I was homeless recently, he's right London is not the same, worse place to be homeless, if things go well for me I will get my own place soon, but as always it comes down to money, I wish this man well, I hope he stays safe out there.🙏
I know Paul .I had a fruit stall in Tooting SW London and remember Paul with his window cleaning round. Years later I helped to feed homeless people and used to see Paul occasionally. A very nice soul . May God bless and protect hom
You’re right nobody deserves to be homeless especially the hard working people that can’t make ends meet! With that said if drugs, alcohol, and other addictions are involved then that will make you homeless. So many people end up homeless due to bad choices in life and I hope that they realize a change towards better will most likely end homelessness.
seems, most industrialism/capitalism has done is increase the human population, and taxed natural resources in order for humans to now 'afford' housing.
Totally agree with you fella. I'm currently homeless. Have been for 4 years now. Long term realtionship broke down. I signed house to my ex and kids to do the right thing now iv lost completely everything and stuck. I don't drink and I don't do drugs. I live on £147 a month from the government
@@JohnDoe-pu5gk well technically its 147 a fortnight as my payments are split up to try and help me out with payments of my van..... But I'm left with around £15 each fortnight so that about £30 for the month
@@D.O.T.U.K I’m sorry to hear the situation you’re in especially at this time of year. Do you have any work skills which will allow you to get a job? Are there some social service or charitable organisations you could seek help from. It often seems people are more willing to help If you can work out a plan to slowly get your life back on track and let others know that’s what you want.
I don’t care what you celebrate at this time of the year or if you don’t celebrate at all this is a prime example of why we need to be grateful for what we do have I hope this man finds some peace ✌🏽
This video is a few years old. I have not been to the UK since the pandemic. I hope to get back again as soon as COVID permits and a charity brings me over. You’ll find many videos from the UK on this channel. Someone of the best people I have ever meet are sleeping rough, sadly.
Government don't give a F*** So many abandoned buildings/houses, It's hard to get back on your feet when they can't shower or have a address or if they lost their belongings, Its hard for them to get an ID or social security card, So its hard for them to get a job, I pray for the homeless 🙏❤🙏❤🙏
Add in alcoholism, drug addiction or (mental health problems) and you have a nasty cocktail of problems to overcome. Rough sleeping is easy, dealing with the council is a nightmare. You get referred from one place to the next without any significant change or improvement in your lifestyle.
Actually washing is easy, you use soap in public toilets. I use the liquid hand soap on my hair with a plastic cup. You can hand wash clothes easily and hang them on trees to dry in good weather. However without an address your in trouble and worse still you need an email address these days.
I truly commend Mark for posting this sweet man's story. Homelessness has no color, no race,and/or ethnic group. This can happen to anyone. I hope that this sweet man will find his piece of safe haven and hope that he will make it. 🙏 🙌
I watch a lot of these interviews with homeless people. Paul definitely seems one of the more genuine, positive and good people I've seen. Wish him the best.
Great guy. It's true, if you get free you spend free. If you don't work hard for the money, you don't appreciate it as it should be appreciated. To depend on generous souls is costly to your pride and dignity. To maintain either through an experience like this is commendable.
God keep you safe my friend... I'm currently living in a tent in Michigan.. Lost my wife to the China virus, and, I, myself, am handicapped... Things should never be like this for anyone, meaning, No One!!, should ever be homeless....
Please go to the department of social services for help. A social worker there can hook you up with a temporary shelter while securing you an apartment, food stamps, medicaid and there are churches that will give you food and others that will serve you meals. St. Vincent de Paul’s will give you free clothing, coat, hat and gloves. God bless you and give you a bright future 🎄
I am so humble where I sit in my corner of the world, where sleeping on the streets is basically a choice. All my best to Paul and everybody else out there.
You are doing such important work with your channel! People often walk passed homeless people, being in a hurry or embarrassed by the situation. You make us see those people, by taking the time to speak to them and learning about their lives. Your videos made me more humble, grateful for my own life and privileges and more determined to help those people. Everyone deserves a home. Thank you and keep doing what you do best!
I am very grateful that I listened to this interview of a honest man. I want to donate enough money for him to get a hostel for a night or two. Thank you for sharing this.
People don’t realize how expensive it is to be homeless!! It is more expensive to be homeless than being housed for everyone. Without a home it costs about 100 a night for a hotel and 450 for a cheap apartment a month. It costs at least 1 for a coffee to keep the body warm and energized and 5 for a month in a home. You see it is very challenging to be homeless and tests many many ways in life. It is sad and very sad.
@@64simon true, but you can volunteer, take up a new skill, or just go to church to feel included. There are positive ways to curve loneliness. I was there before and now I am a mom. I spent many many Christmas ALoNE and that would really hurt. The past 2 Christmas I had my child and it is so nice . Merry Christmas
You know you don't mean that about EVERYONE.... Now you KNOW some people don't deserve a home, or even a life, right? (Yes, I'm being sarcastic, for certain reasons.) Some people who have been convicted of certain crimes, whether they actually did those things or not, are treated differently, no matter if their debt to society has been paid in full. I know someone who was convicted of something he didn't do, simply because he was young, and signed a confession after over 9 hours of harassment by the LEOs questioning him. Now his life is completely ruined for the rest of his life, and he's been homeless for over 4 years, and because of the wonderful, God fearing hypocrites in the area where he lives, he'll most likely die homeless, especially after just being diagnosed with a progressive respiratory illness, and sleeping rough. So I have to believe that most of the time, most people mean (especially all those God fearing church going hypocrites) that only SOME people deserve a roof over their heads. And yes, I'm angry that certain people have to live in these situations, because things seem to work differently for them, for some reason. The person I'm referring to is actually my son, who I try to help as best I can, just to try to help him survive, because he's actually given up on himself, due to his situation, and is becoming severely depressed, and isn't even trying to take care of his medical condition now, because he said why should he care what happens to him now, he doesn't have a life anymore. For a Mom, it's the hardest thing to hear your child say, even if he's an adult. And, before you ask, I can't even allow him into my apartment, because it's a government run building, so he isn't even allowed in to visit me.
