Thanks Wendall for making me me feel grateful. The divide between the haves and have nots is off the scale. A society is best judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. We are failing on all counts.
A great example of the contrast between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' in broken Britain. The gent living on the beach is very articulate and personable so I hope he gets himself back into work and housing.
Gets on with claiming disability payments and downing cider whilst bumming on the beach. Most blokes like this are sent to one of Bournemouth’s many treatment centres through the courts and they don’t leave once they’ve fallen off the wagon. I lived there for 20 years and worked in housing and homeless services so I’m well placed to make my judgements.
@@joelarama I work with very vulnerable people and I would not be able to do such a tough job without compassion. That said, you can’t have 20 odd years experience in this field without being a realist too. There are plenty of crooks, freeloaders and predatory types who target the vulnerable homeless community and it’s services.
Bournemouth is a place I know well as my late son lived there for 5 years and for some of that time he worked for a homeless charity and witnessed everything that Wendall has touched upon. What I have come to believe is that there is a lot of money to be made out of the drug and alcohol dependent and the homeless. We Are Humans seems to have the right ethos, but many of the charities become businesses who need to fund highly paid managers, which in turn means that they need to maintain a cohort of destitute people to keep afloat! I wish there was an answer, but it is worth noting that accommodation doesn't appear to be in short supply when the government need or want it.
Thanks for your really interesting view on the situation. Before I comment, I respectfully send you heartfelt condolences for the loss of your son. As a local Service User who works hard, pays tax and am self-employed, I totally agree with your view on the addiction services offered to the community. Instead of being treated as a mental health issue with appropriate funding as such, these services are put out to tender every so many years. Local service providers and 'CHARITIES', then compete to offer local Govt. the most economical package, for the cheapest price to choose from. It doesn't matter if Patients have established and followed certain care packages and relationships with practicioners, the whole system periodically resets for the new service provider to set up their new, more economical systems. Personal experience over the years has led me to conclude that the end result is less 'face to face' care between provider and service user. I run a small business and understand the need for profitability for any business to succeed. I'm just not convinced these services are best served by businesses masquerading as 'Charities'. Apologies to anybody concerned reading this but I'm sure if you compare the current service provider's current annual accounts to their first year in office, you will notice a huge rise in profits. Please prove me wrong and I'll forever hold my peace. I understand addiction services are a particularly difficult field of care but strongly feel that to simply offer basic harm reduction to people with complex needs is not a great help to those who really need a helping hand. I dread to think what the future will bring when the current SUCCESFUL Taliban ban on poppy cultivation takes effect on supply lines. I fear an opioid crisis like that experienced in the USA and Canada... Google it... Kensington, Philadelphia... A true WMD if ever I've seen one. 🙏
@@dylskyh4439thanks for your extremely informative comment,I totally agree with you concerning the so called charities,it an absolute disgrace,sadly we haven’t moved on very much since the Victorian times,the disgusting energy of greed generates terrible misery for the most vulnerable in our society,there’s no excuse for homelessness,it makes my blood boil
I live in Boscombe and love it, my flat looks over the painting of the owl! Yes there are problems but I grew up in Redditch (another West Midlands guy!) and have lived in London and Devon and Boscombe is much better. You're right about the sense of community, a lot of locals are working hard to improve the area.
I've moved to boscombe from southbourne and london before that a few years ago and like it so much more. I keep hearing about how bad bosc is, but never had any issues, I put it down to it getting better in the not so recent past.
I lived in Bournemouth for 4 years about 10 years ago. There was always an issue with alcoholics. They used to congregate around ASDA causing all sorts of issues. I worked in a bar and often walked through there alone late at night and had to deal with them aggressively begging. After watching this it does seem like it’s got a lot worse. I never saw people camping underneath the pier.
I was thinking the same. I left for uni about 5 years ago but under the pier was always accessible. I remember once I did get threatened by a group of kids under there but it looks more like skid row in this video!
@@cc3 ye i dont remember the tents under the pier when i grew up there (from 0-18 years old) before moving to southampton for uni about 10 yrs back. have loads of pictures from under the pier at night with my DSLR, never felt worried about thieves and no one else was around then
The majority of homeless in Bournemouth aren’t from Bournemouth, a lot of homeless come here for the summer and then more and more have stayed as the years have gone by, also Bournemouth had a ridiculous amount of rehab houses, where courts from all over the country sent there addicts to Bournemouth, it was so bad there were over thirty rehab/ bail hostels, eventually people had enough and some were closed, those that stayed became homeless and many still remain.
I really love this video, you always give an honest review, thanks for the link to donate. The beach reminds me of Ventura, California, we have a huge homeless population too, my feeling is they all have a story to tell, and some remind me how quickly they go from losing their job to losing everything within months. Thanks for giving people a voice
@@WendallExplores Glad you got to visit Cali, it’s a great place to visit. The only setback for us is we miss the English people, pubs and of course the food.
