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What do you think is the the best way to help Gloucestershire flood victims?

Wendy
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Melissa
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Jo
I saw a family on the TV the other day and the only clothes the children had were those they stood up in. I have good quality children's clothes I would like to donate to do a little help. How do I go about this?

PAULINE PLANT
people in northway teks wore badly flooded by the rain on friday the 20th and have recieved no help at allthe media dont even no we were flooded

P Singh
No not on the dole at all. Perhaps the hotel could donate that money to people who have had their homes flooded or help them to get clean by using their showers, as they are the ones worse off than any of us. We are able to go out and get our own water and make do, therefore we are lucky and should help others who have been so unfortunate.

Jennifer originally from Huntley, currently in Abe
My sister and her boyfriend live in Innsworth. Luckily they have electricity again now, but sadly still no water. Someone has been delivering bottled water to their door for free, and I wanted to say thank you. Whoever it is I am very grateful, as are my sister and her boyfriend.As a side note, dredging rivers can actually increase flooding and cause other problems later on and how is it disgusting that a company's employees are being able to shower at a hotel? They are still paying for it. Perhaps you are one of the many people on the dole who feels hard done by at the best of times?Sorry to end on a bitter note.And for reference: until water is restored, there will be no fresh-baked bread in the Tesco bakery on St. Oswald's Rd. My mum works there and says they can't bake bread, or use the toilets and they only have baby wipes for washing their hands.I will be donating to the fund on pay day and hope the little I can afford goes some way to helping everyone affected, no matter how they have been affected.Best wishes to you all.

Pauline....Cheltenham
Every one seems to be moaning about not having a supply of water to our houses..If you are one of the lucky ones who has not been flooded spare a thought to those that have lost everything!!!! How this will have a knock on affect to those poor people...If they can't work due to trying to sort out their homes, they're not going to be in a position to pay their mortgage or other house hold bills!!!!Those of us lucky enough not to be flooded can manage a day or so without water!!!I have contacted Britsh Red Cross to help with delivering water after a day at work and on my days off, they have said at present they have enough volunteers. However, I do agree with a previous message, majority of those people unemployed could give something back to society even if it is sweeping the streets when the flood waters have gone down.....................Maddy Sharp... asks"What about the people in smaller rural areas that dont have water either?" Have you contatced seven trent on this N0:08000320142 They have been very good when I have contacted them. Good Luck!

glyn lowther
hi, with regards to the flooding and sad loss of life in the west country, on our local citizen newspaper's web site which i must say they have been great keeping us updated to the current situation, a comment and head line "what do we do with the empty water bottles" recycle them was the story, well i think i have a better idea why don't we make a small monument with them to pay tribute to all the services and to severn trent water and the sad loss of life that we have all had in the shire's, to remember the devastation which water has taken to nearly destroy life, and to remember this time, for our children's sake and the world. a bottle of water is a real life saver, my personal thanks to all the services for all their efforts without them where would we be? i will always look at a bottle of water in a very different way now in the supermarket, regards Glyn Lowther from Gloucester

Jackie
Reading some of the comments on here,has upset me greatly. How can people do some of the things that has been wrote on here. Im ashamed to be british!!!

Di Williams
Provide water butts to collect the rain water and this can be used for flushing toilets etc

aimee
ive had an idear nor sure if the fire department re doing it alllreay but i think they should use the water in the streets to put fires out probily doing it already sorry just a thought the bloke from bedford sadly drowned to death

alan grigg
Why do we not dredge the rivers more often if at all. Then perhaps the water would have somewhere to flow away.

Gabrielle Hardman
Church yards usually have a tap available for watering flowers. Perhaps if people knew this they could drive out of Gloucester and fill up there, and water is also available at campsites.

Cleeve Residential Lettings
We urgently require landlords or owners of empty properties to make avaialble their properties to house victims of the floods. Guaranteed rents from insurance claims.01242 674775.Many thanks.

Melanie Niblett
I believe that the water bowsers need to be patrolled by police or volunteers and rationed. In Cheltenham I have seen a person attach a hose pipe to a bowser and emptying water into huge containers and loading it in the back of a van! No wonder ordinary households are finding bowsers empty when they get home after work! I have also heard of people buying water in local shops and selling it to flood victims!

aa
we used to use "ELSAN" liquid,bought from camping shops, to "seal" the toilet after use. Its also a disinfectant.

yvonne kelly-fox
Shops could give out basic food and water free, to though on benefits. Proof of benefit would stop others trying to gain on other misfotune. Espescially the elderly and single parents. As money is tight, even more so now.

Reply to Aslam Shaikh Calgary
You're not even in the country to pay tax in order to suggest people to pay tax for people in the flood. Yes, is an unfortunate thing to be happening. Yet, what do you expect by building houses next to a river? At the moment people are wasting water in other area of the countries. I think it should be a national action not just the county being flooded.

hippy
Many areas in gloucestershire (including my own) still have mains water. It might help if stand pipes were set up in public places in these areas so people without mains water could come and fill up. This should also have the added benefit of leaving more bowser water for those unable to travel.

Vici Colloff
Is anything set up for collection of dirty clothes? A service picking up then returning clothes clean & dry a few days later to households, especially with children may help.

Cath Woolway
I live in Quedgeley and am having to rely bowsers for my family. There are only 15 in my area which hold 1000lts. The population is 12000 at least that's a meager 1.25lts per person per day which is unacceptable and that's if you can find one that has any water in. These bowsers need to be filled up regularly or people will start panicking more than they already are.

Alexi Kulesza
Mobilise all the affected counties armies to assist, and aviod panic buying

Maddy Sharp
What about the people in smaller rural areas that dont have water either...what is being done for them! We have no water supply either yet we have no bowsers or bottles of water being suplied!?