0:00:03 > 0:00:05I've always got on with the Salvation Army in the past.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07They build bridges.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12So, they built a bridge with me between the saints and the sinner...
0:00:12 > 0:00:15and we've met in the middle and we're doing quite well, actually.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19'At many different times throughout my life, our paths have crossed.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21'So, now, on the 150th anniversary...'
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Oh, here we go.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'..I've been working with the officers and volunteers...'
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Vegetable soup.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31That was fantastic. Did you enjoy that?
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Oh, it was wonderful.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36'..on my very own Salvation Army training course.'
0:00:36 > 0:00:38You know you're putting me off old age with all this.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'I've been travelling up and down the country...'
0:00:41 > 0:00:45If it hadn't worked out for me, I could be in your position now.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47You're welcome.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Look at the size of him.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51'..and even overseas.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Too much.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'Tonight, I learn how the Salvation Army are helping
0:00:56 > 0:00:59'hard-working people who struggle to feed their kids.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Do you skip meals so the kids eat?
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Yeah.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04You can't do that.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07'I put some tough questions to the big boss...'
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I know so many men and women who are gay and lesbian,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12they'd be the most wonderful officers.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'..and travel right across Europe to witness
0:01:14 > 0:01:16'the refugee crisis first-hand.'
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Just go, just go! Leave these people alone.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21That all right?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'And if I make it through that, I'll be a step closer to leading
0:01:25 > 0:01:28'the Sally Army band down London's Oxford street.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:30It's fabulous.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40The world of television and theatre is all make believe.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It's not real.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44But this is real, the Salvation Army.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47These are real people that I'm going to be dealing with.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50'I've spent the last six weeks in training across the UK with
0:01:50 > 0:01:55'the Sally Ann and my mentor, Captain Jo, so far, seems happy.'
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I think the way that you've handled the people that you've met,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I have to commend you for that.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01'It's been a real eye-opener...'
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Thank you. Come on, baby-face.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05'..from dealing with dementia...'
0:02:05 > 0:02:07All good stories start with "Once upon a time..."
0:02:07 > 0:02:08'..to taking a Bible class,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11'the challenges have been constantly changing...'
0:02:11 > 0:02:12# And some day...
0:02:12 > 0:02:15'..and they're helping me change too.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17'Meeting people like this, how could you not?'
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I just want us to keep on loving them.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Yeah. Show them we care.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23'I reckon I'm really getting closer to what the Salvation Army
0:02:23 > 0:02:25'is all about...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'and what it truly takes to be a soldier of God.'
0:02:29 > 0:02:32The whole aim of the game is to help people, not to save their souls,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36but to provide them with a better life.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39'It's back to training HQ for my next mission.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42'Jo's got a task for me that other cadets and volunteers
0:02:42 > 0:02:44'have to go through.'
0:02:44 > 0:02:46People reach out to us for help in lots of different ways.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Some people walk in through the door, others are referred
0:02:49 > 0:02:52by organisations and charities and some people still write us letters.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55We get about 10,000 letters every year.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Hello again, how are you? Hello, Paul.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Major Martin Hill is in charge of answering all the letters.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02So I want Paul to go pick a letter
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and whatever help the writer needs, go and provide.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Surely you can't deal with every single letter that comes in?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Cos you're getting so many.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Well, we'd respond to every letter. Yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Even if it's a case where we can't actually help. Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You're going to have an opportunity this afternoon to help us
0:03:19 > 0:03:22with this particular enquiry.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25'The letter that I've picked out is not actually from someone who
0:03:25 > 0:03:26'needs help herself.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30'It's a mum who's desperately worried about her daughter.'
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"Dear Salvation Army, this is not easy for me. My daughter lives
0:03:33 > 0:03:36"in New Addington, she has three sons living at home
0:03:36 > 0:03:41"from ages 7-17. She works hard as a teacher's assistant."
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Now, they're not well-paid.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45"There is no money after bills are paid."
0:03:45 > 0:03:48See, this so annoys me, that somebody's out working
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and they can't feed their children. That is so wrong.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53"I'm a pensioner and I have no savings to help her
0:03:53 > 0:03:58"and it is breaking my heart to hear her so near breaking point."
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I mean, that's so sad, isn't it, to get a letter like that?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Better go and get my wings and my wand.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08'It's surprising to me that the Sally Army are still receiving
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'letters like this in the 21st century.'
