S2 foodbank collection at WBA game

[blackydog]

https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2018/november/foodbank/

Chance to help those less well off this Christmas and portray the Blades in a good light hopefully.
Plenty of collection points around the ground.
No connection, just heard it on the radio.
Sorry if I am breaking any rules Foxy Linz if so please remove.

 

[BLADES1988]

Saw this on twatter

 

[Danny_Boy]

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They should ask for toiletries after Christmas. Be a shed load of Linx gift sets going!

 

[Stretch]

Britain 2018. What a time to be alive.

 

[Worksop II]

If Hendo does that again, there will be some late date Veg heading towards his area .......

 

[madeinsheffield]

Why not call round straight after match with what's left of the warm pies?

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

We've got one multi millionaire property developer owner. We've got another owner who is s member of the Saudi Riyal Family. Our Polyester suppliers are Adidas, a multi-billion company. Yet, our millionaire players are fronting up, asking me & you to put a tin of soup in a box so that the kids down the street don't go to bed with an empty stomach. Grotesque. Not having that. As was once sang
Too many Florence Nightingales
Not enough Robin Hoods.....

 

[blackydog]

Why not call round straight after match with what's left of the warm pies?

You want to make them ill as well as hungry?

 

[BigBed]

NO TUNA PLEASE!

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

We've got one multi millionaire property developer owner. We've got another owner who is s member of the Saudi Riyal Family. Our Polyester suppliers are Adidas, a multi-billion company. Yet, our millionaire players are fronting up, asking me & you to put a tin of soup in a box so that the kids down the street don't go to bed with an empty stomach. Grotesque. Not having that. As was once sang
Too many Florence Nightingales
Not enough Robin Hoods.....

Do you know if any of these people/companies you have mentioned have or have not given anything to charity?

It may well be that for every tin of soup fans give they might put in 10 but might not want to make a song and dance about it

 

[BigBed]

We've got one multi millionaire property developer owner. We've got another owner who is s member of the Saudi Riyal Family. Our Polyester suppliers are Adidas, a multi-billion company. Yet, our millionaire players are fronting up, asking me & you to put a tin of soup in a box so that the kids down the street don't go to bed with an empty stomach. Grotesque. Not having that. As was once sang
Too many Florence Nightingales
Not enough Robin Hoods.....

SOUP!!, you tight bastard!

 

[bornablade]

We are supposed to be something like the 5th richest economy in the world and we have bloody Food banks.

Pre 1979 (what a crap year that was in so many respects) most homeless people in Sheffield were known by their name. Nowadays there are so many homeless people you just couldn't keep up with knowing them by their name.

In the 1960's the word 'benefit' was an alternative name for a testimonial game. Now it's taken on a whole new meaning.

We are supposed to live in a democracy and yet just over 2 years ago we voted to leave the EU and there are those who won't accept the result and want another vote.

The Prime Minister (whether you like her or not is irrelevant) wins a vote and there are those who still want her to resign. Where's the democratic logic in that?

What a bloody mess we've made of this country.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Please remember to remove tops from the plastic bottles of drinks you donate.......

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Do you know if any of these people/companies you have mentioned have or have not given anything to charity?

It may well be that for every tin of soup fans give they might put in 10 but might not want to make a song and dance about it

I do not mind if Charities ask for donations. I do not mind if people donate to Charities. I don't like football clubs playing look at me me me with my big bollocks & how worthy I am. Just cross the ball to the back post, get a good leap in & try to direct it towards goal. Food needs to be bought by money earned by the people consuming it. If that is not possible, food needs to be bought by money provided through tax for the social security of those who can't afford to pay. Money provided anonymously & fairly - not by rattling a tin. I am proud to shout - I try and help as many people as I can through taxation - as I myself was helped by the midwife, doctors, nurses, teachers and even Coppers paid by the taxation of other people.
Grotesque....
Too many Halos
Not enough Heroes

 

[TTMeysh]

We are supposed to be something like the 5th richest economy in the world and we have bloody Food banks.

To be honest, if free stuff had been available in the 70s we'd have been there like a shot. But nobody had then thought to set up 'food banks' as a means to score some PR points against the government.

 

[Sean Thornton]

To be honest, if free stuff had been available in the 70s we'd have been there like a shot. But nobody had then thought to set up 'food banks' as a means to score some PR points against the government.

What happened in the seventies is you went on strike, got your strike pay and put it over the bar at the club the same day while moaning that your kids had nothing to eat........

 

[blackydog]

What happened in the seventies is you went on strike, got your strike pay and put it over the bar at the club the same day while moaning that your kids had nothing to eat........

Well priorities Sean, priorities.

 

[Bladeloyal]

Where does all this end ,who decides who is worthy of a food parcel , does anybody really starve in the uk ,or is it just middle class people making themselves feel good .shame is this country will never have a government that tackles these problems the more growth this country sees the average man gets less .

