This really IS a brilliant way to respond to ‘homeless spikes’ in our city centres
Residents angered after … ‘homeless spikes’ were … used at a city centre building have responded by covering the area with cushions and pillows.
Spikes had been installed in a sheltered area outside Pall Mall Court in Manchester city centre in an apparent bid to deter rough sleepers.
But Jennie Platt and some of her friends visited the site on Marsden Street, just off King Street, on Sunday to take a stand.
Her sons Sam, 11, and George, 10, headed down to the city centre site and bought a range of cushions and pillows to cover the area filled with spikes.
They also bought sandwiches and other snacks, with a message on a piece of cardboard reading: ‘Take a seat and have a bite to eat’.
Source: Mancunians angry about the ‘homeless spikes’ have responded in a brilliant way
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This is a really lovely Idea, but did you happen to notice the disgusting comments? One in particular asking if the woman and her children have charged for littering, and other condemning the homeless themselves.
I like that lady’s style, by getting her sons involved, she is creating a pair of wonderfully caring individuals! We need more of them and their example!!!!
What a lovely kind lady, “And her boys” This has just made me cry. I hate this world, But this just shows that Kindness and humanity is all we need. xx
Well done Jennie and her friends. Nasty heartless politicians will come and go, but sympathy and humanity will win in the end.