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It shows what desperate times we're living in.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16So we have to go and help her.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17You know, you've got to.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19You can't ignore stuff like this.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22'I'm being sent to a foodbank in Croydon.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25'There are 1,000 across the country that rely on
0:04:25 > 0:04:28'emergency donations of food, which is then given to people
0:04:28 > 0:04:31'struggling to feed their families.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36'I know that Sarah, whose mum wrote that letter, uses this one.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40'It's overseen by Captains Emma and Matthew.'
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Are you Matt? Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Matt. Hiya, Matt.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45'Lots of the donations come from the local schools.'
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Look at all this food. In you come.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Do you collect all this in your school? Yes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54And this is all people's donations. Yes. Aren't people good?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I mean, look at it. You know, it's great.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00'The Salvation Army have been feeding people in need
0:05:00 > 0:05:04'since they started back in the 19th century.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06'They handed out food parcels during both world wars
0:05:06 > 0:05:09'and have always fed the homeless.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12'Foodbanks are a more recent phenomenon.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15'The first one in the UK was opened in 2000.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19'Now, 700 Sally Ann locations provide emergency food that
0:05:19 > 0:05:21'all the community churches donate to.'
0:05:23 > 0:05:25If you were asking people to donate stuff to a foodbank,
0:05:25 > 0:05:26what would you say?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29No baked beans. Oh, have you got loads of baked beans?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Have a look at the baked beans.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33What is it with baked beans?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Everybody likes a baked bean. No baked beans.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36We don't want none of those.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38That's something we get a lot of.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Well, you see, that could, if you had two kids...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You know, on toast.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Things that we lack are often, like, long-life milk.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Yeah. That's quite important, isn't it?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I should imagine for a lot of people it's a big step to
0:05:51 > 0:05:53walk down the path and come in here and say,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56"I've no money. Can you feed me and my children?"
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Absolutely. Yeah.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00A lot of the people that would come to a foodbank,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04certainly to OUR food bank, we're finding they're working people.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I just think people need to know there's no shame. Absolutely.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09None at all. Well, hopefully, we can give them that message.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Exactly, yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13'It's 3pm and Sarah's coming to receive a food parcel
0:06:13 > 0:06:14'for herself and her family.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17'Without this, they wouldn't be able to eat properly this month.'
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Thank you. Hiya, Sarah. Hello, nice to meet you.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Come here, lovely to meet you. And you. Give us a hug.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24You all right? Yes, thank you. Do you want a cup of tea?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I'd love one, Paul, please.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I'll put the kettle on for you. Thank you.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31So you're working every day?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I try and make ends meet by doing a part-time job.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35I work in a school.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37As a teaching assistant? A teaching assistant.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Now, that's a stressful job.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40But I enjoy it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Do you get any help at all from the social?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Yeah, I get help from the social.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45But it's still not enough.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47No, no, definitely not.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I've been on my own eight years now with them.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I separated from the boys' dad
0:06:52 > 0:06:54then I got in rent arrears.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I then got a notice of eviction, so I had to leave.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Sarah, how hard did it get?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I lived in bed and breakfasts...
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Now, that's grim.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Yeah, six months.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Is that one room with the boys?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The first place was.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10My youngest was three months old at the time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13You can't have that. No, they then put me back into accommodation
0:07:13 > 0:07:16and I had a bit of a meltdown one evening.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18At this particular time, I needed money for maybe
0:07:18 > 0:07:20some milk and bread. Yeah.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21And they're basics. Yeah.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We're not talking about going to get your hair done, and all this,
0:07:24 > 0:07:25or nails. No.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29This is, like, basic, you know... We all need it. Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Do you skip meals so the kids eat?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yeah. You can't do that.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35In fact, my children now pick up.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37"Mum, you've not eaten today, why aren't you eating?"
0:07:37 > 0:07:39So I make the excuse, "I'm not feeling too well,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42"my tummy's playing up. You have it, you can have Mummy's today."
0:07:42 > 0:07:45How do you feel about coming to a foodbank?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Were you embarrassed at first? Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I thought you would be.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I was too proud. Yeah.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Not just because I was too proud,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I felt that there was other people out there that were in need of it
0:07:55 > 0:07:56more than me.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'm working, I'm getting benefits. Yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I don't deserve to come to somewhere like this.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03But you do. You've got your boys. Yeah, yeah.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06If your kids are hungry, or you're hungry...
