Surviving The Dangerous Streets Of Birmingham: Homeless Britain 🇬🇧

Welcome to Birmingham. The heart of the Midlands of the UK, with a metropolitan population 4.3million, this is a big city with big city problems. Birmingham has also recently declared itself bankrupt, the local council having developed an unsustainable deficit. This will no doubt lead to further local service cuts to an already strained infrastructure, leading the poorest to be hit the hardest. Those at the lowest level of the poverty heirarchy, the homeless, suffer from exposure to violent crime and harsh conditions living on the dangerous streets. Substance abuse and assault are an every day occurance for those that live on the streets in the city. Join me as I explore the city centre and learn what life is really like for the homeless people in Birmingham in 2023.
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[@Jocov187]

*I was homeless, got into drug's went to prison and then I got to know Jesus and he changed my life...Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $50,000 in 2months . I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is absolutely more than enough! Now I have a new identity and a child of God*

[@_Michel477]

Hello how do you make such monthly ?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.

[@Clatha17]

I work at a restaurant here in Houston Texas. Things have been really difficult as I'm a single mom and trying my best to pay bills and take care of my daughters.

[@Jocov187]

I started pretty low though, $2000 thereabouts. The returns came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Ava Brenda Harry you're a miracle ​@@_Michel477

[@Selva211]

Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately

[@PamelaArmstrong-zc4ik]

I know this lady just mentioned here . She's really good with and on her job. She's helped a couple of families and individuals' finances

[@carltwidle9046]

I once was homeless in my forties. I had a problem with alcohol. I was drinking the rent money and got evicted from my flat. It was horrible. I kept drinking. My brother stepped in and helped me get off the streets. I didn't want him to do that at first , because i didn't want to be a burden on him. I am in my sixties now and my life is better. I have sobriety.

[@Frank75288]

🫡👍💪

[@Trylobyte]

Well done. Its not easy to claw your way back out of that situation.

[@carltwidle9046]

@@Trylobyte I didn't claw my way out of it. The good lord eased it for me.

[@norfolkronin6307]

Good on you Carl. Never too late for anyone. You've proved that. Bless you Soldier. Takecare

[@carltwidle9046]

@@norfolkronin6307 Thank you

[@JimH-pb5zg]

Bless them these people deserve so much respect life can change at anytime for anyone! Big respect and god bless homeless people

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

I cant have respect for people who have none for themselves.

[@SpencerCJ]

Sounds like you have a lot of prescriptive judgements of these people youve never talked to@@rogermoore-gd9do

[@rajansapkota858]

It is so shocking to see the most beautiful city of the UK in such a mess , I was there as Asylum Seeker in the year 2003 , I m from Nepal got back to Nepal in 2012 , it’s so nostalgic to watch this video , hope Birmingham will rise again to its glorious heights, Praying

[@happyapple4269]

Why were you seeking asylum from Nepal? There was no war .

[@oscardighton8580]

@@happyapple4269there was in early 2000s

[@billygd100]

he went back - so it sounds genuine to me @@happyapple4269

[@lolerzzz]

@@happyapple4269 There was literally a civil war in Napal from the 1996-2006 :)

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

I'm glad you liked Birmingham, but I don't think there's a single British person who would call it a beautiful city, let alone the mosy beautiful in the UK. This comment did make me smile though. Glad your life has improved.

[@KevinTalbotTV]

stealing from the homeless has got to be the lowest of the low. What are we paying our taxes for? high tax high crime, this country is done, im out.

[@WendallExplores]

Where would you escape to?

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

oh...maybe Kev didn't mean an actual escape!@@WendallExplores

[@Yoyo-01]

hey Kev, more sledge content pls :)

[@Yoyo-01]

@@emmaearnshaw3282 he bought a house on Isle of Mann.

[@victoria.xseven7913]

I think i saw this in Manchester, a likely homelesss guy was deunk laid out on the street ...someone had put something in his hand like some money, maybe a note, a passerby went in without any shame and prized it from his hand. What else could have been happening there? I gave the thief a really, really dirty look and he just blanked me.

[@tguest37]

Society is rotting with sin, arrogance, superficiality, greed, and ignorance

[@markgreet3543]

And allways has been.

[@1414141x]

Very helpful.

[@wayneandrews9298]

has it only just clicked

[@charliechurch5004]

Ok.... That helped things to state that meaningless comment 😂

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

With intent from a certain people who pull the strings above politicians.

[@RomaCharly]

I was shocked when news broke out Birmingham council was bankrupt but it's even more shocking how much Birmingham has gone downhill since I was last there, up to about 10 years ago I visited there regularly & always loved staying there, this Govt has hell of a lot to answer for the way they have ruined the UK

[@Steeley67520]

They have wasted millions on diversity and inclusion training, replacing street names etc Labour run Birmingham council has gone full on woke.

[@RomaCharly]

@@Steeley67520 Birmingham is multi cultural so it makes sense to have diversity & inclusion training I don't see that as a waste of money, as for the street names maybe they needed replacing signs don't last forever

[@Steeley67520]

@@RomaCharly They haven't replaced old signs for new ones, they have re-named streets to new names like Unity street and Diversity close. I was brought up in Winson Green and Handsworth Wood, I left 20 years ago, smartest move I've ever done.

[@SwissCheese112]

why would you change your country for other people? @@RomaCharly

[@cryptosammy]

It’s never been up hill always has been a shit hole always will be

[@blacktarroses3108]

Spent 7 years street homeless and drug addicted in this city.......thank god for the people of this city, it was with their help that I survived and got out........great people, great city!

[@David-uf8ex]

The country has become a tale of two cities the obscene rich and good people trodden into the dirt . Something has to give the tension is building

[@nicholashindle2084]

A while ago I would strongly disagree with you.,but you are absolutely right and it’s turning quickly, ordinary people are completely pissed off with everything and can’t take much more.