I was living in Bournemouth in the late 90s left a rehab in Boscombe, the problem is many addicts started living there after leaving the many dry houses and rehabs unfortunately many relapse and became homeless and became drug dealers again, its became a dominoes effect over the year's, sad really for the old locals who had the shit put on there door step...it surely has got worse since the 90s, anyway im still 28 year's clean one of the lucky ones.
Andy from We Are Humans. Never heard anyone talk complete and utter sense, superb video. Have been borderline to being homeless in my life and been very lucky to have friends and family to make a change, well aware of others that dont have that option.
I grew up between Poole and Bournemouth in Parkstone in a pretty well off area. It’s been a tad depressing looking at the state of Bournemouth now although there has always been homelessness and drug abuse it’s easy to see past it unless you’re actively looking out for it. Boscome has always been rough, it’s not really changed by the look of it. I moved to Australia in my mid twenties and went back to visit Bournemouth a few years ago before COVID, even before the pandemic started there was heaps of closed down businesses.
Andy is a top bloke and so was Chris Curtis before he passed away RIP Chris we are humans are the best I live in boscombe I have been here over 30yrs now I was homeless for 3yrs but doing ok now I watch you quite big wedall keep it up mate
Good and useful to see this. I was in Bornemouth for a weekend in 2013. And I also walked to Boscombe pier and back, enjoying the city and the beach walk and the lovely weather and the fish'n chips, oblivious to the fact that there were a lot of homeless people sleeping rough just metres away. Thank you for enlightening me 👍 Tourists seldom get aware of the real life on a short visit.
@@gravy106Maybe start your own channel about homelessness and how men in particular suffer with getting help with housing etc. You could get great interviews and show the struggles. Best of luck to you mate and well done for getting away from Croydon. Take it easy and be lucky ❤️💛💚🤙
I have a son the same age as this guy on the beach; he sounds like a very intelligent bloke and I hope he finds somewhere nice to live. He deserves it; his circumstances are sad. I don't live in the UK anymore, but my family used to holiday in Bournemouth when I was a child.
Thank you for making this and it is so true in Bournemouth, I am currently homeless here in Bournemouth living in a homeless b and b at the moment I w@s made redundant in Covid and unfortunately due to Covid I am also now partially sighted my whole world has changed I once could see and I had a good job a house everything now I find myself in a very different and difficult situation with disabilities I can no longer work due to my eyesight I have nothing to call my own as I had to sell it too survive and you wouldn’t believe the divide between the rich and the poor in Bournemouth and how if your homeless in Bournemouth you are looked down on so much even by the local authorities who are supposed to help you after years of paying taxes this was very interesting for me to listen to and I would like to thank my friend Leon for typing this for me all the best to you
I pop into Boscombe most weekends, and it's no where near as bad as its reputation. Yes, it's got its issues with drugs, but I've never felt scared or uncomfortable being there, be it during the day, or having a few drinks in the evening.
I live here, And the reason for the drug problem in Bournemouth and Boscombe is because there is so many rehabs and detox centres in Bournemouth/Bournemouth.
Came by your video on Paignton which was really good. Then I scrolled through to where we've lived since 87 & boy how it's changed. Very well done, compassionate & real. Layton was proof of what many of us have done with a bad call but make the best of a bad job. I've been homeless myself twice & I'm female. I monitor the underdog in society & I will say, hand in heart, it's MEN who always, have the raw deal & that's a huge issue that must be at least recognised first & tackled. Much like DV men suffer in silence which I'm also working to change. (btw new subber here 😊)
I live not that far from Bournemouth and the homeless situation is really sad to see it’s been going on for as long as I can remember seems to be getting worse the guy on the beach seems really nice hope he sorts his situation out
A stark reminder of how poverty and wealth can both exist, almost "minutes away from each other! But i really admire the positive attitude shown by the people featured here!!
Wow..... there is so much to think about and reflect on in this video. I admire your ability to just approach and talk to everyone. I really think you have a talent that is deserving of support. That last homeless chap really hit the nail on the head: "Don't judge us, get to know us". Really moving. I don't know Boscombe personally, but my dad was there in his youth while he was in training to be a Salvation Army minister, and there remains a decent size S.A. church and center there, but I think they have become too middle-class and I get what the other chap from We Are Humans means - you just give charity and support help without any religious or political motivation. That is best an di share his conviction. Thanks for this an all the amazing videos, I hope you can grow and do this full-time.
This is a brilliant, compassionate video Oli. Really appreciate the work you do. It's quite scary how anyone could become homeless, especially in the UK. Under the Tories, everything is breaking down, the NHS, social services, the benefit system. Safety nets don't exist. The majority of people don't realise that they are skating on thin ice; anything such as an accident, illness or relationship breakdown could push someone into homelessness. Andy is truly amazing, to set up the charity up like he did is incredible.