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You've got to eat. ..you've got to eat.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Don't sit there, get yourself to a foodbank.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13You know, you've got to look after yourself and your family.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17'The parcel of provisions would have only cost around ?40.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20'It doesn't seem much to feed a family of four.'
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Let's get all this packed up.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26'But Sarah's discovered some tricks to make it last.'
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Hot chocolate. Hot chocolate suppresses your appetite as well.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Oh, does it? Oh, yeah. I suppose you have learnt all this, haven't you?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Things that suppress appetites and... Yeah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Porridge, cups of tea, hot chocolate. Yeah, yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The odd biscuit, if it's still left in the cupboard.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44But you need food to stoke the furnace, keep you warm. Yeah.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Oh wonderful, thank you so much.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Oh, no, it's a pleasure.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51You look after yourself, do you hear? Yes, Paul.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Thank you. Come here, give us a hug.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Thank you very much. And take care. Ta-ra. Bye.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Remarkable woman, really. How brave is she?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02'That was quite shocking.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07'We think living in Britain that hunger doesn't happen here.'
0:09:07 > 0:09:10We're living in a country where malnutrition is on the increase.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13We've got TB, we've got all these hideous Victorian diseases
0:09:13 > 0:09:16coming back. So, we're going right full circle
0:09:16 > 0:09:19back to the early days of the Salvation Army.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Many people who go to foodbanks tell us that they
0:09:21 > 0:09:24sometimes feel ashamed that they need that kind of help.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27It's really important to us that we treat those people with respect
0:09:27 > 0:09:30and above all dignity, and Captains Matthew and Emma
0:09:30 > 0:09:33told us that Paul did a really great job of that.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37'I'm about halfway through my training now,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41'but there's one question that's been niggling me from the start.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44'I'm openly gay and it's my understanding, for that reason,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46'I could never become a fully fledged
0:09:46 > 0:09:48'officer of the Salvation Army.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54'If that's true, I'm going to find it hard to accept.'
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Paul's been asking some really important questions that go
0:09:57 > 0:09:59a little bit beyond my authority, so I'm going to send him
0:09:59 > 0:10:02to meet the Commissioner to get some answers.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07'There is one man in charge of the 40,000 Salvation Army officers
0:10:07 > 0:10:11'and soldiers here in the UK, Commissioner Clive Adams.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15'Before I go any further, I want to know from him -
0:10:15 > 0:10:17'would they really have me?'
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Well, I've passed this place so many times.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It's about time you came in, then. About time I came it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Well, listen, what would you say if I said to you right now,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31"Commissioner, "I don't think I've had the calling,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35"but I'd like to be involved with the Salvation Army"?
0:10:35 > 0:10:40I'd say, "Take off that suit and get going."
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Why do I have to take my suit off?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Because you need to roll up your sleeves,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45you are going to get messed up.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Don't worry about that, I'll roll my sleeves up in a suit.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49But, Paul, that's a serious question.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52No, really, what would you do? You see, you've got a heart
0:10:52 > 0:10:55for other people. It sounds like your heart's not turned inwards,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57it sounds like your heart's turned outward.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00From the age of 17, when other boys in Liverpool
0:11:00 > 0:11:02were playing football, you were going to the place
0:11:02 > 0:11:04where people were in need.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06You've got this heart turned out.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We would welcome you to get stuck in with us.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13But say somebody liked to drink or they smoked.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Would they be allowed in?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19They would be allowed in, but we've got parameters for our members
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and if you want to become a soldier in the Salvation Army,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25you have to commit to what we believe,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27you have to commit to a lifestyle.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Yeah. That means that you say, in sympathy with the people
0:11:31 > 0:11:33that we serve, "We will not drink."
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Say you were a same-sex couple? What would you happen then?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You could volunteer for us, you could come to our church services,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43but because of the parameters we put around membership,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45you wouldn't be allowed to be a member.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51It comes from his heart, it's stuff he genuinely means and believes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53You know, he's the captain of the ship.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57He's got extremely strong beliefs about Christianity.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01I mean, they're things probably we don't share.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02See, that's upsetting, really,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06because I know so many men and women who are gay and lesbian,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10who are so spiritual. They'd be the most wonderful officers.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13The point is that when you make that commitment,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17a heterosexual woman who is not married
0:12:17 > 0:12:21would have to abstain from a sexual life...
