£150 remaining for an Oyster card top-up
J, who is over sixty and has complex immigration status, currently living with a volunteer host almost two hours away from her family, as this is her only housing option. She has a daughter and three grandchildren who J provides care to and who are her main social network. This funding would provide ten return journeys to help J stay connected to her family and travel to see them for a month. We are working on getting her a freedom pass, which has proved a challenge in the past, due to her lack of ID and proof of address.
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.