£0 remaining for an art course
This disabled lady has been a client of the food bank for some time. The support she has received, both practical and emotional, has seen her grow in confidence and take a more positive attitude to life. With our encouragement, this lady investigated courses run by the local Skill and Learning body and is attending a Basic Computing Course (government sponsored), but also expressed a keen interest in an art course which carries a fee of £49.
J and her husband have recently moved to the UK from India and J is pregnant with twins. Although both are working, they are on low wages and J is now on maternity leave, but is not entitled to benefits. They are living in one room in a multi-occupancy house, but are shortly due to move to a private flat. J and her husband have no savings, as all of their money is spent on bills and the house move. The church has helped with many baby items, but they desperately need a double buggy to enable the babies to go out.
J is a single mum with five children who has recently escaped from a twelve year long domestic violence relationship. The family have been living in a safe house, but now have their own home. Mum is dependent on basic benefits as she has pre-school children and suffers with anxiety as a result of the domestic violence. J has no savings, as she was not allowed to have her own money. Her tumble dryer is irreparably broken and she desperately needs a new one to dry the considerable laundry from her five children.
H, a single mother with two children, is a refugee who recently moved to a new house which is unfurnished. She would like your help to support her so she can buy a used washer. H had already spend a lot of money on buying carpets and painting the house, and currently she needs help with a cooker.