@@janicem9225 "God fearing?" If they put on a shirt that says "church" and it has a cross on it, then they help everyone but the homeless, they're not God fearing. Even the book of James talks about that. Chapter 1, if someone knocks on your door to ask for a coat, and you tell them "Go forth and be warm," and then you shut your door in their face, what good does that do? That chapter says. Give them your coat, then they will "be warm." These "church" people you're talking about need to hear that. But, just know that the people you're referring to aren't EVERYONE in the church. It's just THOSE church people. That's a bad group in the church. Also, the reason you're so angry about it all is because he's your son. You love your son. I'm sorry he was falsely convicted. But, most people should have a home. If you're going to say someone does not deserve a home, only say that about convicted murderers. Not about groups that you don't like. And, be just as angry at the government as you are at the **cough **cough "church." It's not fair for them to not allow you to have visitors, especially when he's your son. It's not like you're letting people move in who aren't on the lease. It's not like you're throwing lavish parties with whomever attending. Direct that anger equally to the government, for that, as you are the church, for not helping your son. It's a government run building, but it's also your home. You should be allowed to have visitors in your home. Especially family. Especially for Christmas or birthdays. That rule is not fair. Just because it's "government run," they think they can make whatever rules they want, no matter how unfair, and unfortunately, the only thing we can do about it is not live there if we don't like the rule.
There is no reason for homelessness to exist anywhere in the world, if man can go to moon and back you can end homelessness. The question is who will be selfless and sacrifice to make it a reality. I pray this man has shelter every night ,that should be a basic human right
He can start by stop spending his free money in pubs and rather use it to pay for a place to sleep at night, his priorities are fucked up, he is in this situation because he wants to be in it, I have no sympathy for bums like him. Free money...hard earned money for others.
Seems like this man quite enjoys the lifestyle and free money. In his mind, it seems the positives (money, not having to work for someone else) outweigh the negatives (uncertainty, sleeping rough).
His third wish was to break down the barriers for him and people like him to be able to work. He was the barriers removed so he can work and others like him .
If your earning £20 to £80 a day and living on the streets your not doing to bad but when the pandemic hit, his life must have be rough. As a employed rough sleeper in a small town, thankfully I've never needed to beg but can't imagine getting more than a couple of pound a day, at most.
All the best to all the homeless people out there. Thank you for sharing. As some of us thing about taking our last breath, some of us also think about taking our first step onto the streets to sleep and these stories help prepare us as well as the comments too.
Paul sounds a very educated well mannered nice man, i wish you were back in Ireland there isn't a window cleaner to be seen you would certainly clean up money wise I think they charge 40 to 60 euro per house 🏠
I run a distribution point for the magazine called The Big Issue, if he or any other person you might interview want too, they can sign up and start selling the big issue and they have the infrastructure to help them access services
@@ibiza1290 then you never saw me over the last three months, I get your point about the high lever of immigrants don't the big issue, but that being said, I know plenty of people whom aren't immigrants doing it, and they buy their magazines off me at the distribution point I run in Bishopsgate. But I sincerely wish you and your loved ones a happy Christmas.
He looks like a very sociable person he seems very approachable. When he started talking about easy money I thought hold on Its not easy money its really hard money I think he wants to be around socialising with people because he is afraid of being alone the more places he frequents the more familiar he becomes with other patrons. This familiarity offers him a kind of protection & belonging but he stated later that more much should be done for the homeless & the housing shortage
Definitely worth its 10 minutes in this "Festive" Season Enjoy this man's wisdom and wonder who is fitter to survive the rough times ahead , you or him . . . Food for thought 👊
I think homeless folk have so much to offer. God bless them all. And Mark is so good at raising awareness and showing the side that needs to be shown. Incredible channel.
This guy is so clever and wellspoken. He is right thats why im here, a worker looking at a homeless person and suddenly I feel alot better about myself.
I am homeless living in Plymouth UK 🇬🇧 for 4 years now. I need a break. I don't drink I don't do drugs and I don't beg. Hope this guy has a great Xmas given the circumstances. I receive £147 a month from the government, straight into my bank account. and that's to tax and insure my Mazda Bongo van to sleep in at night. But I'm left with no food or clothing, and hardly any means to be clean. I was in a long term realtionship for over 20 years, and when it ended I signed the house over to my Ex and Children, I cannot get help from anyone, I dread waking up every day as I fear no hope at the age of 43, I'd much rather going to prison if I'm honest but I'm being good so I'm always in my Children's lives...... I wish everyone the best of luck that's in the same situation as me.
@@patrickglennon6834 was self employed. List everything when I lost my partner 😢 fighting to get it all back. Beginning with a flat or house to rent with help from houseingbnenifit to begin with if I can.
I have lived out of a truck and worked construction, saved money and moved on. Obviously you have been through a lot, I am not making judgement, hang on as best you can.
The many faces of invisible people the transparency of homelessness experiencing first-hand living quite literally on their own 2 feet..But he's a lovely man hope he made it 2👣
An in the meantime billionaires buy their fifth, 10 bedroom villas, the prime minister spends tens of thousands of public money on "his" flat refurbishment and there ara luxurious town houses, completely empty in the centre of London. There's no justice left in this world.