[@Bhodisatvas]

This inequality in society was the norm throughout history. We got a little leveling after WW2 when incentives were needed to rebuild but it has took less than a century to slip back into systematic abuse of humanity for self empowerment and it will never ever change.

[@nicholashindle2084]

@@Bhodisatvas spot on my friend

[@sabar2453]

It is, but people still think the problem is migration, they still take their politics from papers like the sun/mirror and mail.

[@anarki777]

I didn't see a single good person in this video.

[@russelldavis8415]

I was in Belfast long ago in the 80s outside one of the city gates x23 I think it was, there was a regular older looking homeless guy who would sleep there most nights, (usually drunk and would wet himself) one of the civil search units (a woman) told us he used to be a surgeon, one night when he was working at hospital a bomb went off and the victims were taken to hospital, turns out some of the victims were family members that he could not save, and it broke him physically and mentally, A story I will ever forget, and never rush to judge homeless people.

[@mrnice7570]

I wish more people understood this, these people have rich stories, experiences and backgrounds and most importantly never think it couldn't happen to you/me

[@guzzergusher]

They were winding you up, he just spent all his rent on backy and scrumpy 😂

[@terrylarkin7380]

My family migrated to Australia from Lozells in Birmingham way back in 1967........ I was 6. I've been back three times and can safely say that getting out of there was a real blessing.

[@marthasheilds2446]

Australia is invaded with English and Irish settlers majority left the UK cities in droves with thier families to Australia 🇦🇺.

[@teed1]

Lozzels is worst place in birmingham,, ur family was genius buy moving to Australia,, you should be proud of ur family and thank them,, 3 days ago i was in lozells proper shit hole

[@WasabiDreams]

Hi Wendall. i have just found your channel and go thankful i did. I have been in homeless situations in the past. The way you talk to people with compassion, it is refreshing to see and have loved and subbed ! thankyou man

[@user-zd5wq1bw6v]

We are currently paying 8 million a day for migrant hotels. The amount of money our country is wasting, people abusing the system, the whole country are to shame and the politicians are allowing this.

[@ianmeredith130]

Purely because we have a government with no balls to stamp any of this out. Until then this country is only going downhill sadly

[@christinecatt8039]

Same here in America.. Biden recently sent Ukraine 6 million dollars...? Plus expensive fighter planes and artillery to fight their war with Russia... Yet...thousands are living rough on American streets including elderly veterans who fought for our freedom and liberty. Shame on our spineless politicians 😠 We are supposed to be a first world country...well..in my estimation we are well on our way to becoming third world.. 😩

[@Niclouyat]

Makes me angry

[@beesomsak6727]

When you have a PM like Sunak who follows the US on the war cry hes no different forgetting his peoples needs yet allows 1000s of migrants and refugees to overload the UK. This PM needs to get the boot as bet your life with the present middle east situation youre gonna be swamped with more refugees & migrants.......Looka t the US open borders and a fentanyl mess......Uk will be the same as your govt is run by neocons.....

[@Exnavyjay]

That’s down to the hotels though, ask any hotel owner who they’d rather have and it’s asylum seekers every time because they don’t wreck the place like smack heads and crack addicts. 95% of the people you see on the street have been kicked out of council flats and even hostels! Answer me this, why should people suffer because of these lowlifes?

[@gthbtn]

I became homeless and ended up on the streets of Brighton in 2013-2014. The council down there don't help single men aged 25-49 so my only option was from a "charity" that gave me a single train ticket to Birmingham to what turned out to be a HMO full of drug users... My journey off the streets led me to discover that councils are funding the charities that send homeless away from their areas to Birmingham where other so called charities make a fortune from the misery and so have no incentive to help the homeless "customers" (that is what they called us,) and fleece every penny they can get. As for the city itself. My flat is 10 miles out and I never go into Birmingham, it's vile.

[@dublinsfaircity]

Do you work and pay for your flat or is it a council flat you get for next to nothing?

[@allisokandsweet]

Im 53 and the council has done nothing for me, but i am white maybe thats why...

[@dublinsfaircity]

@@allisokandsweet maybe but i'm sure the councils all over England help a lot of white people

[@Red-Army1975]

​@@dublinsfaircitywhat the fuk as it got to do with you who pays for his flat.

[@simonh6371]

Not New Roots housing by any chance? What they had going on with HMOs is scamming the taxpayer. I stayed in a terraced house in Aston, there were 5 bedrooms over 3 floors, including one on the ground floor. For each of the 5 rooms the ''association'' (although this one was owned by a private landlord who ''worked'' for them) the Housing Benefit paid £117 a week if I remember rightly, it was 2008-9. So 117 x 4 x 5 which is a hell of a lot more (more than £2k) than the rental value of that house was at the time, around £600 per month.

[@thetoonpiper]

I have just came across your channel and now subscribed. Some very informative stuff that the mainstream media does not report. Keep up the good work of highlighting these issues.

[@comicmania2008]

Enjoying your videos much - buddy! I like that you're not right, not left, just a bloke with opinions and showing it how it is. Love the guy juggling with fire and a cute doggy. Keep doing what you're doing, bless you.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you. Just walking, chatting and showing it how it is 🙏

[@Timothy1976]

I glad the man with the dog have a place to live now and wish them well

[@zakjuly6721]

lol , they all crackheads

[@jamesvalentine2845]

I was up in Brum just before Xmas and saw someone juggling fire in the same spot. So probably didn't get it.

[@romystumpy1197]

I feel for the dog, the man has choices

[@davidwilliams9504]

I have lived in Birmingham for 34 years haven’t been to the city center for over 10 years I despise the place and what our gormless councilors have allowed to the place to to deteriorate into, also many of the suburbs are now no go areas.