Those homes you showed in sandbanks are mostly empty, they are holiday rentals and second homes, when we were teenagers we would often sleep under Bournemouth or Boscombe pier in the summer, it was part of growing up back in the seventies, we just loved the beach and it was a pleasure to grow up by the sea, back then Boscombe pier was more for locals and Bournemouth pier for holidaymakers, Boscombe pier used to be the main pier growing up but they demolished all the buildings on it late seventies, full of begging and abuse now, lived here all my life, years since I’ve bothered with Bournemouth pier, still go to Boscombe though.
I lived in the Bournemouth area for 7 years I did security at night between boscombe pier and Bournemouth at night so I got to see a lot of homeless people
I'm really thankful I've got a nice flat in Sheffield. It took me five years to get it. Now im settled and can see a future. I want the same for all my brother's and sisters out there.
Seriously - Sand Banks is wealth and privilege and ‘one of the most expensive places’ in the Unicorn 🦄 Kingdom? Some of those beach apartments look like Council tenancies.
People like to talk about boscombe like it’s skid row, I used to live there and it’s not as bad as people say, thanks for showing our town with humility, will definitely pop by the wah cafe when I get the chance
used too live in the area as a yute ur videos are eye opening too the world too people that think that britain is a posh country keep up the much needed work
Leyton is clearly a very astute,and smart guy ….what a stoic attitude in the face of adversity 🤙🙏💪good on ya blue and I wish much better times ahead for you ✌️😎
I was homeless in Bournemouth for about five years, I was addicted to spice and had psychosis and ended up being sectioned. I am now off the hard stuff (including crack) for almost 4 years. Slept in many of the shop doorways, ended up in a few squats and a hostel near the triangle. Was an insane time of my life that I still get some random memories that I completely forgot about. However I am now trying to get back in contact with my son who is 13 now, I miss him loads
One great thing about Bournemouth tho is the amount of soup kitchens, at least 2 nearly every day, bit of a mission because it’s a couple of miles to each one
What? Boscombe is less well off than some areas nearby there but its really not as rough as some might say. Its bohemian and a bit "rough around the edges" but it has character and I've never had a problem there.
Good video as always , l know Bournemouth well & Boscombe always had a rough edge to it even 25 years ago. Use to go to the Academy nightclub in Boscombe many years ago always a lot of Reading people down there in the summer months
What an amazing film such amazing insight to our society now at 52 growing up in the 80s there was nothing like the level of homelessness like now we are obsessed with gdp but that's the problem poorest is massive now per person
Boscombe has a bad reputation but it's far from a rough place. Straying off of the highstreet into the back roads is less inviting with widespread drug problems. Stay on the highstreet and it's really quite safe.
I live have lived in Weymouth all my life and the decline of sea side towns is shocking, the rich get richer and the poor just get kicked into the gutter.
It all depends on a person. I arrived to UK from eastern Europe 13 years ago. Now I owe two houses (one is rental), thinking of a buying third one. I have two new cars, wife, a kid. Just living a happy British life. Anyone can make it here. You just need a desire.
Lived in Bournemouth my whole life. It's definitely a good place to come to see the contrast between the rich and poor. Slowly becoming a city from the town I grew up in!
I’d be surprised if there is anywhere that would seem rough to me down in Bournemouth compared to what I’m used to. Following this video I looked up Boscombe on Google maps and there’s loads of massive houses there. I wouldn’t like to be a postman round there, I’d probably get lost trying to find the doors
You're the new Louis Theroux! Great vid! Great to give the people a chance to be heard and to expose the the growing gap between the have and have-nots.
@ dbobd, some people make good choices in life some make bad. Even if your poor, God will help you climb out of that pit if you turn to him in faith, I know about living on the bread line, working full time as a single woman, no financial or emotional support, it’s hard for a lot of people in this country and the world but you cannot blame those that work hard for a living or appear better off. The Government want people to feel like victims and resent others for having more 🤦♀️🤦♀️ please don’t fall for the socialist/communist trap.
I live near Ipswich ( Erwarton ) and I do not think Ipswich treats homeless people very well. I see homeless people on the street and the shopkeepers just want them all to move on. It’s not good. However , if you’re an asylum seeker….you can stay at Novotel .
Harry Rednapp moved out of the sandbanks a couple of years ago. In the summer its impossible to get onto the peninsula due to the traffic queueing for the ferry.
Our capacity for human suffering seems to be universal and limitless. Our capacity for compassion and understanding seems to be disappearing into the mists.
That tower block at the beginning reminded of the Golden Gates Units in Maroubra, Australia. A horrible building built two min walk from a stunning beach in Sydney!
