'm in calais now about to jump into a boat to sneak into UK, but after seeing this... I'll pass
I think Afghanistan might be a better choice.
She's turned the weens against us!
How hard would it be to build them some lockers? It wouldn't! They could have a passcard....I know some of them would lose them often but so what? It would be easier!
I have empathy for the homeless, but that one guy at 3:50 is a bit of an idiot. The guy complains about being homeless, yet refuses to sign a piece of paper that will allow him to get accommodation because it's "bullshit mate, they only want me to sign that paper so they can stick their nose into my life mate". What could they possibly look? He has no finances, can't claim benefits due to no address, probably doesn't have a bank account anymore. I would love him to expand on what he thinks they're going to look into in his life. He is being paranoid for no reason.
stickatit
I see this all the time where I live and the council put barrier s up so they aren't ELIGIBLE for a house for one reason or another . People are dying for fk sake the council need locking up .
They will sell all the free stuff and buy crack.
OB looks like Deputy Dog.
BRITAIN FIRST
Maybe give them a dinghy they are then entitled to a 4 star hotel and everything they need , oh hang on they are English, why are they not entitled to exactly the same as any gimmigrant
I know that is old but stop giving food and clothing get this rich people to pay taxes Amazon could pay billions in taxes and y'all could have something like 2 SSI u nasty people like seeing people suffering and speak up and make videos about how expensive rent is so people can do something about and make affordable living and let them pay less then 300$ 500$ is still to expensive for affordable housing
use toy card to get wellfare
Very sad