[@michaelmccafferty453]

Man I feel sorry for you I went back to my home town which is Hamilton in scotland 6months ago and I was shocked to my core the way it looked I was sD 😢 for days thinking what went wrong here so I can understand where your coming from take care Birmingham was a beautiful place now poverty and everything else

[@Beauweir]

I've moved from Brum to Leeds and it's when I go back I feel the constant tension that's always there. That undercurrent of feeling that anything could happen and probably will

[@michaelmccafferty453]

@@Beauweir bad when you feel on edge like that going back is it terrible to live in Birmingham now was such a lovely place years ago nice people

[@theoriginalbluey]

I witnessed an actual gunfight on the ramp near McDonalds! Doesn't really advertise the place as somewhere to visit. @@Beauweir

[@hissingsidll750]

I`ll be going to Brum tomorrow, also for the first time in ten or so years, to buy a new leather jacket..........I`M CONTEMPLATING A BULLET PROOF JACKET 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@DigBipper188]

"mismanagement" is an understatement. If Birmingham city council was a corporation they'd have made mass layoffs, cut back spending as much as possible, then folded in about the space of 2 months before being investigated for fraud due to how rapidly their cashflow situation went to shit... and I bet if we had access to their books there would be some absolutely JUICY accounting "errors" in there!!

[@lindasharp8523]

Council tax goes straight to HMRC. That's why the so called "king" has £130 billion per year. Disgusting

[@itsme-gm9oi]

Councils have always been wasteful. They put gagging orders on redundant staff for a reason. To hide their mismanagement

[@ironmongol75]

For me as a teenager, Birmingham city centre in the late 80's and 90's was great. A really bustling shopping area and lots of independent traders and stores. Now, like many/ most cities and towns in the UK, the internet has impacted shopping habits, resulting in fewer shops open and the standard multinational crap such as Starbucks, that monopolise all towns and cities. I'd not been to brum for a few years and took my teenage son up to visit a couple of stores a few years back. The once bustling Corporation street shops were largely either charity shops, betting shops, the odd open shop and a lot of closed shops. Many homeless people begging, which was something I'd not seen at all in the years previous. The societal decline we are witnessing in the UK is a sad reflection of a number of different factors that seemingly no politician gives a fuck about. What strange and fucked up times we live in...

[@RBC0405]

On the money. Brum is dire these days. The town centre is like Beiruit.

[@TheCorlee]

I am a Canadian ..I .was married to a Brummie. I became alcohol addicted left in 2011,to come back home and got the help I needed I begged him to come to Canada for a better life .I could not stay and he could /would not leave....I cant help but feel very lucky after watching this. I got sober, resumed a great life and never looked back, although my heart aches for the Great nation Britain once was and still is in many areas.....I am due to visit in a few weeks....a layover in London....I will be bring some extra cash for the homeless. .what ever I can give to help ease at least a moment of pain and torture for those people on the streets....

[@cazz3031]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖🫡 great job .xxxx

[@norfolkronin6307]

Safe journeys you. Bless ya

[@owenhunt]

Extra cash for the homeless? You are a great lady

[@Niclouyat]

Not the migrants they are fake

[@teed1]

You are canadian and married to brummie man ,, im sorry hun i think you really had some mental problem and top of it lived in birmingham that shows how serious ur condition was

[@TravellingTorunn]

This is just so very sad. 😢 Thank you for showing these sides of reality.

[@WendallExplores]

I saw this coming 20 years ago when I lived in Vancouver. The gap is getting wider 😔

[@Sad_bumper_sticker.]

@@WendallExploresthe gap between the ultrarich the politicians and the working class or simply families who work HARD regardless of Race.

[@waqasahmed939]

Agreed. I also had a somewhat holier than thou attitude about giving money to homeless people. I preferred to buy food instead Now I see it as "Honestly, it has to be absolutely shit on the streets so if they're going to use it for drugs, perhaps even if that means they're high and can't necessarily "feel" the cold, then so be it I wouldn't begrudge people for resorting to drugs in that situation.

[@emotivelyy_]

@@WendallExploresWe're absolutely doomed as a nation.

[@mauritz263]

Very informative real-life interviews the ,exposing the harsh realities of homelessness in the U.K.Good work Wendall.

[@Richard-ec8xy]

Im not from brum but I lived there for the majority of my childhood and adolescence, only moves back to my hometown in the north east a couple years ago but every time i go back to Birmingham my heart weeps. Massive development projects sprawl into the sky building investment apartments for foreign investors (see: money laundering) while literally thousands of people sleep on the street and there's one nly more and more and more every time I return. The collective sense of misery is palpable

[@ironmongol75]

Absolutely. The increasing gap between rich and poor and the social conditioning that encourages a fractured society is of no benefit to any of us, only those whose pockets grow fatter.

[@curlew-3592]

I’m in my 70’s and what our country has come to is so depressing I’m glad my best years are over. Drugs and alcohol obviously have an awful lot to answer for alongside so many people who are unable to take responsibility for themselves.

[@angelamary9493]

Me too 👍

[@mrnice7570]

Some people don't get the chance too, they're never taught self respect , which all accountability derives from. People can become simply a product of the environment and upbringing

[@catsamazing338]

Likewise. I believe with the diminution of the Church of England and a general sense of the sacred in life, there’s just less glue to bind community. Multiculturalism is just another nail in the coffin of traditional Britain. Sad state of affairs.

[@leviticuscornwall9631]

The “take responsibility” is the hardest part. Discipline was never instilled in me by my parents and now I’m addicted to alcohol among other things, and quitting is seemingly impossible. I’m in my mid 20s so at least it’s sooner in life rather than later

[@mrlawilliamsukwarmachine4904]

Totally. Have you ever seen one of these ‘philanthropic’ billionaires talk about substance abuse/addiction?