Boscombe (the impoverished placed with many rehab centers) is a dilapidated dump full of problems with homelessness and the worst heroin crisis in the country. Bournemouth is a rapidly declining seaside resort town but is probably the last (aside from brighton) successful seaside town. The town center is slowly closing down its shops, and it's only really relevant in the summer months. I'm surprised to see people living under the pier though, they didn't really live there when I lived there a few years ago. Sandbanks is obviously a haven for the rich where there's a road with "millionaires row - the world's most expensive coastal street". You go past Poole, you'll get to hamworthy which doesn't have a homelessness problem but does have a high crime rate. Hell you go past boscombe, you'll end up at mudeford- a place where the BEACH HUTS are worth £450k!!! It's absolutely insane to see the wealth disparity. It's so bizarre to watch this. The triangle (12:47) did not have many homeless people at all when I lived there 3 years ago, nor did the town center in general. The lower gardens were always a little dodgy but the locals at bournemouth ought to watch out.
you didnt go north than the city centre though. bournemouth is RICH and there are mansions all along the road north of richmond hill. if you keep going a bit further you get to charminster and its a LITTLE bit rough but not as bad as other videos ive seen of yours. maybe winton is a rougher area
The bloke you interviewed living on the beach seems a really sound and switched on geezer. I wish him all the best.
Great guy
he is different once he gets on the meth though.
How you know he truthful? He has son in Cali? Perhaps he come back England to escape child support payments in America.
Cheers mate, lol TH-cam comments always quality!! @WendallExplores brilliant work and all the best with the rest of your work mate!!
@@MbisonBalrog assume the worst because he's homeless aye. Classist.
Thanks Wendall for making me me feel grateful.
The divide between the haves and have nots is off the scale.
A society is best judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. We are failing on all counts.
I could just watch a whole 1 hour segment with you and Leyton. Cool dude. Takes accountability and has a right mindset i wish him all the blessings.
I have much more than an hour of footage from our day out 🤣
Post more! Loved this one. My local seaside town. You're doing great work here mate.... @@WendallExplores
Thank you and bless you too!
@@WendallExplores Is there any chance we could see the footage. I'd love to see more of your experience together during that day
A great example of the contrast between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' in broken Britain. The gent living on the beach is very articulate and personable so I hope he gets himself back into work and housing.
Leyton is proof of one wrong decision what could happen. What a humble fella who just rolls his socks up and gets on with it.
You don’t know if telling true story
No reason to lie it's easier to be truthful
Gets on with claiming disability payments and downing cider whilst bumming on the beach. Most blokes like this are sent to one of Bournemouth’s many treatment centres through the courts and they don’t leave once they’ve fallen off the wagon. I lived there for 20 years and worked in housing and homeless services so I’m well placed to make my judgements.
@@pendennis123Your judgement is rightfully yours. It’s just a shame that it isn’t a little more compassionate.
@@joelarama I work with very vulnerable people and I would not be able to do such a tough job without compassion. That said, you can’t have 20 odd years experience in this field without being a realist too. There are plenty of crooks, freeloaders and predatory types who target the vulnerable homeless community and it’s services.
The fella from “ WE ARE HUMANS”, what an amazing person and society. God bless him.
Bournemouth is a place I know well as my late son lived there for 5 years and for some of that time he worked for a homeless charity and witnessed everything that Wendall has touched upon. What I have come to believe is that there is a lot of money to be made out of the drug and alcohol dependent and the homeless. We Are Humans seems to have the right ethos, but many of the charities become businesses who need to fund highly paid managers, which in turn means that they need to maintain a cohort of destitute people to keep afloat! I wish there was an answer, but it is worth noting that accommodation doesn't appear to be in short supply when the government need or want it.
Thanks for your really interesting view on the situation. Before I comment, I respectfully send you heartfelt condolences for the loss of your son. As a local Service User who works hard, pays tax and am self-employed, I totally agree with your view on the addiction services offered to the community. Instead of being treated as a mental health issue with appropriate funding as such, these services are put out to tender every so many years. Local service providers and 'CHARITIES', then compete to offer local Govt. the most economical package, for the cheapest price to choose from. It doesn't matter if Patients have established and followed certain care packages and relationships with practicioners, the whole system periodically resets for the new service provider to set up their new, more economical systems. Personal experience over the years has led me to conclude that the end result is less 'face to face' care between provider and service user. I run a small business and understand the need for profitability for any business to succeed. I'm just not convinced these services are best served by businesses masquerading as 'Charities'. Apologies to anybody concerned reading this but I'm sure if you compare the current service provider's current annual accounts to their first year in office, you will notice a huge rise in profits. Please prove me wrong and I'll forever hold my peace. I understand addiction services are a particularly difficult field of care but strongly feel that to simply offer basic harm reduction to people with complex needs is not a great help to those who really need a helping hand. I dread to think what the future will bring when the current SUCCESFUL Taliban ban on poppy cultivation takes effect on supply lines. I fear an opioid crisis like that experienced in the USA and Canada... Google it... Kensington, Philadelphia... A true WMD if ever I've seen one. 🙏
@@dylskyh4439thanks for your extremely informative comment,I totally agree with you concerning the so called charities,it an absolute disgrace,sadly we haven’t moved on very much since the Victorian times,the disgusting energy of greed generates terrible misery for the most vulnerable in our society,there’s no excuse for homelessness,it makes my blood boil
Strange how the government can house the illigal immigrants but not the british.
