How can this be allowed to happen in 2018?

I felt this post had to be shared,[from a lady who runs a homeless shelter in London], we all need to do more, this is just so morally wrong in this day and age....

here is her post..............

I’ve thought long and hard about posting this, but it’s really important so here goes...

On Christmas Eve a guest died in our homeless shelter. He lay down under a blanket on the floor in the sleeping area and never got up again.

In breaking the news to our volunteers and guests I said that it was a gentle death. He died of natural causes. The paramedics, police, fellow guests and volunteers did everything they could to keep him alive and respect his dignity. He was somewhere warm and dry with people who cared. At least he wasn’t out on the street.

Everything I said was true. But the bit I missed out was how bloody angry I felt. No one should be taking their last breath in a place like this - on the floor of a sports hall, in a makeshift dormitory shared with 130 other people who had nowhere else to go.

We are not living in Victorian times. This is 21st century Britain. We’re a nation that spends more than ￡78billion on Christmas food, gifts and parties... and yet more and more people are living on our streets - curled up in doorways, on buses, park benches, even in dustbins. The average age of death for a homeless person in this country is just 47. We should all be horrified.

In 2018 let’s all try a bit harder to put an end to this shit. Donate some time or money to a homeless charity, add your name to Crisis’ and Shelter’s campaigns, shout at your local MP. Be angry, be appalled, be anything you like - just don’t ignore it!

''IF'' you have read this far then the gallery[North East Art Collective in Eldon Garden Shopping Centre] is selling the attached prints at ￡50 each with the entire proceeds going to the Newcastle Foodbank..The Original sold for ￡1,000 and again the whole amount went to the charity.