A double-decker bus has been turned into a shelter for the homeless.
It’s a news story – covered by the BBC – from the Isle of Wight where charity worker Kevin Newton has created a ‘Bus Shelter’ to help those sleeping rough.
Here in Bath we tend to moan about the gulls above our heads but choose to ignore the individuals sleeping in empty shop doorways at our feet.
Are we not ashamed to show our millions of annual visitors the poor souls bedded down amongst the terraces and crescents of Georgian splendour and ‘palaces’ of consumer spending.
A double-decker bus shelter parked down on the Cattle Market car park would be a good start.
A collection at rugby and football matches – plus another road race specifically organised to help the city’s homeless – might be a way of giving this new ‘push’ some great publicity.
Maybe we should look up from our mobile phone screens and take note of the carved relief on The Min above our heads. It is a social and charitable message for today too.
