Skegness Magazine

Skegness Video was invited into the camp of the homeless people on Skegness Beach, situated amongst the scrub near the North Parade Pullover.

We were greeted with a warm reception from the group, who appeared very friendly and co-operative.
One of the guys us that they had been there around four weeks, having been moved on by East Lindsey District Council from the south beach.

The camp consisted of two tents and several people, men and women. There was a camp fire which served for warmth and cooking purposes.

Looking at the rubbish littering the scrub, the homeless people were anxious to tell us that this was not their rubbish, and pointed to rusty cans which were obviously more that four weeks old. East Lindsey District Council had provided them with purple rubbish bags which were to be placed just outside the camp ready for collection.

Whist we were in the camp, a police officer came in to check all was well.

As we were taking the pictures below, another camp member, David, retuned with wood for the fire. He agreed to a video interview and tells us his views in the video.

I was time for us to go, and the homeless people shook our hand as wished us well.

In the video David says that the reason they are there is because the Council keep moving them on until they end up in another county, passing their problems onto someone else. He says that this is not the way to solve the problem - the Council should address the problem instead of passing it on to someone else.

The whole experience was very enlightening, raising some very pertinent questions:

Are these people the Council’s responsibility?

Just as much so as any other persons who cannot support themselves?

Tell us what YOU think in the comments box below.

video coming soon