[@jameschamberlain5817]

What wendall is doing is so important. These videos are bringing light to the harsh realitys of life and I believe, will truly make a difference. I applaud you my friend 👏

[@WendallExplores]

ALL people have a story to tell

[@jameschamberlain5817]

@WendallExplores This is so true. I wish you all the success in your selfless venture in helping people who need it most.

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Having experienced homelessness all over the country I can honestly say Birmingham was the most frightening place. Some people there are more prone to using their fists than anywhere else I’ve encountered. I met so many homeless people. Men with terminal cancer left to die on the street. The hostel accommodation was dire. No control.

[@blossom6473]

😢

[@tommanley612]

Great video, thank you for highlighting this important issue

[@landahoy8707]

i respect anyone that can live on our streets for a while, you have to be a warrior to survive our streets believe me, i was out there 12 years, i sold big issue, man its heart breaking whats happened here, we won two world wars and our people are nothing now, all the ex soldiers i have met the stories i heard, jesus please help heal our land please.

[@lada2570]

You're wrong. Britain has not won a single war

[@mrnice7570]

A plea to reason and compassion 🙏

[@ZubZubi]

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ENGLAND I'M MOVING OUT OF THIS COUNTRY

[@discoboy8169]

after 2008, it went seriously down...plus Brexit, plus plus, London can't earn so much for the whole country, companies are sold to foreigners, millions of refugees are coming and coming and council pay for the hotels.. half of country is filthy, less and less jobs, so you have to live close to jobs, North is fcked really. To many stupid laws, minimal wage now is so high, that I don't how to create jobs in the UK with that requirements...

[@shabirhussain1347]

Good

[@Etcher]

Great video brother, thank you for giving these homeless people a voice.

[@Aeoniik]

Love your videos mate. You capture and explain the blight going on in your country and beginning here in Australia. Much love from down under, subscribed

[@G4RY1159]

Yet we have thousands of complete strangers that arrived here via the black market living FREE in hundreds of different styles of Hotels along with receiving FREE meals and access to various bikes, all those people haven't paid a single penny into our system and now get priority over our own people. BONKERS MENTAL that various services and charities are all doing backflips for these migrants, I wonder what the incentive could possibly be. R.I.P UK Migrant DISNEYLAND !

[@DUB-sential]

Migrant Disneyland.. hmm

[@davidgalea6113]

It's sad because the British way of life will be gone within the next 100 years. It took less than 30years for the brits to become a minority in London and in other big cities as well.

[@DUB-sential]

@@davidgalea6113 yes interesting because I don't see us getting minority status EVER

[@djwebby06]

I tell you what is bonkers, the amount of racists this video has attracted.

[@DUB-sential]

@@djwebby06 not really no people of colour put before whites is racist so how's about f*"k off... By the way the ones behind it all are hiding behind the curtain making sure the other nations don't develop and pulling these down for communist trained.. who came up with that idea 👃

[@stretchy1260]

My city is terrible... this thing of turning British cities in to Euro walking streets of posh coffee outlets and taccy takeaways is terrible. Our leaders only concentrate on the rest of the planet instead of looking after their own citizens, it's a disgrace that we have so many living on the streets yet we can put those from foreign parts that have put nothing in to the system a warm bed and food in their stomachs. I was in the city last week for the first time in 10 years and it's shocking how it has changed, with no thought for people with impaired sight and physical disabilities . What has happened to all the money from the commonwealth games, what is happenings to the money the city gets every day from taxes, rents rates and other forms of income..? We are conned every day by the leaders of this country and all they do is shaft us day in day out, not only is Birmingham falling but the whole of Britain is falling to those that hate the British and our way of life through wet wipe wokery , back door racism and attempted stealth genocide.

[@princebuster93]

@ stretchy, it’s called Communism, the man made ideology that destroys everything in its path. “ Those who do not want to be governed by God, will be ruled by tyrants “ William Penn

[@europainvicta3907]

# brexthick

[@MbisonBalrog]

That is whole 1st world is doing this. They try turn themselves into 3rd world.

[@gdwxy]

​@@europainvicta3907 you still live in great Britain

[@paulholland5270]

Globalism 😠

[@andrewdaley5480]

I accidentally clicked on this channel. And I'm so glad i did I've subscribed. Great upload. 🇬🇧 👍

[@lynseyleese7475]

Such a bloody shame what’s happening to our country

[@ebktoonz8436]

What do you meen??? They do it to them selves…you forget you choose to be the way you are and that’s the choice they made

[@rust2156]

blame the tories mate

[@atomic4650]

We all know who's to blame (Tories)

[@garytsang5673]

Funny people bring party politices into these situation. What is labour doing? They are promoting gender pay gap, for low pay 'zero hour contract' works. This makes me so angry, worse than even at Tories, for labour is allegedly and supposedly there to help labour. What gender pay gap? I worked in factories, I worked in warehouse, as a tiny ass asian guy. Guys and girls are pay exactly the same. It is the tories that is dividing people. non existence gender pay gap for warehouse worker, coming from freaking labour party.

[@teed1]

Blame the tories insted of foreigners hun

[@johngregson9827]

What these corrupt politicians are doing is criminal

[@johntooth1886]

Immigrants get the benefits.

[@kjp1232]

As long as you keep giving them 25 percent of your wages theyl keep doing it.

[@hawkingdawking4572]

Give the bums the free money. That would be good solution.

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

​@@johntooth1886here we go 😂😂😂

[@daydays12]

@@johntooth1886 oh! no! what a horrible post! makes me even sadder

[@MickAngelhere]

I used to live in Birmingham back in the nineties, a mate and I were homeless for a short while after our landlord sold the house we were living in and we had to move out , fortunately a friend of ours allowed us to live in his unit for two weeks. Then we managed to get a place to rent. Birmingham has changed a lot , I left to come back home to Australia as I could see the direction that England was heading, sadly Australia isn’t far behind.

