I’m a single parent with five children. I only get money for three of them and have a Housing Benefit cap, so my Housing Benefit has been cut over the past six months. I get paid £70 Income Support every two weeks and that goes on household bills. By the time everything has come in …
I have my own limited company and was working on the railway, most recently, up until July last year. I started having trouble going to the toilet. I was diagnosed with cancer and two operations later, I now have a stoma. The chemo really had a big affect on my wellbeing – even more than …
I don’t earn enough money to support both me and my son and I had to do something, so I accessed Southend Council for a grant for food. They deal with Epping Forest people and I live in Sheering. Now I have a new job, I should be able to make ends meet. I was …
I was a person who always worked. I was a self-employed live-in carer, but in 2016, the work became less and less, so I sought an employer. I was then made redundant in 2017. In 2020, I became a widow. I’m now on Universal Credit, but at 64, I find it very difficult to find …