I have a homeless man just £2 and he had a lovely friendly dog and he told me that he could go to a hostel for £10 and take the dog. So the dog had a safe place to sleep. It made me happy. This man in the video is a strong person.
Beautiful. I love what you are doing and its Transparency. ❤ Irish so honest people. The question is if this is a choice, or circumstance and or addiction, how can they be separated......& or prevented if recovery is possible.
It's called "learned helplessness". Very quickly, people lose their ability to continue to fight and just content themselves with terrible conditions. It's especially common in people who had rough upbringings, due to neurotransmitter changes that situation causes.
Up until the end I was thinking he was just lazy and wanted a free ride with the society paying his way but then he said he'd be willing to work it changed my impression of him this is coming from someone that was homeless at one time in my life I pulled myself out and they can too as hard as it may be !!
I am glad you were able to get off the streets. I was lucky too. Not everyone has the access to support as we did. While I understand the thinking “if I can, anyone can” it’s not true. Not everyone is able to get the support they need, which is why we need to live on everyone until they can love themselves
@@InvisiblePeople Mark, To a degree you have to make your own luck! Just sitting there and wishing for said luck doesn't make it happen. You have to want it! Some will never want to change course. Don't beat your head against the wall. You can only do so much!
Don't understand why people seem to think homeless equals lazy. Free ride? Not everyone that is homeless begs for money. At least you admit you are ignorant.
He seems like a clever guy. Who has maybe become too used to this way of life ? I do hope manages to turn his life around. Nobody should be homeless Good luck to ya fella xx
I am 20 years old currently and I have recently become homeless a little over a week ago now. Without a valid ID at the moment it is near impossible to get any help from my state. I have to depend and hope for a place in a shelter and even then it's never a guarantee. It is freezing in Vermont at the moment. And everyday I wake up horrified on where I'll go that night, and where I'll get the next meal in my stomach. I'm mentally drained already, and I feel weak. I feel like no one even remotely wants to help or cares about me. I feel stuck in a loop I don't know how to get out of. But you're videos bring me hope. Hope that some day I'll have my very own roof over my head, and plenty of food in my stomach as well as a stable job. I hope someday our path can meet. After all the world works in mysterious ways sometimes. Hope all is well. I'm hanging in there.
This makes total sense. There is the sense that there is comfort in the familiar survival mechanism and it would be hard to potentially face even more hardship by risking that routine. Social capital is everything and this man, although at risk of hypothermia, has a tonne of social capital. How do we preserve the social capital while jointly preserving health and wellbeing in providing adequate stress free housing and work? Thanks for your work ♡
@@Richard_Straker Anybody on minimum wage should be able to rent a home surly the boomers did and had money at end of week to go Social club for a drink along with raiding kids what happened Richard why is society so expensive today for the next generation, could it be that the boomers are the only generation to have robbed their children generation. ?
I’m sceptical that lack of affordable housing is even the problem here. It would need to be free for some of these people and that comes with stipulations they don’t wish to comply with. I don’t think Generation Rent’s inability to buy is in any way linked to rough sleeping.
@@Richard_Straker Absolutely garbage the conservatives sold of council housing via right to buy most with a 85% discount now look a housing crisis, now look the youth have to pay £1200 a month the boomers have robbed their children and created a housing crisis also they have voted for Brexit which will destroy the youths future as well, the youth will have to pick up the mess left behind.
It's just as bad in the United States for homeless. Something I really didn't know, lack of sleep is the biggest problem. It tears a person up big time.
well said , sleep is when a body heals itself of the days aches and pains , getting woken up every few houes and tokd to move on is a health risk ,and your health can fall quickly if you aint warm dry well fed and rested
I saw this guy on the tube a long, long time ago, late at night leaving central London. I ran onto the carriage before the doors closed behind me & I can tell the guy I passed had been drinking (stank of booze). After the tube doors closed he started yelling out. I thought he was yelling at himself or everyone present - couldn’t work it out, which was uncomfortable as I was on my own, I decided next stop I’d change carriages.. but in the space of 2mins it turned out he had it in for another passenger. I looked around & there were two other people in the tube carriage, plus him. Not anywhere near him! They avoided looking at him, me too. Then just as the tube was about to stop at the station, he completely walked up, crossed the carriage & punches this man (a business man minding his own business) right up into his nose and breaks it. I heard the crack. The man was in total disbelief - a grown man writhing around in pain and crying his eyes out. Totally unexpected. Traumatised. This wise guy kept ranting about Londoners being better than what they think they are.. I managed to drag the man off the train carriage before the doors quickly shut again & steered him toward exit escalators. I ran up the escalators to get help. No guard. The victim was devastated and just wanted to go home. I called the police when we got to ground level but they took forever to respond. This guy got away. I swore I’d never forget his face and here he is. Drugs or being so sloshed you can’t think straight in my experience creates monsters. The actions these people do to themselves and others in this state is truly horrifying.
I saw Red76 on the tube once and he was crawling across the floor making dog noises. People were freaking out. I remember, he slowly crawled towards one paralyzed woman, just to lick her shoes. It was TERRIFYING. True story look it up
This guy is a handsome silver fox. All he needs is his lower tooth fixed and throw him in a suit and he'd look like any successful guy. Just shows we're all the same at the end of the day. I hope this man finds some blessings in life because he seems like a good man.
