He told me he had lost his flat two years earlier because he got caught growing two plants of weed in the kitchen, something he said was the"biggest mistake" of his life.
Fundraisers added they were looking into setting up a trust fund so that when the time comes to allocate the money it can be released.North Somerset Council said they could not engage with Andy because of"data protection" and Andy said he tried to speak to the social services department, but they could not help either.
This week I returned to Weston-super-Mare to track Tom down. For a few hours he was nowhere to be seen. But I eventually found him on the high street. Back sleeping rough. Back to square one. The council says the responsibility is on a homeless person to engage with the services around them not the other way around and said it was"not appropriate" to comment on why he was turned away from the council offices.
"North Somerset can't build council houses, we have to get a housing association to do that so we are limited in terms of how we can deliver the accommodation on the ground.
Tory Britain
Don Davies leader of the council, try and be a bit more helpful , isn’t it in the Housing Act ?
Why are stories like this becoming so normal that it doesn't move me anymore? I can't believe after 9 years of Tory government, they got voted in for another 5.
Madness
What’s stopping him renting his own flat with the £10,000 can you tell me that
Why doesnt the guy who raised the money take him in and help him 🤔
This is crazy - it’s like we can’t work out a piss up in a brewery
If I was on the receiving end of the donations I'd have a roof over my head and food in my belly! Something doesn't add up there!
“Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho”
I'll bet he can get smack.
Did he spend your donation on hookers and blow?
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