[@marthasheilds2446]

British people all living in Australia and convicts know your history ,Australia belongs to the Aborigines.

[@jayneholland1472]

@@marthasheilds2446oh change your record will you! Go away! You are a racist bigot to anyone white! 🤦‍♀️

[@user-gv7xw4pk7m]

I have the same story as you.. and your right Australia will be the same in 10 years

[@grifyn882]

@user-lj2xw5hl5f stay in your country and find a job ...its better for everyone ...believe me....

[@barristophilliesiii5863]

Loving your videos buddy. getting out there and talking to our impovished fellow citizens. Well done!

[@user-ue7wu2dh4o]

Enjoyed seeing my city. Watching from Tokyo. Sad about the homeless. Have to say, you do come across a real Brummie. Good heart. Thanks for the memories. KRO

[@Adey308QV]

Lived in Brum until 2016. Now live in beautiful Carbis Bay, Cornwall. So sad to see what's happened to my old home town. Don't even recognise the place now. Great video Wendall, stay safe and come home soon!

[@saraprva4172]

Beautiful beach in Carbis Bay, we used to stay in little trevarrack camp site & take a bus to St.Ives. I was in England last month but sadly only London (horrible) but I presume St.Ives & Carbis Bay are still just as lovely, good pubs - hope so

[@itwoznotme]

by moving to conrwall , you are pushing the locals to the same problem. upping sticks and moving is exactly the same thing as the people on the boats are doing. you are adding to the problem. but, as always, as long as you are happy and feeling good about your world, its fine.

[@lolaoliver7929]

Don't be ridiculous. ​@@itwoznotme

[@zakjuly6721]

Its the Crackheads

[@yomarrobert]

Nottingham is very similar. Homeless sleeping out ,litter and fly tipping everywhere and migrant hotels full of young men,some outside on their phones ,no doubt urging more to come. The contrast could not be greater ,the homeless sleeping out with no mattress and no blanket,vulnerable to attack,the migrant hotels with all windows open to let out the heat.After all,why bother turning it down or off?

[@independentvoice6686]

Cashless society will have more suffering for the homeless. No one will have loose coins

[@romystumpy1197]

Don't give them money it goes on drugs ,beer and tobacco

[@samuelaubrey2612]

this really puts things into perspective, I've been stressed about a lot of things but in reality I have it good, need to stop overthinking

[@silentman-ze3gu]

The uk didn’t used to be like that

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

Diversity is our strength 🤣👍

[@rickhardman7376]

it did

[@loopwithers]

Birmingham was EXACTLY like this from 1750 until 1950 (approximately). Massive poverty caused by lack of social welfare and government indifference to poverty

[@chino-vz1qd]

Was called ENGLAND back then 😅

[@carolmiles7474]

Dumped bully dogs,large amounts from birmingham,so very sad ,

[@mickb1471]

What's wrong in our society is that immigrant beggars get away with begging whilst the true homeless are looked down upon.

[@bftbll6665]

Weird how you're focusing on ''immigrants'' and not the actual problem that is the Tories. Stop reading up on propaganda blaming people from different countries which btw help massively you utter see you next tuesday

[@simonh6371]

@@bftbll6665 The Tories and Labour before them have allowed this mass immigration - I've nothing against immigration per se or immigrants themselves but yes I am against unsustainable mass immigration. It's not rocket science to work out that it's a major factor in the ongoing housing shortage, as well as people finding it impossible to see a GP or dentist.

[@juergenweidner1]

Be careful not to fall into the trap set by the Tories to divide the desperate and pitch them to fight each other. It is the Tories policy. Racism is very convenient to them. Fight the Tories , not each other.

[@dune6727]

​@@bftbll6665yeah blaming others for your own problems

[@griffith500tvr]

Maybe you British should not have colonized much of Africa and robbed them for hundreds of years.

[@danielfallon3988]

Thank you for this video. I'm from birmingham and was homeless for just under a year about 8 years ago. It wasn't much fun at all as i was, at that time a dependent drug user and alcoholic. On top of this I couldn't find accommodation until someone i knew offered their floor for me to sleep on. Thankfully I managed to break that unbearable circle of drink, drugs, sleeping rough, self harm and chronic illness. My heart goes out to the homeless i see and speak to on a daily basis and i always try to offer help both physically and emotionally.

[@WendallExplores]

Glad you managed to sort things out mate

[@user-si8kn4ox4f]

Thank you for this Wendell. Very interesting also very very sad. Sara x

[@fancymcclean6210]

I was born in Brum in 1956. I now live in New Zealand and I'm so glad I moved. So, fucking sad.

[@jimjoelliejack]

I lived in Coventry and work as a Paramedic in both Cov and Birmingham, both places were bloody awful then, I saw the light and got out of the midland 30 years ago, so glad I did.

[@PUSB_96]

🤡

[@sphenoidjjj]

How long agondid you move out? Was it worse back then or now?

[@jimjoelliejack]

@@sphenoidjjj I moved up to the north of the uk in 1996, it was bad but it’s unrecognisable to me now, I go back occasionally to see my old colleagues.

[@jaylotusgtk]

Love what your doing man. Keep it up 👍🏾

[@rogereheadbyrne4790]

I've been watching now for a while Wendall and I've got to say you are a brilliant View! You document deprived areas unbiased and that's a good thing, there are others on youtube that insult and lampoon the downtrodden and you know who I mean (C.V) Thankyou for all you do you are a conscientious human and have sympathy I applaud you and hope you grow your subscribers (NOW SUBSCRIBED)

[@Sonship1000]

Love what you're doing on this channel mate, keep it up. God bless. 🕊

[@Greyui45]

Why can't some of the Laws that apply to Refugees be made Laws for the Homeless in UK. Refugees get tons of help because they're escaping Violence,Persecution and worried for they're life and futures,That's no different to what UK homeless go through every day,But they're helped a lot less and pretty much sod off from our Government. So i look at UK Native Brits as Refugees in their own Country,So give them help like you do Foreign Refugees.