I wear mark Darcey of London and no one knows I'm homeless. Thankfully I'm in work but if I loose my job I'll be in trouble, no one will give to a beger in a £250 suit.
i regularly give bits of change to homeless men (and most of them are men) in the UK. The main reasons are: 1) I have been homeless sleeping out of a car and have been evicted several times so I have been there; 2) You never know when your time will come and so I feel we must acknowledge others having ended up in such a disadvantaged position; and 3) Giving change helps a little, gives hope to such people and buys you blessings (remember that), plus it does not have to be much or all the time. I sometimes have to knock people back as you can be seen as a soft touch and I tell them honestly as well, so you have to have the strength and balance to go either way. I see people deliberately ignoring the situation all the time as if they are special and nothing can ever go wrong for them. That is a bad move as we are all connected some how, and fear is not an excuse. Giving a little is not going to break you and if it helps a little why not? What is sickening is that the establishment/government/state or whatever you want to call it has plenty of resources, through all the tax they steal from us (official or stealth tax ) and could easily help these people out. But they cannot be fucked just like in the USA with the street sweep scam that is going on. People should reject government and authority operatives as they are no use and not needed and never were in my view. I would have thought that was obvious by now particularly in the wake of the covid19 global fraud.
Or there is no support to help people change. Everyone needs help. Some people fall through the gaps in the safety net. We need to love on them until they can love on themselves. While I was never homeless in the UK, I was Paul on Hollywood Blvd using drugs to escape the pain of my past. We must help Paul and others like him. Not only is it the right thing to do, it saves taxpayer money.
@infamous, I echo your sentiments, invisible people is dedicated in raising awareness, I look at homeless people differently since I started watching this channel, they are humans, let’s be kind to each other
I was homeless recently, he's right London is not the same, worse place to be homeless, if things go well for me I will get my own place soon, but as always it comes down to money, I wish this man well, I hope he stays safe out there.🙏
Capitols in Europe are very cold. And not only the weather. Lived one year in Stockholm and i cant imagine being homeless there.
When was homelessness good?
@@abdurahmanmohamed3378 Who said good?
Amen God bless you and your family and your love ones!
@@SuperMustseetv I guess he was replying to the other person about homeless in Europe.
I know Paul .I had a fruit stall in Tooting SW London and remember Paul with his window cleaning round. Years later I helped to feed homeless people and used to see Paul occasionally. A very nice soul . May God bless and protect hom
I recognise him aswell! I'm from tooting was thinking I was crazy seeing him here
Nobody deserves to be homeless. I hope this man can get back on his feet one day. This channel is a blessing to spread awareness.
You’re right nobody deserves to be homeless especially the hard working people that can’t make ends meet!
With that said if drugs, alcohol, and other addictions are involved then that will make you homeless.
So many people end up homeless due to bad choices in life and I hope that they realize a change towards better will most likely end homelessness.
There are people who deserve to be homeless
Amen God bless!
@@alexandersmagin4769 those are the very exception of the worse human beings
@@wethepeople7629 thats america ! i live in germany and the state takes care of you . pays your rent and you get 400€ to live monthly
I wish that everyone on the planet can afford a house, better to say, a home !
AMEN GOD BLESS EVERYONE AND EVERYONE'S FAMILIES AND LOVES ONES!
I wish that to
seems, most industrialism/capitalism has done is increase the human population, and taxed natural resources in order for humans to now 'afford' housing.
If only the greedy people that have billions of dollars wished that.. or if society as a whole cared to do something about it/
Forget affordability, homes should be freely available. Plenty of empty homes to go about, private sector and profit motive is what's causing this
He seems like a sweet, fun soul. I hope he is warm and safe tonight and every night after. Thank you for sharing his story, Mark. ❤
I like Paul. I could have talked to him all night.
@@InvisiblePeople the Irish are grown to talk mate
Come to USA Paul.
@@oyenations162 Does he need the clot shot first ? .Paul is a lost cause .He can not be helped .He loves being homeless and the easy money .
I live in London, I do give to the homeless, you never know what’s brought them here. I wish people would have more empathy. All the best Paul
Totally agree with you fella. I'm currently homeless. Have been for 4 years now. Long term realtionship broke down. I signed house to my ex and kids to do the right thing now iv lost completely everything and stuck. I don't drink and I don't do drugs. I live on £147 a month from the government
@@D.O.T.U.K £147 each month? Is that after uve payed things? Cos you should be getting alot more than that.
@@JohnDoe-pu5gk well technically its 147 a fortnight as my payments are split up to try and help me out with payments of my van..... But I'm left with around £15 each fortnight so that about £30 for the month
@@D.O.T.U.K yeah it's not easy mate. I was homeless for 5 years, in different hostels which I hated. Hope you get sorted and merry Christmas 👍
@@D.O.T.U.K I’m sorry to hear the situation you’re in especially at this time of year. Do you have any work skills which will allow you to get a job? Are there some social service or charitable organisations you could seek help from. It often seems people are more willing to help If you can work out a plan to slowly get your life back on track and let others know that’s what you want.
I don’t care what you celebrate at this time of the year or if you don’t celebrate at all this is a prime example of why we need to be grateful for what we do have
I hope this man finds some peace ✌🏽
Beautiful comment 👌 ❤
Thanks for making the UK apart of the campaign. Much respect 🇬🇧
This video is a few years old. I have not been to the UK since the pandemic. I hope to get back again as soon as COVID permits and a charity brings me over. You’ll find many videos from the UK on this channel. Someone of the best people I have ever meet are sleeping rough, sadly.
@@InvisiblePeople well I am grateful for the input and the hard work you do, bless you 🙏🏻
@@InvisiblePeople To many homeless in the world,I been there myself back in 90's in Raleigh NC and Greensboro NC.
@@InvisiblePeople totally agree buddy. Are u coming back to the UK.