 

[8lade]

To be honest, if free stuff had been available in the 70s we'd have been there like a shot. But nobody had then thought to set up 'food banks' as a means to score some PR points against the government.

Free stuff was available and I benefitted from it, however in an age where dignity had not yet been discovered, everybody in my class at school was reminded I was getting free meals by the teacher at the beginning of each week. My(our) generation resorted to these things as a necessity not 'to get something for nothing'.

 

[knowsnowt]

I know of 2 people blagging the food banks when they can afford to eat, both on full disability when there's fuxk all wrong with them. They're better off than me and I work full time. Just allows them to buy more cans and weed.

 

[N20 Blade]

Where does all this end ,who decides who is worthy of a food parcel , does anybody really starve in the uk ,or is it just middle class people making themselves feel good .shame is this country will never have a government that tackles these problems the more growth this country sees the average man gets less .

I remember in 1984/5 my mum sending weekly food and clothing parcels to miners' families in South Yorkshire, there was lots of talk of Ethiopia at the time but there were serious problems far closer to home. You're right, due to monetarism, society has degenerated and suffered ever since, to the extent that we're numbed to the horrors of poverty and homelessness. If it takes a few middle class Blades to fill tummies and bring smiles to some children's faces, so be it, no matter how appalling it is.

 

[Cheets]

Sometimes you have to just applaud the club for facilitating something that is a good thing to do if people choose to do so, without having to get into the politics of why people are homeless, etc.

 

[Bert]

Bert can remember the days when you could go to The Lane just to watch the match.
You didn't have to be fighting homophobia, poverty or racism etc as well.

 

[Harrisblade]

We've got one multi millionaire property developer owner. We've got another owner who is s member of the Saudi Riyal Family. Our Polyester suppliers are Adidas, a multi-billion company. Yet, our millionaire players are fronting up, asking me & you to put a tin of soup in a box so that the kids down the street don't go to bed with an empty stomach. Grotesque. Not having that. As was once sang
Too many Florence Nightingales
Not enough Robin Hoods.....

Don't contribute then - it's not compulsory

 

[Harrisblade]

I know of 2 people blagging the food banks when they can afford to eat, both on full disability when there's fuxk all wrong with them. They're better off than me and I work full time. Just allows them to buy more cans and weed.

You can use this link:
https://www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud

 

[Harrisblade]

Bert can remember the days when you could go to The Lane just to watch the match.
You didn't have to be fighting homophobia, poverty or racism etc as well.

You still don't.
You can if you want, but you don't have to

 

[Smirth]

Football clubs are at the centre of a lot of communities and initiatives like this, which aren’t controversial, should be encouraged.

It is ultimately free choice if people choose to get involved and donate, and no aspersions should be cast on those that don’t choose to donate, it is their choice and that is absolutely fine. But the club is using its position in the community to help increase awareness and do some good which it should be commended for.

I do have issues with some of the lengths football clubs go to for occasions such as Remembrance Day or when paying tribute to people. But initiatives such as this aren’t controversial and don’t force people to do anything they don’t agree with.

 

[Ted Danson]

I know of 2 people blagging the food banks when they can afford to eat, both on full disability when there's fuxk all wrong with them. They're better off than me and I work full time. Just allows them to buy more cans and weed.

It's like we keep getting told about these poor nurses who need to go to food banks. The basic salary for a nurse is over 22k why the fuck do they need to goto foodbanks? Budgeting lessons would be better

 

[Cradleyblade]

I do not mind if Charities ask for donations. I do not mind if people donate to Charities. I don't like football clubs playing look at me me me with my big bollocks & how worthy I am. Just cross the ball to the back post, get a good leap in & try to direct it towards goal. Food needs to be bought by money earned by the people consuming it. If that is not possible, food needs to be bought by money provided through tax for the social security of those who can't afford to pay. Money provided anonymously & fairly - not by rattling a tin. I am proud to shout - I try and help as many people as I can through taxation - as I myself was helped by the midwife, doctors, nurses, teachers and even Coppers paid by the taxation of other people.
Grotesque....
Too many Halos
Not enough Heroes

I usually agree with what you post but in this case I can't. In this day and age with the policy of enforced austerity foisted on us by a government that is totally out of touch with reality even people who are working are often not earning enough to put food on the table (and at the same time not earning enough to contribute by paying taxes as you obviously can). The club is to be applauded for trying to help these people unjustly penalised and ignored by an uncaring government.

 

[Cradleyblade]

It's like we keep getting told about these poor nurses who need to go to food banks. The basic salary for a nurse is over 22k why the fuck do they need to goto foodbanks? Budgeting lessons would be better

Not when they are training they don't and don't forget it was this government who got rid of the bursaries for nurse training thereby putting them in debt at the end of their training.