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Yeah. ..if they're going to become a Salvation Army soldier.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31My feeling is this - that in the Salvation Army,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35we are upfront about our expectations.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Now, with a gay person, you can come on a Sunday to worship,
0:12:39 > 0:12:44but membership, because we choose to have this lifestyle which is
0:12:44 > 0:12:47connected to our faith, we say
0:12:47 > 0:12:50if you're going to be a member here as opposed to just belonging
0:12:50 > 0:12:52to our... These are the rules.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54These are the rules. Yeah.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58'I have to be honest, for me, it's the first real negative thing
0:12:58 > 0:13:00'that I've discovered about the Army.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04'But, for now, we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06'Clive has a major task for me.'
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I think perhaps you should see what it's like
0:13:10 > 0:13:12for our people even internationally.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Go to the front line in terms of our refugee work.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19We're just starting out getting involved in Greece.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Is it particularly bad over there?
0:13:22 > 0:13:27You see, they're coming in there and the apparatus to handle it
0:13:27 > 0:13:29is not good enough. No.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31So, yes, I think you should see those kind of things.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I also want to say this to you, Paul.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36You can't be seeing this kind of thing,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40experience these kinds of things, without it affecting you.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43You're not normal if it doesn't affect you personally.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I think it subconsciously affects you, because I've noticed now,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50over a period of a few weeks, I'm slowly changing.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I don't mean I'm getting depressed or anything, I'm not.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's just I've withdrawn slightly.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Yes.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00But I want to make available to you Captain Jo.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Oh, she's wonderful.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03She's lovely. Oh, I'm mad for her.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07I want you to be able to talk to her about what's going on inside.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09All right, then, well, definitely.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Anything you throw at me, Commissioner,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I'm quite prepared to take on.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15It's lovely to meet you, Paul. And you as well.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Let's give each other a spiritual high-five.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Hallelujah, brother. Hallelujah!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Why do I love saying hallelujah!
0:14:27 > 0:14:29'And just like everyone in the Sally Army,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33'if the big boss tells you to go somewhere, you have to go!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36'And Clive's sending me into one of the
0:14:36 > 0:14:39'biggest humanitarian disasters in the world.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43'We've all see shocking stuff about the refugee crisis -
0:14:43 > 0:14:46'men, women and children risking their lives to
0:14:46 > 0:14:50'escape their war-ravaged homes, seeking safety in Europe.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54'In Greece, a country that is already near to crumbling
0:14:54 > 0:14:59'with its own financial crisis, up to 5,000 homeless refugees a day
0:14:59 > 0:15:01'are landing on its shores with nothing more
0:15:01 > 0:15:03'than what little they can carry.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07'We're going to see first-hand what the Salvation Army
0:15:07 > 0:15:09'and other charities are doing on the ground.'
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Oh, here she is.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Hello, are you all right? Are you OK?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18'And on this occasion, Jo is coming with me.'
0:15:18 > 0:15:19You all set?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Yeah, expect the worst, really, that's what I think.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25You see it on television, we read about it in the papers,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27but we're seeing it first-hand then.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It's going to be a defining moment of our training, I think.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I think it's going to be important.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Well, I'm up for it.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Come on, then, lets do it. Yeah, come on, then. Let's do it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40'This is a big deal. It's some of the toughest work
0:15:40 > 0:15:41'that the Sallies do.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44'I'm not quite sure what to expect.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49'We're heading to Athens.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52'The Greek capital has become a stopping point for
0:15:52 > 0:15:56'up to 3,000 refugees a day on their journey into Europe.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00'Victoria Square is now a temporary home to
0:16:00 > 0:16:02'hundreds of desperate families.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09'They've escaped countries like Syria and Afghanistan
0:16:09 > 0:16:12'all hoping to rest before they continue their journey.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24'Within an hour of landing, I'm at their Athens HQ with the team
0:16:24 > 0:16:27'of Sally volunteers led by Major Maria Galinou.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34'We're knocking up food parcels for the families in the square.'
0:16:34 > 0:16:37You want to go early in the morning before everybody wake up
0:16:37 > 0:16:39because after, there is no trouble.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43They're grabbing, they... You know, they are desperate, they are hungry.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48'This lot prepare nearly 1,000 sandwiches a day.'
