Students at Liverpool John Moores University have been forced to apologise after mocking homeless people on a ‘Tramps Night’ out.
Members of the trampolining society cruelly mocked homeless people by wearing ripped clothes and carrying cardboard signs asking for money.
The students were encouraged to dress “as trampy as you can” and suggested buying clothes from Primark, the Liverpool Tab reports.
A post on the society’s Facebook page read: “This Wednesday after training in tramps night. Be sure to dress [as] trampy as you can, Primark do cheap shirts if you need them!! Can’t wait to see you all there.”
Pictures posted to now private social media pages showed the students with dirt on their faces, in ripped clothes and carrying cardboard signs.
One sign appeared to read: “Gimme ur change and I’ll change ur night”.
The society have since apologised in a statement.
A statement read: “We realise now that our annual choice of costume could cause offence and are sorry for any upset this may have caused – it was never our intention.
“We will of course be changing our annual fancy dress theme and once again apologise to anyone who may have found this inappropriate.”
The students’ union said it had begun an investigation and would introduce fancy dress guidelines,
“We have recently been made aware of the annual tramps’ night out fancy dress social held by our trampolining society,” a spokesperson said.
“As a students’ union, we do not endorse fancy dress that could be deemed as offensive or discriminatory, and have reached out directly to the society involved, who realise that an error in judgment has been made with this choice of costume.
“They apologise for any offence caused and will be changing their annual social theme with immediate effect.
“We’ll be working closely with all our clubs and societies to make sure incidents like this do not happen again and will be making sure clear guidelines are in place for our students with regards to fancy dress.”