Government don't give a F*** So many abandoned buildings/houses, It's hard to get back on your feet when they can't shower or have a address or if they lost their belongings, Its hard for them to get an ID or social security card, So its hard for them to get a job, I pray for the homeless 🙏❤🙏❤🙏
Add in alcoholism, drug addiction or (mental health problems) and you have a nasty cocktail of problems to overcome.
Rough sleeping is easy, dealing with the council is a nightmare. You get referred from one place to the next without any significant change or improvement in your lifestyle.
Actually washing is easy, you use soap in public toilets. I use the liquid hand soap on my hair with a plastic cup. You can hand wash clothes easily and hang them on trees to dry in good weather.
However without an address your in trouble and worse still you need an email address these days.
Everyone deserves a safe bed at night
no. not everyone. people are different
Everyone.
@@sadil.i.p nope
@@alexandersmagin4769 Everyone but convicted murderers.
@@jasongates- murderes must be in jail not on the streets. people make wrong choices and find themselves on the streets. that's deserved
this guy Paul seems very smart yet humble, sad he has to live this way
I truly commend Mark for posting this sweet man's story. Homelessness has no color, no race,and/or ethnic group. This can happen to anyone. I hope that this sweet man will find his piece of safe haven and hope that he will make it. 🙏 🙌
(((Hugs)))
@@InvisiblePeople HUGS BACK TO YOU AND HAVE A VERY BLESSED AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON,TOO!!!!
👏👏👏👏
Making the most of homelessness is dignity's last stand. Amen brother
I watch a lot of these interviews with homeless people. Paul definitely seems one of the more genuine, positive and good people I've seen.
Wish him the best.
Great guy. It's true, if you get free you spend free. If you don't work hard for the money, you don't appreciate it as it should be appreciated. To depend on generous souls is costly to your pride and dignity. To maintain either through an experience like this is commendable.
I hope life gets better for you man. I have been in your situation . Best of luck to you. I hope you find a place of your own soon .
God keep you safe my friend... I'm currently living in a tent in Michigan.. Lost my wife to the China virus, and, I, myself, am handicapped... Things should never be like this for anyone, meaning, No One!!, should ever be homeless....
Please go to the department of social services for help. A social worker there can hook you up with a temporary shelter while securing you an apartment, food stamps, medicaid and there are churches that will give you food and others that will serve you meals. St. Vincent de Paul’s will give you free clothing, coat, hat and gloves. God bless you and give you a bright future 🎄
As usual the 3 wishes of this man who is homeless are selfless. Wishing for peace and love ❤️ and housing for all other homeless
I hope he gets a good night's rest.
He'll rather spend what money he makes in the pub than to pay for a room.
@@MrGoogelaar he's an alcoholic and the only thing he thinks about is his habit, unfortunately.
He is Irish. It’s a rough life to live though. Wishing Paul the best from Ireland 🇮🇪.
Still prejudice against the Irish there?
The government love jihadis more than their own people
Southern Irish
@@jimmieoakland3843 No .
I am so humble where I sit in my corner of the world, where sleeping on the streets is basically a choice. All my best to Paul and everybody else out there.
You are doing such important work with your channel! People often walk passed homeless people, being in a hurry or embarrassed by the situation. You make us see those people, by taking the time to speak to them and learning about their lives. Your videos made me more humble, grateful for my own life and privileges and more determined to help those people. Everyone deserves a home. Thank you and keep doing what you do best!
I am very grateful that I listened to this interview of a honest man. I want to donate enough money for him to get a hostel for a night or two. Thank you for sharing this.
Hope life is good for this lovely man now!!
People don’t realize how expensive it is to be homeless!! It is more expensive to be homeless than being housed for everyone. Without a home it costs about 100 a night for a hotel and 450 for a cheap apartment a month. It costs at least 1 for a coffee to keep the body warm and energized and 5 for a month in a home. You see it is very challenging to be homeless and tests many many ways in life. It is sad and very sad.
Having an apartment can be a lonley place for a single person people on the streets will know and even support oneanother
@@64simon true, but you can volunteer, take up a new skill, or just go to church to feel included. There are positive ways to curve loneliness. I was there before and now I am a mom. I spent many many Christmas ALoNE and that would really hurt. The past 2 Christmas I had my child and it is so nice . Merry Christmas
I guess I am realizing how blessed I am to have my child she is my everything. Merry Christmas
@@64simon indeed x
@@64simon you are so right .very well said .loneliness could be depressing and killing too .
Jesus told us that the poor will always be with us. Homelessness will never end, doesn't mean we shouldn't help people though.
No matter what this people do or done no one should be on the streets
Spot on
You know you don't mean that about EVERYONE....
Now you KNOW some people don't deserve a home, or even a life, right?
(Yes, I'm being sarcastic, for certain reasons.)
Some people who have been convicted of certain crimes, whether they actually did those things or not, are treated differently, no matter if their debt to society has been paid in full.
I know someone who was convicted of something he didn't do, simply because he was young, and signed a confession after over 9 hours of harassment by the LEOs questioning him.
Now his life is completely ruined for the rest of his life, and he's been homeless for over 4 years, and because of the wonderful, God fearing hypocrites in the area where he lives, he'll most likely die homeless, especially after just being diagnosed with a progressive respiratory illness, and sleeping rough.
So I have to believe that most of the time, most people mean (especially all those God fearing church going hypocrites) that only SOME people deserve a roof over their heads.
And yes, I'm angry that certain people have to live in these situations, because things seem to work differently for them, for some reason.
The person I'm referring to is actually my son, who I try to help as best I can, just to try to help him survive, because he's actually given up on himself, due to his situation, and is becoming severely depressed, and isn't even trying to take care of his medical condition now, because he said why should he care what happens to him now, he doesn't have a life anymore.
