Chris Breakwell
A CHARITY worker has been slammed after apparently posting comments on Facebook criticising the people he is supposed to be helping – and telling them to get a job.
Expletive-filled status updates appeared on Chris Breakwell’s Facebook page deriding people who claim benefits and have mental health issues.
Mr Breakwell is currently assistant manager of Crawley Furni-Aid, based in Linchmere Place, Ifield.
The charity helps “people in need, lone adults, lone parents and families in receipt of state benefit” by providing low-cost second-hand furniture and household goods.
One of the posts left on Mr Breakwell’s Facebook page read: “15 days into the new year and my charity bar has hit ‘F*** OFF YOU PONSING [sic] W******!’ between people crying in the office because THEY have no proof of benefits, and c**** lying on the phone.
“GET A F****** JOB AND STOP EXPECTING S*** TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BECAUSE YOU PLAY THE VICTIM CARD!!! MY F****** HARD EARNED TAX PAYS YOUR LIFESTYLE.”
A second post was also put up which read: “Why do people with problems, usually mental health issues, feel the need to tell you?”
Keshena Pritchard, who has suffered from mental health issues, was a Crawley Furni-Aid customer – but says she won’t be any more.
She saw the comments on Facebook last Wednesday (January 15).
She and Mr Breakwell were Facebook friends because they know each other through Crawley’s music scene.
“I think the comments were absolutely appalling,” the 26-year-old said.
“I knew Chris worked for them because he delivered a bed to my flat. I saw what was written and was shocked.
“I thought ‘he can’t be talking about where he works’ but it seems like he is.”
Miss Pritchard added that there is no way she would use the charity again.
She said: “Why would I want to go somewhere, the only place I can afford furniture, to get help when I know someone [who works there] thinks I am a c*** and a f****** scrounger?”
General manager Bill Harris said that Crawley Furni-Aid would hold an internal inquiry into the comments.
He added: “I have spoken to Chris and I am going to speak to the directors.”
Mr Harris added that the comments did not reflect the views of the charity.
“If there’s anything that needs to be sorted out we will do it internally,” he said.
If anyone is offended by the comments, they can complain to the charity, Mr Harris added.
Mr Harris added that he had never seen anyone crying in the charity’s office.
He said: “We have helped a lot of people and have made a lot of people happy. We have made a lot of people’s lives a lot more comfortable.”
The Crawley News asked to speak to Mr Breakwell when we spoke to his manager but he had not called us back by the time we went to press.
Same Difference 
a very typical crawley comment and for the record you wont get any GENUINE help off any charitites in this area apart from carers
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There are some evil people on both sides of the fence, and the true unfortunates in the middle. There are wicked people who mock true invallids, and those that have fallen on hard times, by abusing the benefits system. Those who unwarrrantedly lash out at all and sundry may one day find themselves in the position to those whom they unjustly criticized. Criticism should be against the rip-off merchants, and government ministers first in the firing line.
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Someone needs to find a different job. That’s the problem though, jobs are scarce these days. Those who have one are trapped with it, whether they want it or not.. People say it’s easier to find a job when you’ve got one. So if he can’t find a more suitable job, from the position he is in. What chance do those of us starting from no job stand.
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