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Workmates Pay For Homeless Bristol Woman To Stay Overnight In A Hotel

Workmates Pay For Homeless Bristol Woman To Stay Overnight In A Hotel

Three workmates met a homeless woman during their night out. When they found out she had nowhere to go, they stumped up for a hotel for her

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Talk of homelessness has been on the rise recently, probably because homelessness itself has, too - there's a crisis in the UK right now that many people are trying to fix but from which a solution seems very far.

Thankfully, some people are taking it upon themselves to do what they can to help - while out in Bristol on a work Christmas party on Friday 15 December, three men came across an elderly homeless woman as they were walking down the street.

According to the Bristol Post, instead of walking past the homeless 71-year-old on Baldwin Street, Roger Hartigan, Joe Rich and David Harrison stopped and talked to her, only to learn she had nowhere to go.

Credit: SWNS

To make matters worse, all she had to protect her from the cold weather were some plastic bags. According to Roger, he and his workmates decided they couldn't just leave her out there in the cold so instead found and paid for a hotel for her for the night.

"It was about 9pm," Roger, 43, told the paper. "We had just left The Crown in Corn Street.

"I saw this woman and she looked very fragile. She said she was 71 years old and had nowhere to go. We gave her some money and some cigarettes and we tried to hire her a taxi to take her to a hotel - but none would stop.

"So some of the guys ran ahead to find a hotel with a spare room and I walked with her through the centre of town, carrying her stuff.

"Then one of the lads called to say they'd found a room in a hotel opposite the Hippodrome. We walked her there and checked her in."

While the homeless woman didn't give her name, she told the trio that she'd been living on the streets of Bristol for 18 years.

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"She was just so vulnerable," said Roger. "There was no way I could leave her."

"I think she was a bit shocked at what was happening when I said we'd find her a hotel, but I reassured her we weren't taking the mick - we just wanted to make sure she was safe."

The three men walked her to a hotel - believed to be the Radisson Blu in Broad Quay - and paid £145 ($194) for woman to stay the night there before continuing with their night out.

Of course, it's not going to solve the problem in the long-term, but at the end of the day it's still a heartwarming gesture that perfectly demonstrates the kindness of strangers.

Words: Mischa Pearlman

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: UK News, Bristol, Hotel, Homeless