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Not Good 4 U.
By Uncle Monty.
Photos By Jill Ferguson
& Alex Albion.
Part 1 of 2.
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Making my unannounced visit to London's disabled
homeless charity called "GOOD 4 YOU," its man-
aging director Francois Greeff, 52, seemed nervous
and confused by my unexpected and sudden presence
right at his "charity" door to quiz him upfront about
what some have called his "bogus charity."
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Bogus or not, Francois Greeff is a White Afrikaaner
from South Africa. His surname Greeff is pronounced
like the word "grief." But no pun, intended! He suffers,
so he says, from mental illness and bipolar disorder.
He was homeless on the streets of London when he
returned to the UK from South Africa's Stellenbosch
University and was without any kind of job or
means of support.
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Now standing in front of me at his home-cum-charity,
he'd seen me taking photos outside and he swiftly came
to his already wide open door to find out what was
going on. As soon as he stepped in the doorway, I
fired three or four photoshots of him before he could
even blink an eye. One of those shots is seen in the
above caption image of him with his smiling face that
soon turned grim. Along with him quickly becoming
nervious and confused has I said, when he found out
why I had come to his SW London Aston Road door.
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Francois Greeff, who was a Big Issue vendor himself
like me, and who was still homeless back then, soon
became very disgruntled with John Bird's rotten rag.
Then at some point later Greeff took steps to start
his own "GOOD 4 YOU" homeless disabled charity
that he started a number of years ago and seems
incapable now of establishing any public credentials
as a legitimate spokesperson for the UK diabled
homeless. His "charity" at best is merely minuscule
and at worst a meaningless bunch of
bullshit to excuse my French.
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Crude, Handwritten Sign About Front Door
At Good 4 You: Please come and volunteer ...
It fiitted well with the overall dilapidated condition
of Greeff's cheap property at Merton's Aston Road.
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I was not invited inside to see what his charity was all
about, but I soon had the glass door slammed in my
open Anglican face without any further ado by Greeff.
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He said that whatever information he might give me
would probably be used by me against him. However,
he said that if I showed him letters, etc., complaining
about him and his charity - GOOD 4 YOU - he'd
be willing to give me details to explain all about
what his charity was doing. Suffice say, that Francois
Greeff soon slammed the door in my face out of fear,
I do believe, of me digging beyond the surface of his
probable calculating and evasive responses to my
queries and questions of him. What I saw of him
was not good 4 u or for me. If you ask me,
Greeff is just a crock of bullshit!!
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When I told him I was from thebiggerissue.org he
kept insisting I was from The Big Issue. I keep tell-
ing him that I was NOT. I'd prefer to be seen dead
before I'd be seen as any kind of representative of
the rotten Big Issue - period.
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As I observed, I didn't see a single disabled person or
even a homeless person of any kind there during my brief
visit with the so-called managing director of GOOD 4
YOU. Indeed, I didn't see or hear a single soul there!
Greeff seemed to be all alone sitting in his front room
tinkering on his PC when I first saw him before
he'd even seen me.
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"GOOD 4 YOU" Charity's SW London HQ.
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And odd as it seems, there wasn't even a disabled ramp
or any railings for the disabled homeless to be helped to
get inside the front door with their manual wheel chairs
or electronic mobility shoppers unless they just had plain
old crutches to support them. I found it odd and curious
that a so-called disabled homeless charity didn't even have
a ramp or railing for its disabled clients, even though such
is required and mandated by UK disability laws requiring
disabled access at GOOD 4 YOU. Such is obviously not
good for the disabled and is not good 4 u or me. And aside
from such possible illegality for failing to provide disabled
access, GOOD 4 YOU is located in a SW London
residential neighbourhood at where the disabled
could hardly find it to be conveniently or easily
located. It seemed to me that Francois Greeff's
"charity" was almost deliberately housed to
discourage the disabled from visiting it
or to find him in the first place ...
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He proudly states he has no paid staff. It also
appears he has no payroll of any sort nor any
qualified disablity personnel to help the disabled
homeless in any practical or meaningful way.
He relies entirely on volunteers, who in part 2 of
this report will highlight some known grievances
from at least one of them about Greeff and his
close to specious GOOD 4 YOU.
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At Where GOOD 4 YOU Disabled Charity Is Located.
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After being so rudely treated by Francois Greeff, I
stopped a couple of his nearby neighbours randomly
on Aston Road to ask them if they had seen any
disabled folkz at GOOD 4 YOU. The lady almost
opposite No. 36, at where Greeff permanently
resides, said she really knew nothing about the
charity and couldn't recall seeing the diabled there.
Next I stopped a retired bloke and he apologized to
me saying he too knew nothing about GOOD 4 YOU
after living for years on the same Aston Road and
was sorry he couldn't help me further. Another lady
blankly refused to comment one way or another when
I asked her the same questions. What was amazing to
me was that it seemed clear the local neighbours didn't
even know the existence of GOOD 4 YOU and/or
Francois Greef himself right on their own doorstep. I
find that rather puzzling for a charity to say the least ...
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At best it would appear that GOOD 4 YOU is
hopeless and amateurish and incapable and a kind
of duping entity hiding behind its UK charity status
or at worst a one-man-band with Francois Greeff
as its sole charity clown.
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In part 2 of Not Good 4 U, we'll take a peek at the board
of directors along with an ex-volunteer complaining bitterly
about Francois Greeff and further enqueries at the UK
Charity Commission regarding GOOD 4 YOU.
It should be quite a dandy part 2, I think.
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Do Good Works, Uncle Monty.
+Vigil of Apostles Simon & Jude, 2011.
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Feedback & Comments
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PS. I first met Francois Greeff three years ago
at the CRISIS Conference with London Mayor
Boris Johnson presenting his "Zero Rough Sleeping
Plan," at London's Westminster Central Hall. There
he gave me his business card with the letters ACIS
and an MA degree after his name. It was the first
time that I'd heard of his UK registered charity
called "GOOD 4 YOU" for disabled people
who are homeless.
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According to the public records of The
Charity Commission for England &
Wales, GOOD 4 YOU carries the
charity registration number:
1123820
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~ JILL FERGUSON ~
My dear friend Jill Ferguson's great caption picture of
me, proudly shown at the top of the page, was taken
by her last Saturday of me at the European Union
Congress. Jill and I had a good time listening to all
the pros and cons of demanding a EU Referendum
without any further ado for the British People. Sadly,
Tory PM David Cameron tried to pull a fast one,
but even then more than 80 of his own MPs told
him more or less to go to hell!! Good 4 Them!!
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Jill, by the way, is an excellent photographer in
her own right. The pictures she took inside Cuba,
for instance, were superb and quite professional.
I was abit jealous, I must say ... especially since
I am an avid photographer who has taken some
5,000 images alone this year of all kinds
of people and events and things!
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Homeless Commemoration Service Is To Be Held
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields at London's Trafalger
Square, November 10th, 2011 at 11.00AM. All
Are Most Welcome. Refreshments Offered
After Annual Service.
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Totally Oblivious To The "Occupy London"
Protests Just Yards Away From His Big Issue
Pitch, Long-Time Vendor Terry (Shown Below)
Stands & Carries on Regardless ...
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The Big Issue Foundation:
DON'T GIVE THEM A PENNY
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EU Congress w/Zac Goldsmith.
By Uncle Monty.
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Surely This Is A New One For The Homeless?
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