For a Mom, it's the hardest thing to hear your child say, even if he's an adult.
And, before you ask, I can't even allow him into my apartment, because it's a government run building, so he isn't even allowed in to visit me.
@@janicem9225 who are we to judge them??
@@janicem9225 "God fearing?" If they put on a shirt that says "church" and it has a cross on it, then they help everyone but the homeless, they're not God fearing. Even the book of James talks about that. Chapter 1, if someone knocks on your door to ask for a coat, and you tell them "Go forth and be warm," and then you shut your door in their face, what good does that do? That chapter says. Give them your coat, then they will "be warm." These "church" people you're talking about need to hear that. But, just know that the people you're referring to aren't EVERYONE in the church. It's just THOSE church people. That's a bad group in the church.
Also, the reason you're so angry about it all is because he's your son. You love your son. I'm sorry he was falsely convicted. But, most people should have a home. If you're going to say someone does not deserve a home, only say that about convicted murderers. Not about groups that you don't like.
And, be just as angry at the government as you are at the **cough **cough "church." It's not fair for them to not allow you to have visitors, especially when he's your son. It's not like you're letting people move in who aren't on the lease. It's not like you're throwing lavish parties with whomever attending. Direct that anger equally to the government, for that, as you are the church, for not helping your son. It's a government run building, but it's also your home. You should be allowed to have visitors in your home. Especially family. Especially for Christmas or birthdays. That rule is not fair. Just because it's "government run," they think they can make whatever rules they want, no matter how unfair, and unfortunately, the only thing we can do about it is not live there if we don't like the rule.
There is no reason for homelessness to exist anywhere in the world, if man can go to moon and back you can end homelessness. The question is who will be selfless and sacrifice to make it a reality. I pray this man has shelter every night ,that should be a basic human right
He can start by stop spending his free money in pubs and rather use it to pay for a place to sleep at night, his priorities are fucked up, he is in this situation because he wants to be in it, I have no sympathy for bums like him. Free money...hard earned money for others.
What a lovely man he deserves better bless him x
Seems like this man quite enjoys the lifestyle and free money. In his mind, it seems the positives (money, not having to work for someone else) outweigh the negatives (uncertainty, sleeping rough).
His third wish was to break down the barriers for him and people like him to be able to work. He was the barriers removed so he can work and others like him .
If your earning £20 to £80 a day and living on the streets your not doing to bad but when the pandemic hit, his life must have be rough. As a employed rough sleeper in a small town, thankfully I've never needed to beg but can't imagine getting more than a couple of pound a day, at most.
All the best to all the homeless people out there. Thank you for sharing. As some of us thing about taking our last breath, some of us also think about taking our first step onto the streets to sleep and these stories help prepare us as well as the comments too.
Paul sounds a very educated well mannered nice man, i wish you were back in Ireland there isn't a window cleaner to be seen you would certainly clean up money wise I think they charge 40 to 60 euro per house 🏠
I run a distribution point for the magazine called The Big Issue, if he or any other person you might interview want too, they can sign up and start selling the big issue and they have the infrastructure to help them access services
The Big Issue is only for illegal immigrants these days from what I've seen. Haven't seen a native sell The Big Issue for at least 10 years.
@@ibiza1290 then you never saw me over the last three months, I get your point about the high lever of immigrants don't the big issue, but that being said, I know plenty of people whom aren't immigrants doing it, and they buy their magazines off me at the distribution point I run in Bishopsgate. But I sincerely wish you and your loved ones a happy Christmas.
@@DeanPorterEsq That's good to know. Merry Christmas mate.
@@ibiza1290 wish you well buddy
He looks like a very sociable person
he seems very approachable. When he started talking about easy money
I thought hold on Its not easy money its really hard money I think he wants to be around socialising with people because he is afraid of being alone the more places he frequents the more familiar he becomes with other patrons. This familiarity offers him a kind of protection & belonging
but he stated later that more much should be done for the homeless &
the housing shortage
Definitely worth its 10 minutes in this "Festive" Season
Enjoy this man's wisdom and wonder who is fitter to survive the rough times ahead , you or him . . .
Food for thought
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Thank you for all that you are and all that you continue to do mark!!!!!👑👑👑💜💜💜💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
I think homeless folk have so much to offer. God bless them all. And Mark is so good at raising awareness and showing the side that needs to be shown. Incredible channel.
This guy is so clever and wellspoken. He is right thats why im here, a worker looking at a homeless person and suddenly I feel alot better about myself.
You're doing a great service to the world with this channel.
I am homeless living in Plymouth UK 🇬🇧 for 4 years now. I need a break. I don't drink I don't do drugs and I don't beg. Hope this guy has a great Xmas given the circumstances. I receive £147 a month from the government, straight into my bank account. and that's to tax and insure my Mazda Bongo van to sleep in at night. But I'm left with no food or clothing, and hardly any means to be clean. I was in a long term realtionship for over 20 years, and when it ended I signed the house over to my Ex and Children, I cannot get help from anyone, I dread waking up every day as I fear no hope at the age of 43, I'd much rather going to prison if I'm honest but I'm being good so I'm always in my Children's lives...... I wish everyone the best of luck that's in the same situation as me.
Job?
@@patrickglennon6834 was self employed. List everything when I lost my partner 😢 fighting to get it all back. Beginning with a flat or house to rent with help from houseingbnenifit to begin with if I can.
I have lived out of a truck and worked construction, saved money and moved on. Obviously you have been through a lot, I am not making judgement, hang on as best you can.