0:16:48 > 0:16:50You're slacking there, Jo.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51I'm just waiting for bread.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I mean, really? You've only been on the job for ten minutes.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I've lost count now with cheese.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Some people are going to have, like, Desperate Dan sarnies.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02They're going to go like this, with a cheese mountain.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06The O'Grady. This has got 19 slices of cheese cos I was talking.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11'Maria and her team have been assisting refugees
0:17:11 > 0:17:13'here for six months now.'
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Where are they going? Where are they heading for, Maria?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Most of them, they say Germany, they say Sweden.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I don't hear a lot about UK.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25It's interesting that you say so few want to go to the UK
0:17:25 > 0:17:28because, meanwhile in the UK, that's all we get.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Any minute now, England's going to be taken over.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32So you heard that from the horses mouth,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34they don't want to come to the UK.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36So, shut it now, OK? Leave it.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I tell you what's going through my head.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I keep putting myself in these situations, which is what
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I do a lot of the times in grim situations.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I think, "How would I cope at the mercy of traffickers?"
0:17:47 > 0:17:48And all sorts.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52And being split up from my friends and your family and it's shocking.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54But I think we're going to see a little bit of
0:17:54 > 0:17:55what desperation looks like.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I remember Maria sent me a message and it just said,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00"Be prepared."
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Yeah.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06'Maria's leading us to the square.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09'I'm wondering what the conditions are like down there.'
0:18:09 > 0:18:12This is a daft question, cos I bet they haven't.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Have they got Portaloos in there?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15There's two toilets... Oh, for God's sake.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17..and one place with running water.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Is that your secret, to smile?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23My secret is the Lord.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28'I have a feeling we're going to need more than just faith.'
0:18:30 > 0:18:34We can start giving the sandwiches out. OK.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36'The atmosphere is very tense.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38'It feels like everyone has their guard up.'
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Yeah, I think we can just hand them out.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Do you want a sandwich? There you go.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Do you want one?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50'I don't think they're used to the kindness we're trying to show them.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55'These families are sleeping here, eating here
0:18:55 > 0:18:56'and going to the toilet here.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00'It's 72 degrees heat and they've nowhere else to go.'
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Do you want a sandwich? There you go.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Another one? Oh, she wants baby wipes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Oh, look at the little baby.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16I mean, that's a two-month-old baby lying on a park bench in this heat.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20'What would make a family with a baby end up here?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25'This family is from Afghanistan.'
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And what are conditions like there, Maria?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29What is the conditions there?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:19:32 > 0:19:35There was bombing and kamikaze.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:19:40 > 0:19:42They necked the people.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44They got beheaded?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Basically, her family was decapitated.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You know, they've travelled all this way,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52they've watched their family be hacked to pieces.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58I don't know where they're getting the strength from to do this.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03'For this family and for so many others, the journey goes on.'
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Good luck. Have a safe journey.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09What's going to happen to them now?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14God, it's unbearable, isn't it?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22How are you? Nice to meet you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27'This man has five hungry children to feed. They arrived last night.'
0:20:27 > 0:20:30When did they last eat?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:20:34 > 0:20:36We haven't eaten for two nights.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40This is the food that's the first food we are getting.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43In two nights, this is the first thing they've had is a sandwich?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45That is what he is telling me.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Shocking.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Thank you for talking to us. No, seriously, good luck.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Aah, my friend, it's...
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Too much.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Here you go, kidda.
0:21:03 > 0:21:23It's dreadful.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24OK, let's move quickly.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27'As soon we get the milk out, we get rushed at
0:21:27 > 0:21:29'by a lot of the younger men.'
0:21:29 > 0:21:32OK, don't push! Look, look, look, look.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Line, line, line.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Here you go.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Baby, baby.
0:21:36 > 0:21:43Don't push, line. Here you go, kidda.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44I'm out already.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Line and babies.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49'We can't feed everyone, so we're going to give what
0:21:49 > 0:22:11'we have left to those with babies and children.'
0:22:20 > 0:22:23'But the Sally Army tries especially hard to help give them
0:22:23 > 0:22:25'back a bit of their childhood.'
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Look at that, some people in England, they prepare for us.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Right, then.
0:22:34 > 0:22:40Ready, backpacks ready.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43and we serve these people of the square.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46'Doing this day in, day out must be wearing,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49'but, as ever, it's their faith that gets them through.'
0:22:49 > 0:22:52In the name of Jesus Christ, our saviour, we pray.
0:22:52 > 0:22:59Amen. ALL: Amen.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Hallelujah, sister!
