Eden City Outreach
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My name is Allison Charles, I am the founder and Chief Executive of EDEN City Outreach. I have lived in Tower Hamlets since 2001. Over the last decade I have found life increasingly challenging, the effort required simply 'survive' day-to-day can be deeply distressing, financially depleting and psychologically debilitating.
Eden City Outreach
4y ago
Chancellor Sunak remarked, “Let me say this: We will get through this - together. The British people may be worried, but they are not daunted.” ...The empty shelves and fortnight delay for essentials such as toilet paper and sanitizing hand gel—the result of panic buying and hoarding—told a different story—the truth ..read more
Eden City Outreach
4y ago
Do you still allow yourself the luxury of daydreams? What do you dream? Last night I watched my first and last dystopian—mankind wages war against its oppressors—disaster movie for 2020. By conscious choice I might add. I refuse to believe the only way to overcome abuse, oppression and deprivation is warfare, violence and death; courage ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
We can change the way we do politics in 21st century Britain if we are prepared to change the way we do life: It begins with recognising the value of every life, the importance of the ‘local community’ and the necessity for ‘community collectives ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
It’s 10:58 on Saturday morning and I’ve just had a brief and disappointing chat with a representative from Tower Hamlets Councils ‘Liveable Streets’ programme. No disrespect to the operative, she was personable and articulate but, unfortunately, unhelpful. But I don’t perceive that to be entirely her fault either. A group of 4-6 residents are congregated ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
‘Adapt, or perish’ is at the core of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; it would later be perverted into the more commonly espoused ‘survival of the fittest’. Today, we are facing an evolutionary phenomenon that, without sinking to gratuitous sensationalism, could easily be entitled ‘the extinction of the weakest’—and it is entirely man-made. Events that ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
We want change, but we won’t change. The truth is, we are the change we long for. Or rather, we must ‘become’ the change we want to see in others—community, public servants, even governments. That slogan has been attributed to everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Walt Disney, and even Albert Einstein… in a fashion. Actually ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
Each ant, regardless of colony, is vital to the survival of the overall society—as is each human being to their community. Attenborough observed only one other species on the planet evidencing this capacity for ‘Super Societies’—US ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
If these Independent Reviews fail to address public concerns, we, as citizen’s working together, can consider bringing a criminal case against the FOS and/or proceedings against the Treasury Committee for material breaches under the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
The British Justice system is badly failing its most vulnerable users. That was the 2015 appraisal of former Justice Secretary, Michael Gove. He’ll get no argument from me. What I take issue with is the failure of this Government to exercise its responsibility—no ‘public duty’—to right the wrong that has worsened commensurate with its skeletonising ..read more
Eden City Outreach
5y ago
I am one of a faceless, voiceless majority—helpless, whilst the vehicle we call ‘democracy’ careers precariously through one disaster after another, seldom stopping for casualties. We, its hostages, can do nothing but watch ..read more