Spot on!
@@dylskyh4439 also a very intelligent and interesting comment. How are we all gonna come together and fix this mess? I wish I had answers. ..
I live in Boscombe and love it, my flat looks over the painting of the owl! Yes there are problems but I grew up in Redditch (another West Midlands guy!) and have lived in London and Devon and Boscombe is much better. You're right about the sense of community, a lot of locals are working hard to improve the area.
agreed. its a meme that people with people like myself who come from bournemouth to hate on boscombe and make it seem really dangerous but it's not.
I've moved to boscombe from southbourne and london before that a few years ago and like it so much more. I keep hearing about how bad bosc is, but never had any issues, I put it down to it getting better in the not so recent past.
I lived in Bournemouth for 4 years about 10 years ago.
There was always an issue with alcoholics. They used to congregate around ASDA causing all sorts of issues. I worked in a bar and often walked through there alone late at night and had to deal with them aggressively begging.
After watching this it does seem like it’s got a lot worse. I never saw people camping underneath the pier.
Really I did
I was thinking the same. I left for uni about 5 years ago but under the pier was always accessible. I remember once I did get threatened by a group of kids under there but it looks more like skid row in this video!
The ASDA car park is still rather rough at night, people tend to avoid it.
@@battenburg6089 should avoid the UK absolute dump
@@cc3 ye i dont remember the tents under the pier when i grew up there (from 0-18 years old) before moving to southampton for uni about 10 yrs back.
have loads of pictures from under the pier at night with my DSLR, never felt worried about thieves and no one else was around then
The majority of homeless in Bournemouth aren’t from Bournemouth, a lot of homeless come here for the summer and then more and more have stayed as the years have gone by, also Bournemouth had a ridiculous amount of rehab houses, where courts from all over the country sent there addicts to Bournemouth, it was so bad there were over thirty rehab/ bail hostels, eventually people had enough and some were closed, those that stayed became homeless and many still remain.
Unfortunately, just getting sober doesn't solve all the problems in their lives and they have no choice but the streets again.
The old guy that run "we are humans" Andy, was a great guy.
I've only just discovered your channel on over the last 2 weeks. It's great, I listen while at work.
I really love this video, you always give an honest review, thanks for the link to donate.
The beach reminds me of Ventura, California, we have a huge homeless population too, my feeling is they all have a story to tell, and some remind me how quickly they go from losing their job to losing everything within months. Thanks for giving people a voice
The view from the cliffs reminded me of the California coast
@@WendallExplores Glad you got to visit Cali, it’s a great place to visit. The only setback for us is we miss the English people, pubs and of course the food.
@@janehoward6395 I’ve been there many times 😉
Yeah I used to live in Westlake... probably why I picked the beach
Leighton seems to have it together more than i do! I hope if i find myself in that position i can hold myself together half aswell.
Glass is always half full, mentality and gratitude is my attitude mate!
Shocking & Bravo for educating the ignorant public 👏
I was living in Bournemouth in the late 90s left a rehab in Boscombe, the problem is many addicts started living there after leaving the many dry houses and rehabs unfortunately many relapse and became homeless and became drug dealers again, its became a dominoes effect over the year's, sad really for the old locals who had the shit put on there door step...it surely has got worse since the 90s, anyway im still 28 year's clean one of the lucky ones.
I live in Bournemouth trying to find somewhere cheap and private to live is harder than life itself.
Andy from We Are Humans. Never heard anyone talk complete and utter sense, superb video. Have been borderline to being homeless in my life and been very lucky to have friends and family to make a change, well aware of others that dont have that option.
I grew up between Poole and Bournemouth in Parkstone in a pretty well off area. It’s been a tad depressing looking at the state of Bournemouth now although there has always been homelessness and drug abuse it’s easy to see past it unless you’re actively looking out for it. Boscome has always been rough, it’s not really changed by the look of it. I moved to Australia in my mid twenties and went back to visit Bournemouth a few years ago before COVID, even before the pandemic started there was heaps of closed down businesses.
Andy is amazing! A truly amazing person!
Andy is a top bloke and so was Chris Curtis before he passed away RIP Chris we are humans are the best I live in boscombe I have been here over 30yrs now I was homeless for 3yrs but doing ok now I watch you quite big wedall keep it up mate
They are doing an amazing job 🙏
This was a great piece. Thank you for highlighting We Are Human. It's wonderful that they refuse religious affiliation.
Enjoyed listening to the channel and the participants, very authentic, cheers
Good and useful to see this. I was in Bornemouth for a weekend in 2013. And I also walked to Boscombe pier and back, enjoying the city and the beach walk and the lovely weather and the fish'n chips, oblivious to the fact that there were a lot of homeless people sleeping rough just metres away. Thank you for enlightening me 👍 Tourists seldom get aware of the real life on a short visit.
