763. Electricity top up

Put £15 on the meter for one of the chaps that sits and passively begs in the shopping precinct. He was delighted because now he can be warm, and have a shower, and be seen to be contributing to the household where he’s living with some other guys. He is an ex drug user, he’s likely to get his own place soon, he was on street drugs, then moved onto taking a once a month injection from the hospital which is given as part of a controlled detox from opiates. The next stage is withdrawal from the monthly injection, which brings on full withdrawal from the heroin, and this is done in hospital where he will stay for a week or more. After that he will be housed in his own flat somewhere. He’s genuine about getting his life back.

£15 from subscriber fund