who is responsible ?
nhs no helping squatters in winter health deterierate
the story goes like this , I've found myself in a position where I've been squatting since I moved to Bristol at the end of April to live on the st Werburghs eco village project and on monday I was evicted from my flat near stokes croft after having a good run of maybe 5 months in there, wich was nice. being made homeless I had to find a new home as the streets are damn cold at the moment , allthough I have plenty friends who offer a couch to crash on I'd rather avoid that and have a place I can relax abit in peace when I need to and I have no idea how to access the services provided for homeless people in Bristol and to be completely honest I wouldn't want to live in government sheltered accomadation as I like living with like minded politicised people in the activist squatting community and I don't think living alongside people wich may have serious substance missuse problems is for me + I am on no benifits or have no intention to be on any benifits so I am probably not elligable for help from government agencies. this brings me to the point where i moved into a NHS owned building on monday , it was in the past used as hospital staff accomadation and now isn't used as there are a few cracks in the building (scaffolding all around it some structural damage) and is probably deemed unsafe for human habitation. the building inside is clean and dry with running water , electric oven , lights and once I got an electric heater on it warmed up abit. this place is currently housing myself and upto 4 others and maybe another 8 friends who have been evicted from there place today.we where discovered in the building yesterday midday first but I wont go into the madness of that little saga now ,then in the evening as someone saw us entering through the front window as this is our easiest access, the person phoned the police and soon after hospital security and police turned up. I'll skip some details as it's not all that important to my overall point but I will say one very enraged security gaurd shouted at me saying "remember your taking the food out my childs mouth" this was so ridiculous that I had to laugh. anyway we have court on wednesday the case is for an IPO immediate possesion order wich means that we will have to be out within 24 hours if the judge awards the claiments (the NHS) the IPO they want. The point is that when the NHS legal department rep says this is for your safety it is a ridiculous statement as I'd much rather take my chances in a very slowly subsiding building than homeless on the streets of Bristol in the cold, wich will cause myself alot of stress and could potentially lead to me getting ill due to the cold. the question I ask is why does the NHS rep , the police or anyone else hand me no leaflet on how to get tempory housing as to not be homeless and possibly end up using their services costing money when my health deterierates or even I may have to and will squat another place wich inturn ends up using up police time and court time in the end, why is the government making cuts to homeless services and then not utilizing all the empty buildings they own to house people in winter ? why do the people who make these decisions not see the fuckery of not helping people when they can ? why do I get the feeling when I start tracking down who the desicion makers are they will try and shift the responserbility onto another department over and over again. I will find out who the people who let us down are and I wil name and shame them untill changes in policy are made so people can get help. squatters - I do hate that word due to all the negative preconceptions that are attached to it - yes squatters the catergory of people who take things into their own hands and support each other the best they can - why is it we have no liaison officer in the council like the travellers do ? we are a minority who are persecuted and disscriminated against by the ones up high who hold the power. basically NHS it is your duty as with all government agencies and people in general to help everyone the best you can however you can , so if you do not , you should be ashamed of yourself and don't even think about using the excuse that you're just doing your job, if the orders you are given are fucked up then it's a moral duty to question them and not let fear that you'll be treated as if you're rocking the boat , a trouble maker or any other bullying tactic that powerfull people use to keep people doing shit things to everyday people like yourselves. sorry this may be abit of a rant and that my grammer and spelling is crap but I think you can see what I'm getting at here . let us all stand together against the extremely small amount of people who are the ruling elite that manipulate society to keep themselves in a position of ridiculous wealth/power or atleast enough of us stand together to make a difference , stand together and share what we have everyday not just go on a march for a day. unite for change. SHAME ON THE NHS !!!!!!!!!!! p.s I will not shut up and I will not accept stupid ideas like that's just the way it is, we must purserveer untill we make change happen. brothers and sisters thank you for reading.. bless UP ^