I hope Leyton gets back on his feet and gets to see his son soon! Prayers 🙏🏽 & blessings 🙌 to you! Stay safe ❤
Enjoying the content, Wendall! Thank you 😊
Aww bless you I appreciate that
@gravy106 keep us updated! I'm rooting for you, man! Everything crossed for you ! Take care 🙂
@@gravy106Maybe start your own channel about homelessness and how men in particular suffer with getting help with housing etc.
You could get great interviews and show the struggles. Best of luck to you mate and well done for getting away from Croydon. Take it easy and be lucky ❤️💛💚🤙
Excellent Wendall,❤ very moving. Loved the We Are Humans Charity. ❤❤
The We Are Humans guy is one of a few. Amazing
Top lad is Andy
Yet again Wendall delivers the goods. Excellent vlog. Always interesting and engaging. Keep it up. 👍🏻
Layton seems like a genuinely nice guy with his head screwed on. Really hoping he has some good luck with commendation
I have a son the same age as this guy on the beach; he sounds like a very intelligent bloke and I hope he finds somewhere nice to live. He deserves it; his circumstances are sad. I don't live in the UK anymore, but my family used to holiday in Bournemouth when I was a child.
One thing sadly in this country is that men don't get much help with housing.
Thank you for making this and it is so true in Bournemouth, I am currently homeless here in Bournemouth living in a homeless b and b at the moment I w@s made redundant in Covid and unfortunately due to Covid I am also now partially sighted my whole world has changed I once could see and I had a good job a house everything now I find myself in a very different and difficult situation with disabilities I can no longer work due to my eyesight I have nothing to call my own as I had to sell it too survive and you wouldn’t believe the divide between the rich and the poor in Bournemouth and how if your homeless in Bournemouth you are looked down on so much even by the local authorities who are supposed to help you after years of paying taxes this was very interesting for me to listen to and I would like to thank my friend Leon for typing this for me all the best to you
Thank you for sharing your story and I wish you the best 🙏
Very touched by the principals of the Gentleman with the We Are Humans jacket.... Keep up the good work. I love it
Leighton is free from the system that's why he's so happy stay where you are and live free all the best for the future 😊😊
I pop into Boscombe most weekends, and it's no where near as bad as its reputation. Yes, it's got its issues with drugs, but I've never felt scared or uncomfortable being there, be it during the day, or having a few drinks in the evening.
some drunkard usually wants to fight at night in boscombe. be lucky if he or his mate is not carrying a knife
I'm from bournemouth and glad I moved my children to cornwall for a better life, its got worse over the years
@@NayNay90. how is cornwall
Brilliant videos lately Oli, fascinating subject matter and professional interviews, good on you bud 👍🏻
Thanks Mick
I live here, And the reason for the drug problem in Bournemouth and Boscombe is because there is so many rehabs and detox centres in Bournemouth/Bournemouth.
60 rehab centres in Bournemouth mostly around the Boscombe area.
Came by your video on Paignton which was really good. Then I scrolled through to where we've lived since 87 & boy how it's changed. Very well done, compassionate & real. Layton was proof of what many of us have done with a bad call but make the best of a bad job. I've been homeless myself twice & I'm female. I monitor the underdog in society & I will say, hand in heart, it's MEN who always, have the raw deal & that's a huge issue that must be at least recognised first & tackled.
Much like DV men suffer in silence which I'm also working to change.
(btw new subber here 😊)
I live not that far from Bournemouth and the homeless situation is really sad to see it’s been going on for as long as I can remember seems to be getting worse the guy on the beach seems really nice hope he sorts his situation out
ITS LIKE THAT EVERYWHERE IN UK
Cheers fingers crossed!
Good luck to him.
@@gravy106I hope you are ok mate have you found anything yet ?
A stark reminder of how poverty and wealth can both exist, almost "minutes away from each other! But i really admire the positive attitude shown by the people featured here!!
The guy with the food set up. What a kind blessed human being. He is so clued up to whats going on in the uk. Blessed .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow..... there is so much to think about and reflect on in this video. I admire your ability to just approach and talk to everyone. I really think you have a talent that is deserving of support. That last homeless chap really hit the nail on the head: "Don't judge us, get to know us". Really moving. I don't know Boscombe personally, but my dad was there in his youth while he was in training to be a Salvation Army minister, and there remains a decent size S.A. church and center there, but I think they have become too middle-class and I get what the other chap from We Are Humans means - you just give charity and support help without any religious or political motivation. That is best an di share his conviction. Thanks for this an all the amazing videos, I hope you can grow and do this full-time.
Looking forward to this... Cheers
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This is a brilliant, compassionate video Oli. Really appreciate the work you do. It's quite scary how anyone could become homeless, especially in the UK. Under the Tories, everything is breaking down, the NHS, social services, the benefit system. Safety nets don't exist. The majority of people don't realise that they are skating on thin ice; anything such as an accident, illness or relationship breakdown could push someone into homelessness. Andy is truly amazing, to set up the charity up like he did is incredible.