[@swally291]

Don't blame the asylum seekers, blame the govt who have ignored the homeless.

[@Greyui45]

@@swally291 If you can't look after your own Native population then you can't help Migrants. That's not just Government is it,It's regular folk ignoring they're own and helping Migrants which if you've not noticed are 85% young fit strong healthy Men not escaping War or torture,They're just coming here just because they can and want to while Native population goes without basics. The NHS was invented for the healthcare of the Nations people,Not a free for all for anyone who just wants to live here from anywhere in the World,Especally when these fit young Men exspect it all for free once they see how generous UK is.

[@JAYKOP007]

They are NOT asylum seekers they are illegal immigrates and should be in jail for entering a country with no documents

[@JoJubjub-kx8lp]

Blame both, hate springs eternal 👍

[@jamesdavies9918]

Most are just skint from shit hole countries

[@dogvip7688]

Great story. Heartfelt empathy for these people with so much struggle to stay alive.

[@dddux]

Love your videos, mate. Keep it going!

[@greatwelshhope]

fair play a very honest video people are so struggling it's sad to see

[@smithersjones3018]

Good video. I'm in Birmingham City centre most days and see homeless people everywhere. People begging at every set of traffic lights is the new normal. I visit Manchester occasionally, and it's the same there. It's an absolute disgrace that no politicians are talking about this. They think its perfectly acceptable to put illegal immigrants in hotels and not bother about our own. This country is so badly fucked up in so many ways, and there's just no one worth voting for.

[@bbcisrubbish]

Don't forget that the Law industry is making a fortune out of "human rights" legislation, and nothing out of our own poor and suppressed population.

[@Trylobyte]

They think its acceptable to sell off all the council housing and not replace them. They think its acceptable for people to be charged extortionate rents. They think its acceptable to allow corporations to dodge taxes which means there is no money for public spending to build houses. And they think its acceptable to scapegoat refugees as if its their fault there is not enough to go around. A big f.u. to the whining cowards who choose to bully the refugees instead of standing up to the corrupt politicians and the parasitic corporations

[@versatec1]

All goverment and governance is evil...the migrant issue is a WEF agenda of chaos

[@jayneholland1472]

I’m voting Reform, this country had had enough of woke ignorance @RishiSunak!

[@versatec1]

@@jayneholland1472 aint no man.gonna save us...governance is the problem...get prepped...food, water, shelter and a means of self defence..put your trust in Jesus..."Thats all she wrote"

[@thomasjackson8389]

Yo mate this is hard hitting you deffo have an audience here

[@zoidberg444]

I worked in Birmingham for long stretches for years from 2008-2017 and the decline was noticeable to me in that time. A building I used to work at was on a street near Snow Hill station and all of a sudden one year large numbers of druggies and homeless appeared there, always causing trouble. I grew up nearby. My dad would often take us for a day out there on the train or the Metro. It is so different now compared to when I was a kid.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

He should report after midnight.

[@jockjock6693]

The lad Steven at the end is actually a good bloke I was in prison with him and I'm sad to see he's on the streets, look after yourself Elllis bro! ~jock~

[@privateprivate2421]

I was born and brought up in Birmingham until the 80s. It was such a fab place back then. What a mess it's become.

[@zaynemal5413]

Birmingham has never been nice a city a council that's waste money and always cutting and not investing in the people hence why people are miserable and backwards.

[@zaynemal5413]

@Marco___Polo Humble my.arse brummies are rude racist and unfriendly the whole city In areas are segregated and divided no integration at all people are backwards and bigoted and miserable.

[@jayneholland1472]

@@Marco___PoloThank you, you are correct on every level! It’s unbelievable what this city has become in the last 40 odd years! So sad 😢

[@jayneholland1472]

@@zaynemal5413yes, because they have done it to themselves!! Ffs get a grip and go and take a look!

[@oneviewcornwall8200]

Great channel content Wendell 🌅

[@pimpozza]

I came over to your channel from Wandering Turnip, after watching you meet up with him in Scarborough.. This really is an excellent, thought-provoking vlog about Birmingham. Saddened to see how much suffering there is on the streets.. 😢 The way you conducted the interviews was very professional.. but also touching and compassionate.. Great job, Wendall.. you're helping to spread the word about how dire the homelessness situation really is.. 👍🙋🏻‍♀️

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for coming over 🙏

[@pimpozza]

​@@WendallExploresI subscribed and look forward to watching lots more of your content, Wendall.. (I just watched the St. Austell vlog.. Great work!)👍

[@Stop-this714]

Billions being sent to Ukraine, 100s of thousands of illegal migrant’s in hotels , Millions expected next year costs set to increase to 10 million per day of tax payers money to house these , whilst British Citizens Suffer 😡😞

[@robertmccann9631]

Wendall thank you for doing this. Your videos aren't exploitive or demonising, your just meeting people and letting them tell you their stories. It is a breath of fresh air in KZbin .

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

Just found you Wendall, quality work.. liked, commented & subscribed 💯

[@user-qy9rt9cy2b]

It’s a disgrace we have our own people liveing on the streets while illegal immigrant are in 4 star hotels . Why are the streets not policed anymore

[@somethinglikeanonymous1773]

They had their chance at life, and they chose drugs and alcohol.

[@CK-wd3zv]

deluded mindless racist. Also do you know the way the police treat homeless people?