@@patrickglennon6834 I'm trying lol
Bro try working for uber eats/deliveroo you can make lots of money very fast and easy.
hope he gets lots of luck in his future he is a great charcter ... thanks mark your a great guyx
People have changed too much they rude now with everything everybody with any kind of situation it’s a hard time for everyone
deffo agree with you
That’s very true, they’ve become selfish and entitled.
This guy is quiet happy beggining
All of these Clips make me cry man. Breaks my heart to hear these stories
What a great guy to interview, very insightful
God bless this man and the people who see them.
God bless you mark and anyone that's struggling. Be nice to people it's free
Known about this guy's chanel for four years now .he does a live on Sundays .great guy .we need more people like him to bring more awareness and hope
The many faces of invisible people the transparency of homelessness experiencing first-hand living quite literally on their own 2 feet..But he's a lovely man hope he made it 2👣
Nice bloke good to see people like him
He sounds like a smart guy to me. A friendly good guy. Wish him all the best.
Lots love from Ireland man.♥️💚
He seems happy with the way things are going for him. Easy money as he put it is the way to go for him.
Good Advent Merry Christmas 🎄🕊😻
An in the meantime billionaires buy their fifth, 10 bedroom villas, the prime minister spends tens of thousands of public money on "his" flat refurbishment and there ara luxurious town houses, completely empty in the centre of London. There's no justice left in this world.
May our god bless this man and keep him under your loving wings and keep him.🙏🙏🙏⚓⚓⚓
I have a homeless man just £2 and he had a lovely friendly dog and he told me that he could go to a hostel for £10 and take the dog. So the dog had a safe place to sleep.
It made me happy.
This man in the video is a strong person.
Paul please seek help for alcohol misuse. Life is short enough.
Have a safe 2022 Paul
God Bless. I feel so deeply for people’s struggles and I wish money wasn’t everything but it is..
Beautiful. I love what you are doing and its Transparency. ❤ Irish so honest people. The question is if this is a choice, or circumstance and or addiction, how can they be separated......& or prevented if recovery is possible.
It's heart broken to see the people sleep in the streets.
I hope this matter 'll end one day.
Poor man I hope he finds somewhere safe
It’s surprising how easily people become “accustomed” to dismal situations.
It's called "learned helplessness". Very quickly, people lose their ability to continue to fight and just content themselves with terrible conditions. It's especially common in people who had rough upbringings, due to neurotransmitter changes that situation causes.
opethfeldt Interesting. Makes sense.
He looks like a lovely person.
May they be saved and protected amen
amazing how a man made construct like money has one person sleeping on the streets and another living in luxury
He looks like a young man wearing a mask of an old person. His eyes are young
Interesting discussion. Paul is aware of his role and the game that is played. The game should change.
God bless u wonderful history keep strong I hope one day u have good place for u sleep 🙏🏾❤️🤗
Up until the end I was thinking he was just lazy and wanted a free ride with the society paying his way but then he said he'd be willing to work it changed my impression of him this is coming from someone that was homeless at one time in my life I pulled myself out and they can too as hard as it may be !!
I am glad you were able to get off the streets. I was lucky too. Not everyone has the access to support as we did. While I understand the thinking “if I can, anyone can” it’s not true. Not everyone is able to get the support they need, which is why we need to live on everyone until they can love themselves
@@InvisiblePeople Mark, To a degree you have to make your own luck! Just sitting there and wishing for said luck doesn't make it happen. You have to want it! Some will never want to change course. Don't beat your head against the wall. You can only do so much!
Don't understand why people seem to think homeless equals lazy. Free ride? Not everyone that is homeless begs for money. At least you admit you are ignorant.
Christy Moores song "Missing You" comes to mind .... answers a lot of questions here..stay safe Paul
A good example of some people who don't mind being homeless.
For someone in this situation to survive, I think they must find somewhere to obtain shelter and somewhere where they can have a bath or shower.
Homelessness is so rampant worldwide it’s not even a nightmare anymore, it’s just another dream.
Bad dream
@@mariaa.5829
Dream as in not good or bad , meaning the thing you do when you sleep.
You got a point,homelessness is increasing a lot in my hometown..
Sleeping Rough in winter is so bad, i hope that man always healty
His three wishes encapsulated those around him who are suffering. What great instincts.
I hope he bounces back and get a better life for himself...UK Gov. should take care of its citizens first.
God bless him
He seems like a clever guy. Who has maybe become too used to this way of life ? I do hope manages to turn his life around. Nobody should be homeless Good luck to ya fella xx
I wish this 2022 be a good year for homeless people and they get a house, a job and a better life soon !!!.
I've never heard the "easy money" phenomenon explained like that. That was a bit of education for me.
Cant believe how many busses pass by
Buses are everywhere
He has very sad soulful eyes
I am 20 years old currently and I have recently become homeless a little over a week ago now. Without a valid ID at the moment it is near impossible to get any help from my state. I have to depend and hope for a place in a shelter and even then it's never a guarantee. It is freezing in Vermont at the moment. And everyday I wake up horrified on where I'll go that night, and where I'll get the next meal in my stomach. I'm mentally drained already, and I feel weak. I feel like no one even remotely wants to help or cares about me. I feel stuck in a loop I don't know how to get out of. But you're videos bring me hope. Hope that some day I'll have my very own roof over my head, and plenty of food in my stomach as well as a stable job. I hope someday our path can meet. After all the world works in mysterious ways sometimes. Hope all is well. I'm hanging in there.
It's not a crisis to everyone just because you think it is
This could be anyone of us. Be kind to each other, and do what you can locally to help your fellow humans.
I feel like there will always be homelessness as long as people prefer the "easy money".
