Alex has been sleeping rough in London for 9 years. He dresses up as Santa to panhandle.

When I first saw Alex begging as Santa I thought it was cute. But after talking to Alex, and the more I thought about it, I realized how incredibly sad it is.
I met Alex in London. He says he has been sleeping rough for 9 years now. The night before, Alex slept outside on the sidewalk a few feet away.
Alex is on a housing list and hopes to get a flat sometimes between Christmas and next summer.
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[@lisawhiteman9780]

Awww the sweet dog 🐾breaks make heart 😢

[@BryantMitchell]

no one should be without a place to stay on christmas

[@francescorengifo]

I would like to know why you don't have a site where we could donate money. Please help create a sense of unity with the people you are trying to help by giving us the opportunity to share other than just copy and paste

[@firebluenew]

my heart goes out to these people.is there a way to get to a library ,get a twitter account so ppl can help these people?

[@rickharrison4105]

I’m not being hateful by this but I’ve watch loads of these and a lot of them don’t seem like they would know how to use Twitter or any social media platform

[@YoYo-bb4nh]

Please stop with the santa story, look for normal work
Turn your way to God for help buddy.
Stop addiction if you have.
Read the Holy Bible for answers, for consolatian, read the New Testament in it for the Gospel.
Go to church, ask there for shelter included some work for money.
Pray God for forgiveniss of your sins through the powerful work of His Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
Pray and work.

[@rickharrison4105]

A lot of the folks on here where hard workers untill the economy crash or there wife’s devorced them and left them on the street with nothing man