Got paid UC today minus uplift. Paid all bills including bedroom & council tax. Now skint.
I'm back to one meal a day to keep my son warm & fed. Be more people worse off than us too.
My son and I have £100 a month for food.
100 × 12 ÷ 52 = £23.07
He's almost 18 and 6ft 5 so per adult in household we have £11.53 each a week for food budgeting
If it hadn't been for racist Karen here I wouldn't have known that English Heritage offer free admission to their heritage sites for anyone who has been granted leave to remain or refugee status.
👏👏👏
A man stopped my son and said he didn't want money and could he buy him something to eat? My beautiful boy took him into Greggs and let him choose what he wanted x😍
Bit blown away by this. My son never mentioned he spent £30 of his summer school holiday £90 fsm gift card on his friend who's family arrived here seeking asylum.
He's up for a community award.
Two years ago today I was stealing food to feed my son. Awful experience.
Sat in my garden eating a salad sandwich for breakfast before building new raised beds. This is privelige & I have so much gratitude for this new journey 💫
Had a call from friend on her way to work, she just needed a listening ear. Works in a care home and 11 elderly residents have now tested with Covid, and 6 staff. We all know what's happening, this Govt doesn't see the value in saving lives.
The time DWP requested a blind woman with no feet attend an assessment to see if she was fit for work.
I took that lady for breakfast beforehand. She was starving. Combed her hair and said let's go break that assessor 😍
It's been 2 yrs, but I've just been to a supermarket, inside it, actually shopping, with my carer companion and I managed my PTSD.
Got fresh bread, aubergines and feta for my lunch
I'm so happy 😭😭😭
Can't stop crying. You know I suffered horrifically at the job centre last year? And I just always want to keep other people safe.
The person I've been supporting with UC issues has been told they're owed 11k by DWP.
I've cried non stop today that we're now at that point where I might need to return to food banks after a year of them in 2019. I shared the abuse tweeting as Foodbankmum.
I can't do it again.
I just can't. It was terrible.
My time exposing Depher is up. It's been a long, exhausting and infuriating two years, but we did it. I have some victim accounts I need to hand over to Burnley women's services & I've done my bit.
Thanks for supporting me & I'll be back when I've enjoyed a magickal summer 🌿