Sadly also those who are locked into addictions REGARDLESS OF THOSE WHO LOVE THEM💔💔💔
This makes total sense. There is the sense that there is comfort in the familiar survival mechanism and it would be hard to potentially face even more hardship by risking that routine. Social capital is everything and this man, although at risk of hypothermia, has a tonne of social capital. How do we preserve the social capital while jointly preserving health and wellbeing in providing adequate stress free housing and work?
Thanks for your work ♡
That sucks I think there’s a need more affordable housing
How affordable would it need to be to end homelessness in your opinion?
@@Richard_Straker modular affordable housing could be a solution
To the housing shortage,
@@Richard_Straker Anybody on minimum wage should be able to rent a home surly the boomers did and had money at end of week to go Social club for a drink along with raiding kids what happened Richard why is society so expensive today for the next generation, could it be that the boomers are the only generation to have robbed their children generation. ?
I’m sceptical that lack of affordable housing is even the problem here. It would need to be free for some of these people and that comes with stipulations they don’t wish to comply with. I don’t think Generation Rent’s inability to buy is in any way linked to rough sleeping.
@@Richard_Straker Absolutely garbage the conservatives sold of council housing via right to buy most with a 85% discount now look a housing crisis, now look the youth have to pay £1200 a month the boomers have robbed their children and created a housing crisis also they have voted for Brexit which will destroy the youths future as well, the youth will have to pick up the mess left behind.
It's just as bad in the United States for homeless. Something I really didn't know, lack of sleep is the biggest problem. It tears a person up big time.
well said , sleep is when a body heals itself of the days aches and pains , getting woken up every few houes and tokd to move on is a health risk ,and your health can fall quickly if you aint warm dry well fed and rested
Best regards to this guy.......
I saw this guy on the tube a long, long time ago, late at night leaving central London. I ran onto the carriage before the doors closed behind me & I can tell the guy I passed had been drinking (stank of booze). After the tube doors closed he started yelling out. I thought he was yelling at himself or everyone present - couldn’t work it out, which was uncomfortable as I was on my own, I decided next stop I’d change carriages.. but in the space of 2mins it turned out he had it in for another passenger. I looked around & there were two other people in the tube carriage, plus him. Not anywhere near him! They avoided looking at him, me too. Then just as the tube was about to stop at the station, he completely walked up, crossed the carriage & punches this man (a business man minding his own business) right up into his nose and breaks it. I heard the crack. The man was in total disbelief - a grown man writhing around in pain and crying his eyes out. Totally unexpected. Traumatised. This wise guy kept ranting about Londoners being better than what they think they are.. I managed to drag the man off the train carriage before the doors quickly shut again & steered him toward exit escalators. I ran up the escalators to get help. No guard. The victim was devastated and just wanted to go home. I called the police when we got to ground level but they took forever to respond. This guy got away. I swore I’d never forget his face and here he is. Drugs or being so sloshed you can’t think straight in my experience creates monsters. The actions these people do to themselves and others in this state is truly horrifying.
Stop making stuff up
I saw Red76 on the tube once and he was crawling across the floor making dog noises. People were freaking out. I remember, he slowly crawled towards one paralyzed woman, just to lick her shoes. It was TERRIFYING. True story look it up
@@abdurahmanmohamed3378 😂
Cool story
This guy is a handsome silver fox. All he needs is his lower tooth fixed and throw him in a suit and he'd look like any successful guy. Just shows we're all the same at the end of the day. I hope this man finds some blessings in life because he seems like a good man.
I wear mark Darcey of London and no one knows I'm homeless.
Thankfully I'm in work but if I loose my job I'll be in trouble, no one will give to a beger in a £250 suit.
i regularly give bits of change to homeless men (and most of them are men) in the UK. The main reasons are: 1) I have been homeless sleeping out of a car and have been evicted several times so I have been there; 2) You never know when your time will come and so I feel we must acknowledge others having ended up in such a disadvantaged position; and 3) Giving change helps a little, gives hope to such people and buys you blessings (remember that), plus it does not have to be much or all the time.
I sometimes have to knock people back as you can be seen as a soft touch and I tell them honestly as well, so you have to have the strength and balance to go either way. I see people deliberately ignoring the situation all the time as if they are special and nothing can ever go wrong for them. That is a bad move as we are all connected some how, and fear is not an excuse. Giving a little is not going to break you and if it helps a little why not?
What is sickening is that the establishment/government/state or whatever you want to call it has plenty of resources, through all the tax they steal from us (official or stealth tax ) and could easily help these people out. But they cannot be fucked just like in the USA with the street sweep scam that is going on. People should reject government and authority operatives as they are no use and not needed and never were in my view. I would have thought that was obvious by now particularly in the wake of the covid19 global fraud.
Food , Clothing , and Shelter . The basics for us all
This man does not want to change what he is doing.
Or there is no support to help people change. Everyone needs help. Some people fall through the gaps in the safety net. We need to love on them until they can love on themselves. While I was never homeless in the UK, I was Paul on Hollywood Blvd using drugs to escape the pain of my past. We must help Paul and others like him. Not only is it the right thing to do, it saves taxpayer money.
@@InvisiblePeople Thank you for all you do to shine light on this. Your work is greatly appreciated.
@infamous, I echo your sentiments, invisible people is dedicated in raising awareness, I look at homeless people differently since I started watching this channel, they are humans, let’s be kind to each other
he is exactly WHERE HE WANTS to be
or now maybe , but what about the time he decides to return back to society , will he have any options or just obstacles ?
@@tomfinney3416 he is an alcoholic, an incurable alcoholic. Because he is not not not a FUNCTIONAL alcoholic, either - he cant return to society
Swep should of kicked in depending on temp
He seems to like it. Smh.