0:23:06 > 0:23:07HE LAUGHS
0:23:09 > 0:23:12This is heartbreaking because these have obviously been
0:23:12 > 0:23:15packed by children with the help of their parents
0:23:15 > 0:23:17and there's little notes inside saying,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19"Good luck, take care and we're thinking of you"
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and things like that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22It's pitiful.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26There's little socks and there's pencils and mugs and just things
0:23:26 > 0:23:29we take for granted, or our children take for granted.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I don't feel like Father Christmas, put it that way. No.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Here you go, little fella.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Do you want that one?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Do you want that one? Good boy.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You want one of these, sweetie?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54There you go. Hang on now.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Hold on a minute. No, no, no, no.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09You want some of these? Look, what's that?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Oh! What have you got? Have you got a dolly?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Oh, is she pretty? She's like you, isn't she?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I tell you what I've got for you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18There you go, kidda. Good boy.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Handing out crayons and toothbrushes.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Like a pebble in the ocean. It's just...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You do, that's how I feel, hopeless.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32'It's strange. You forget that you're in Athens.'
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Here you go.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36'All around the square, people are going to work normally,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39they're going home, eating their dinners in restaurants...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42'and not all them welcome the refugees.'
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Any more children?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46There's a baby.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Go home, go home!
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I am against these people!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Oh, shut up.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Go home, go home, all these people! Go home, go home!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Every village has one.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Oh, this woman.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I've going to have to shut her up.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Why don't I shut her up?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Do me a favour, why don't you go home?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Never mind these people and shut your mouth, eh?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Give your... Eh?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm saying zip it, shut it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15You're getting on everybody's nerves.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Go home and you! Go home, out of Greece!
0:25:19 > 0:25:23All the strangers, out of Greece!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Out of Greece! Just go, just go, leave these people alone.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28It's my country!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Give her a good...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36'I can't believe what I'm hearing, it just makes me so angry.'
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You all right?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43'Jo and I are exhausted. I don't think either of us
0:25:43 > 0:25:45'were quite prepared for the scale of the misery
0:25:45 > 0:25:47'these people are going through.'
0:25:47 > 0:25:49They're having a terrible time and they're going
0:25:49 > 0:25:51through a shocking ordeal.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I don't know where they're all going to go,
0:25:53 > 0:25:54but they've got to go somewhere.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56So we've got to show compassion.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03It was just overwhelming to see how very basic their needs are.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07The children were the thing that really...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Yeah, gets you here.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16And we've got to stop all this nonsense about "migrants, migrants",
0:26:16 > 0:26:18as if they're a cockroach, a rat invasion.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21They're not, they're human beings. They have lives.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23They don't want to be here.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24War's forced them out.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I think I put myself in their shoes a little bit.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31What if there had been a tragedy in the United Kingdom
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and we all had to leave, where would we go?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Would people take us in?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Would we have people screaming at us in our square
0:26:38 > 0:26:40saying, "Go home, go home"?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Would our children not have food to eat?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49For once, the chatterbox has no words.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56'The mood is sombre, but these are churchgoing people
0:26:56 > 0:26:59'and I know one way to lift their spirits -
0:26:59 > 0:27:01'in song.'
0:27:01 > 0:27:06# Please let the light that shines on me
0:27:06 > 0:27:07# Shine on... #
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Paul was typical Paul.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12He immersed himself in everything we were doing.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15# Over the mountain, over the sea. #
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Even when faced with conflict and difficult situations,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24he continued to show that love and compassion to people.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27And I came away from it having a lot of respect for him.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32# Shine on the one I love. #
0:27:32 > 0:27:34CHEERING
0:27:36 > 0:27:39But for me seeing him, actually in the square,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41with real people in a very raw situation
0:27:41 > 0:27:43at their point of need,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45that was extraordinary to me.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I don't actually know many people that would be able to do that
0:27:48 > 0:27:50in the way that he did it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Next time...
0:27:51 > 0:27:55We try to give them hope that there is a future for them.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57'I meet a woman whose addiction has ruined her life...'
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I lost all my family.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01I still couldn't stop.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03'..I deal with a few of my rhythm issues...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08'..and I use my stand-up comedy experiences
0:28:08 > 0:28:11'to help a man who hit rock bottom.'
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I've opened up, I've started talking
0:28:13 > 0:28:16but now everyone's trying to get me to stop talking.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I wouldn't have changed it for the world.