[@nonstop9907]

@@CK-wd3zv What part of what he said was racist? I thought it was pretty well known that when say refugees Initially come over to UK, they end up being housed in Hotels? meanwhile and I might be wrong, those who are born here don't get that same privilege if they find them self without a home? and what treatment do they get just out of interest? I would like to think they get some help at some point to get back on their feet, (but yeah I am aware some of these places might not be appropriate really, as I have heard some of these places different agencies send people just to have a place to stay can be full of addicts also, and more dangerous then well being on the streets themselves from what I have heard, something different needs to be done like solo temp accommodation to be built until they can hopefully find a real house (which is very hard for a lot of us even in better positions lets face it)

[@Sad_bumper_sticker.]

@@nonstop9907any social worker will explain how homeless people are a COMPLETELY DOFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC to migrants. You equating homeless people to migrants is RACIST PROPAGANDA IN ITSELF. Dishonest agenda’d lot you people are.

[@tomfinney3416]

stop blaming victims blame the culprits , your govt and previous ones created this homeless situation by passing laws that made folk homeless ,,, not some migrant innocent of this , its cowardly of you to blame the innocent and ignore the guilty

[@garyrigby21]

it's the same in Liverpool now, loads of Homeless on the streets

[@robertmclellan3658]

Homeless or professional beggars?

[@garyrigby21]

@@robertmclellan3658 bit of both

[@marclaw4511]

Try Erdington town centre for an eye opener.

[@fuckdefed]

There were 3 pound shops there a few years ago when I last went there - in fact there was a £1.00 shop, a £0.99 shop and a £0.98 shop! 😂

[@deeppurple883]

We are all only a step away from this. love the glasses, good filming. 😎✌️

[@athensr1103]

I was very short term homeless (1 Day) Thank God about 5 years ago in Birmingham. All the homeless people I met were incredibly unfriendly and rude to me. Not one of them would help me in any way whatsoever - I was lucky and got into a homeless hostel straight away as I'm elderly and met someone after who put me up on a sofa till I rented a room before I saved up deposit for a flat. The level of sheer nastiness from the homeless people shocked me though.

[@mkdons22]

I'm surprised to hear that homeless steal and attack other homeless people, absolutely shocking

[@jamesdavies9918]

😂😂 u had a day out in Brum while u was waiting for a room in a hostel. U called ur self homeless to actual homeless people and they didn’t like you 😂😂

[@Frank75288]

They probably thought you were a bizzie

[@hawkingdawking4572]

​@@mkdons22 Yeah, they were angels until the Illuminati corrupted them. Get a grip mate. They are bums by choice.

[@athensr1103]

i was actually homeless . I had no idea i would get a place in a hostel and wasnt ' waiting for it '. I was trying to find out where on the street i should sleep to be the safest. The hostel could only put me up for 4 days, then they were going to throw me back on the streets . Just i met someone who knew someone else who sometimes put people up on his sofa for a while. Im not snobby or unfriendly by the way.

[@robertainsworth7276]

I left Birmingham in 1980. it's very sad to see my old city like this.

[@jos9105]

Lil bro talks as if birmingham was affluent in the 80s

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@@jos9105 Who said anything about affluent?

[@jos9105]

@@Marco___Polo Fantastic. Maybe you can finally experience a bit of culture if you work hard and get a job instead of wanking to Enoch Powell. Remember, you only have yourself to blame for your failures, boy

[@BlueSkyLtd.]

Thank-you! Blessings! 🕊

[@wolfincrocs6284]

Hey Wendall! Just found your videos, i used to live in Brum and the homeless epidemic there is certainly prevalent. Have you thought about doing an episode on Jaywick? It's one of the most poverty ridden seaside towns, personally i think far worse than Grimsby. I remember driving through with my mum after booking a holiday and we literally saw someone as we were driving along putting a balaclava on in the July heat. If you've done it before, sorry, it's almost talked about as the slums of Essex

[@WendallExplores]

I haven’t done Jaywick for 2 reasons: 1 There’s quite a few videos on it already, being notorious, and 2 I’ve heard recently it’s been renovated quite a bit

[@StephenWorton-uy9yd]

Don't blame the general public off Brum,its all the Immigrants that spung of the City, I'm a 67 year old and I remember this once GREAT CITY.

[@ianmeredith130]

Combination of immigrants and government 😡

[@zahirahmed2498]

Combinations of the bush and blair era and all other regime change wars led by nato and many euro american and british MP's all becuase of greed power and oil blame them....No wars and games and regime changers and greedy bastards wanting control and power and army bases in other countries britian would not have been in this place today.

[@anetteskyumlarsen8077]

🥺 This is chocking. Don't know what else to say. It's a good thing that you show the dark side of life in the UK, and I know for sure, that I absolutly don't feel like visiting Birmingham.

[@jamieb5317]

I'm from Birmingham, but live in London. Don't let the video put you off, you can have a fun weekend in Birmingham, it's worth a visit.

[@ArtificialFertilizer]

@@jamieb5317 Exactly, I traveled from Poland to Birmingham as a tourist last year. I had a fun time, nice pubs, good people, interesting history of the region (I visited also Coventry, Solihull, Walsall, Hampton-in-Arden and West Brom). I've never felt really threatened though some parts didn't look that safe and night trains are a fucking jungle. I liked Cov especially.

[@jamieb5317]

​@@ArtificialFertilizerGlad you enjoyed yourself mate. :) Coventry has definitely improved in recent years, there's been a lot of development. If you ever return, nearby Warwick and Kenilworth and Stratford upon Avon are all very nice.

[@ArtificialFertilizer]

@@jamieb5317 Thanks for recommendations! Probably I'll come back, I've a couple of things in the West Midlands area I haven't managed to see - and yeah, Birmingham Airport is pretty well integrated into the public transport so I can go visit nearby counties pretty easily after flying to Birmingham.

[@adamfreeman2348]

well actually any town in this country has this problem now you will find. not just birmingham. name any and there is a big homeless problem right there!

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

England's just becoming just like America slowly and the funny thing is. These countries are richest hell America, the richest country in the world. But England is also rich and this is how Americans and English citizens live today sad.

