£0 remaining for food and utilities
J is 62 with disabilities; she is medically retired and working with us to get help with her rent arrears. She had been living with her father until he passed away in 2021. The council moved her to a smaller property, but she wasn’t given any help with benefits nor claiming the benefits she was entitled to. We are helping her get the benefits she is entitled to in place. A donation would help her pay for food and utilities whilst we do this, as she has been going without food to pay bills.
This woman I support is fleeing a domestic abuse situation and is in need of support whilst she awaits a decision on her asylum claim. She currently has no recourse to public funds and only receives a very small weekly allowance from a charity. This woman requires a shopping voucher to buy food, winter clothing and shoes suitable for the cold weather in the UK, which she will not otherwise be able to obtain.
A is a single dad with two girls aged nine and thirteen who have been living with him since earlier this year. He has worked hard to stabilise their lives and finances. Dad drives a bus one day a week in addition to looking after the girls, but still struggles to make ends meet. His washing machine needs to be replaced, but he cannot afford to do this himself.
MK, an entrenched rough sleeper, has been homeless for around two decades and is living in hostel accommodation. He would appreciate a voucher for some shoes and winter clothes, a top-up voucher for his phone, a haircut (as his beard has grown long since he has been homeless) and a beard trimmer to maintain his beard after the haircut.