Those homes you showed in sandbanks are mostly empty, they are holiday rentals and second homes, when we were teenagers we would often sleep under Bournemouth or Boscombe pier in the summer, it was part of growing up back in the seventies, we just loved the beach and it was a pleasure to grow up by the sea, back then Boscombe pier was more for locals and Bournemouth pier for holidaymakers, Boscombe pier used to be the main pier growing up but they demolished all the buildings on it late seventies, full of begging and abuse now, lived here all my life, years since I’ve bothered with Bournemouth pier, still go to Boscombe though.
I lived in the Bournemouth area for 7 years I did security at night between boscombe pier and Bournemouth at night so I got to see a lot of homeless people
I'm really thankful I've got a nice flat in Sheffield. It took me five years to get it. Now im settled and can see a future. I want the same for all my brother's and sisters out there.
I lived in Boscombe for 2 years, got on crack and heroin, horrible time in my life. I’ve now been clean for 8 years.
@ Antony ❤ 🙏 Jesus loves you my friend
@@princebuster93 pls don’t bring him in to it
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Nice one mate ,keep it up ,I'm 28 years off brown and crack, spent 6 months in Bournemouth in the 90s dry house
@@Hoxton66 Well done pal 👌
dude on the beach was absolutely charming, genuine and absolutely beautiful he could be a model!
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Wot a wonderful human Andy is ❤ Good luck
The guy on the beach! Love him
Leighton got a fan club 💋
@@WendallExploresall thanks 2u mate and I'm blessed to be able to show and tell my story. Hope it does some good to us humans
I agree 👍 💯
@@gravy106you remind me of me 🤣👌keep up the good work bud.
Decent guy on the beach
Seriously - Sand Banks is wealth and privilege and ‘one of the most expensive places’ in the Unicorn 🦄 Kingdom? Some of those beach apartments look like Council tenancies.
Thanks for your great insights to the towns of UK …
Have a look at the price of parking at Rock,Cornwall..
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“Scamdemic”… spot on mate!👍🏻
Absolutely 100percent!!!
People like to talk about boscombe like it’s skid row, I used to live there and it’s not as bad as people say, thanks for showing our town with humility, will definitely pop by the wah cafe when I get the chance
Enjoyed listening to all the characters in your podcast thanks for posting
used too live in the area as a yute ur videos are eye opening too the world too people that think that britain is a posh country keep up the much needed work
Thanks for watching
Andy. what a hero he is!
I’m only ever going call it Pret manager now
Lol. I guy I used to know called Spudulike (Spud you like) spud oo lick ee.
Wish all them guys and gals all the best
Leyton is clearly a very astute,and smart guy ….what a stoic attitude in the face of adversity 🤙🙏💪good on ya blue and I wish much better times ahead for you ✌️😎
god bless you andy and you wendall for showing us
I was homeless in Bournemouth for about five years, I was addicted to spice and had psychosis and ended up being sectioned.
I am now off the hard stuff (including crack) for almost 4 years.
Slept in many of the shop doorways, ended up in a few squats and a hostel near the triangle.
Was an insane time of my life that I still get some random memories that I completely forgot about.
However I am now trying to get back in contact with my son who is 13 now, I miss him loads
One great thing about Bournemouth tho is the amount of soup kitchens, at least 2 nearly every day, bit of a mission because it’s a couple of miles to each one
What? Boscombe is less well off than some areas nearby there but its really not as rough as some might say. Its bohemian and a bit "rough around the edges" but it has character and I've never had a problem there.
Good to see you bro. Remember Jesus always love you. Leighton is a brilliant cook. Shine your light my dear ❤
Good video as always , l know Bournemouth well & Boscombe always had a rough edge to it even 25 years ago. Use to go to the Academy nightclub in Boscombe many years ago always a lot of Reading people down there in the summer months
What an amazing film such amazing insight to our society now at 52 growing up in the 80s there was nothing like the level of homelessness like now we are obsessed with gdp but that's the problem poorest is massive now per person
SCAMDEMIC….spot on!👍🏻
True it was a scam .from🇨🇦
He's spot on isn't he!
Boscombe has a bad reputation but it's far from a rough place. Straying off of the highstreet into the back roads is less inviting with widespread drug problems. Stay on the highstreet and it's really quite safe.
Great video bud. I do like Bournemouth and Boscombe, warts and all 😊
Boscombe is relatively rough compared to Bournemouth itself, but it's a luxury compared to rough areas in cities like Manchester for instance.
Bournemouth is more dangerous
ANDY what a brilliant human being. ❤❤❤❤
Mad seeing someone walk through where you live and interview someone you have known for over a decade.
hey hope things get better for you
Have watched a few of your videos highlighting how life is here in parts of the UK, and have decided to subscribe! Keep up the good work.