[@bobjary9382]

America ?We have a way to go yet . 2000 overdose deaths and a 1,000 gun deaths a *week* Fentanyl tranq meth heroin crack people trafficking etc etc ....it might be bad here but we do have a way to go

[@philliplum3845]

As a born and breed brummie, proud of the city and its people, this is so so sad.. Something needs to be done..

[@mrmeldrew693]

Sad. I had to leave Birmingham, (my hometown) before I started my own family. Even driving through the dump is an ordeal.

[@brummiali1998]

This man Who lost due 2 a scum of a woman sleeping with other men This women no good Sleeping with stranger's This man should have full rights of the 3 kids She choose 2 do the crime Why should he suffer Where are men's rights I'm a young women Even I can see his story made me angry Scum women The law needs 2 changes When these women sleep with difffent men They put them in danger This father has no rights left on streets brcause she couldn't keep her legs shut Honesly I hope this guy gets his life bsck This country women especially britsh women are not decent No wonder britsh men Marrying Foreign women They know inside They will have decent life

[@Chimpdonger]

It's a disgrace how we look after foreign immigrants instead of our own

[@G4RY1159]

They can't make silly money from our own homeless, that's why they are ignored and cast aside. Migration in the UK is big BIG MONEY, a dirty grubby GREEDY Gravy train.

[@elfoxy1997]

Have you thought about helping the homeless? There's a lot of shelters in need, even if it's just a few hours a week.

[@trevorflarty1811]

There was a case in,Eastleigh, Hampshire,where these lowlifes set a homeless man alight,&killed him.They had such contempt for a homeless,rough sleeper,that they thought he was,worthless!But it was them who were worthless,excuses for human beings!!

[@swally291]

You have fallen for the right wing media crap. It is 13 years of Tory mismanagement, where they have done nothing to help the homeless. They have brainwashed to want those who have nothing to have even less.

[@janicesmith975]

It's nothing new.

[@davidsweeney4021]

I live in Acocks Green, a suburb in Birmingham. There is a 24 hour shop down the road and it has homeless people begging most of the time. They are good people and I talk to them. Sometimes I buy them a can of beer/cider but what have they got to look forward to on the streets?

[@bobo3034]

Good informative video. Unfortunately the majority of our major cities are the same. The blame must lie squarely with our Governments over the past 10/15 years. The present Government have no idea how the working men and women are struggling to make ends meet. The number of immigrants who are costing millions of £s per week is a disgrace. It is time for a complete overhaul of our political system. Until such time I really don't see much change. Our Country is a complete disgrace and I'm sorry to say I would leave tomorrow but at age 80 I'm just too old. I really feel sorry for our younger generation.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

Very well said.

[@daydays12]

You are not really saying that immigrants are responsible for the Government are you? Are you aware where billions of pounds went during the covid pandemic....not into immigrant pockets that's for sure.

[@ishabrown]

Great video Wendall! Birmingham is definitely looking more fancy, lots of poverty too. Big rich, poor gap. Be interesting if you interviewed people from the affluent areas of Birmingham.

[@WendallExplores]

It was really hard to get people to talk on camera in Brum

[@ishabrown]

@WendallExplores people seem scared in case anything comes back on them. Great video though 👌

[@sabar2453]

Which areas did you go to?

[@brummie0007]

Growing up in the 50's and 60's on the outshirts of Brum, I used to walk throught the middle of Birmingham late at night and feel safe, I don't think that's the case after watching this video, glad I moved out of the UK in the 70's.

[@forthedisenfranchised4366]

Very well done video. Such a shame for our homeless, though don't count as they die on our streets. Brum is rough as hell, a very intimidating place.

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Truly disheartening Wendall. I will always give someone on the streets my change if I have some on me…. Unfortunately we are becoming a cashless society which doesn’t help the homeless asking for help. Top video as always my friend! Still working my way back over some of the older ones since I subscribed ….Smithy

[@fletcher2311]

I'm like you mate, a Brummie living in Cornwall. I go back to see my folks. Town is now surprising and sad in equal measure - extreme wealth and poverty side by side.

[@oldskool1234]

Respect for the video bro, social media like birmingham mail dont show the truth about whats really happening in birmingham. Respect bro

[@kickass9390]

I grew up a brummie in the 70s & 80s. Had a paper round, spent my Saturdays going to the bull ring and loved my city. My parents moved us to Wales when I was 16, I was devastated. But now in my 50s, im glad things happened the way they did for me. Not been back in 35years and sadly now I never will.

[@DM-it2ch]

As a born Bummie, I'd like to reiterate the opening comment- Welcome to Birmingham. You're f**king welcome to it.

[@Taurean418]

56 years I’ve lived here, I don’t go out much, hardly at all……so thankfully I don’t get to see or experience what goes on out there, I’m lucky in a way that I live in my own bubble.

[@georgebanks1553]

aw man that last guy made me hurt, seemed like a genuinely nice bloke who'd just had some shit luck. really hope he manages to sort it out!

[@jack8988]

Love your vids mate

[@krissymarklewis1793]

I used to work there but got mugged in exactly the same place as you were standing in that first shot so had to give the job up as I was having difficulty avoiding nutters to get back safely to Coventry every night.

[@ZanderRound]

Glad to see your channel popping finally 🤘👍😊

[@WendallExplores]

🙏

[@smasher420]

damn good vid man respect

[@tutornick]

Thanks for posting...i live in the city centre and recognise some of the people featured....not sure what solutions can be found

[@easytoassemble54321]

Birmingham and Coventry being filled up to the nines, preparing for the great Wage Erosion plan. Why pay more for workers, when there are so many to pick from. With more being brought in every year.

[@Lisa-Peter7875]

Aww godbless Joseph. I hope he gets his new place 🙏