Nice one Wendall.. another excellent report. Much love
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Looking forwards to this Wendall. 😊👍💥
I live have lived in Weymouth all my life and the decline of sea side towns is shocking, the rich get richer and the poor just get kicked into the gutter.
Will only get worse
Weymouth has always been a dump, can't compare with bournemouth
It all depends on a person. I arrived to UK from eastern Europe 13 years ago. Now I owe two houses (one is rental), thinking of a buying third one. I have two new cars, wife, a kid. Just living a happy British life. Anyone can make it here. You just need a desire.
Lived in Bournemouth my whole life. It's definitely a good place to come to see the contrast between the rich and poor. Slowly becoming a city from the town I grew up in!
I’d be surprised if there is anywhere that would seem rough to me down in Bournemouth compared to what I’m used to. Following this video I looked up Boscombe on Google maps and there’s loads of massive houses there. I wouldn’t like to be a postman round there, I’d probably get lost trying to find the doors
God bless you!!!
keep straight Leyton keep your mind set good luck
Much love & respect bruv
Thanks for highlighting this.
I used to live in Boscombe, it`s not that bad at all. Sometimes antisocial behaviour, but not a biggie. Bournemouth is a beautiful place to live.
ye i think its just when comparing bomo to boscombe it DOES look like a dump
Please go to Woolwich, southeast London. It's such a dystopian dive. Lived there for two miserable years.
Explain dystopian dive?
You're the new Louis Theroux! Great vid! Great to give the people a chance to be heard and to expose the the growing gap between the have and have-nots.
@ dbobd, some people make good choices in life some make bad. Even if your poor, God will help you climb out of that pit if you turn to him in faith, I know about living on the bread line, working full time as a single woman, no financial or emotional support, it’s hard for a lot of people in this country and the world but you cannot blame those that work hard for a living or appear better off. The Government want people to feel like victims and resent others for having more 🤦♀️🤦♀️ please don’t fall for the socialist/communist trap.
Great video - very well put together
Boscombe isn't as rough as people say I've seen more drama and crime in Bournemouth in 4 weeks than I've seen in a year in boscombe.
Come to Ipswich if you can, the homeless here are treated as a way for the charities and organisations to make make money for the employees :(
I live near Ipswich ( Erwarton ) and I do not think Ipswich treats homeless people very well.
I see homeless people on the street and the shopkeepers just want them all to move on.
It’s not good.
However , if you’re an asylum seeker….you can stay at Novotel .
Pretty much everywhere is going downhill, north, south, east, west.
Thankyou for sharing, not being judgmental or opinionated, good work, bless you for all you do to help as well, stay safe.
Harry Rednapp moved out of the sandbanks a couple of years ago. In the summer its impossible to get onto the peninsula due to the traffic queueing for the ferry.
Leighton is a good looking streetwise guy I can see him acting on the tv
Our capacity for human suffering seems to be universal and limitless. Our capacity for compassion and understanding seems to be disappearing into the mists.
That tower block at the beginning reminded of the Golden Gates Units in Maroubra, Australia.
A horrible building built two min walk from a stunning beach in Sydney!
Boscombe (the impoverished placed with many rehab centers) is a dilapidated dump full of problems with homelessness and the worst heroin crisis in the country. Bournemouth is a rapidly declining seaside resort town but is probably the last (aside from brighton) successful seaside town. The town center is slowly closing down its shops, and it's only really relevant in the summer months. I'm surprised to see people living under the pier though, they didn't really live there when I lived there a few years ago. Sandbanks is obviously a haven for the rich where there's a road with "millionaires row - the world's most expensive coastal street". You go past Poole, you'll get to hamworthy which doesn't have a homelessness problem but does have a high crime rate. Hell you go past boscombe, you'll end up at mudeford- a place where the BEACH HUTS are worth £450k!!! It's absolutely insane to see the wealth disparity.
It's so bizarre to watch this. The triangle (12:47) did not have many homeless people at all when I lived there 3 years ago, nor did the town center in general. The lower gardens were always a little dodgy but the locals at bournemouth ought to watch out.
I think poor Old Christchurch Road is the worst street currently . Even at midday. Truly horrific what drugs and alcohol can do to people.
Bournemouth has become more dangerous than boscombe. I feel safer walking through boscombe. Just look at the stabbing incidents
We are humans ...take my hat off to you ..I do my bit for the elderly for south london..they deserve better .
hi wendall. new subscriber. used to smoke a LOT of weed under the pier and in the gardens when I was 17-18 lol
you didnt go north than the city centre though. bournemouth is RICH and there are mansions all along the road north of richmond hill. if you keep going a bit further you get to charminster and its a LITTLE bit rough but not as bad as other videos ive seen of yours. maybe winton is a rougher area
There is something very SPECIAL about Boscombe
Nice to see you got out of Russia and into Boscombe Edward
boscome looks lovely
The chap on the beach has a great voice for radio or voice overs wish him well.