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Lois N
26 March 2021
Hi, I got involved with covid realities via child poverty and Action Group. I'd already done some work with them around poverty and child poverty in particular...
Children's wellbeing
👥 Covid Realities
👦 Single parenting
Meg T
21 July 2021
I felt organised but then I remarried a second time &sold my home to move in with my partner, which proved to be a poor decision on my part; my family structure collapsed due to the impact of Domestic Violence - 17 years ago...
👦 Single parenting
🚧 Work
💛 Health + disability
Connie G
07 June 2021
I feel I have coped very well throughout the pandemic, definitely better through the initial lockdown than the subsequent ones (particularly winter). I’m fortunate that i haven’t experienced major illness and the pain of losing loved ones, but this pandemic has certainly been a trauma...
🕰 Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
👦 Single parenting
🌦 Mental health
Danni M
31 May 2021
The biggest change has been losing my childcare. I feel now that I am farming my kids out all over the place just so I can go to work...
Children's wellbeing
🚧 Work
👦 Single parenting
Alex R
31 May 2021
The Conservatives hate everything about me and are determined to make me feel as worthless as possible. Im a single parent I am long term ill My daughter has a disability Vital funds they an spend on armed weapons to sell to kill other human beings in another country...
🌦 Politics & stigma
💛 Health + disability
👦 Single parenting
Mindy S
18 May 2021
I didn't vote in the last election. I was finally eligible to do so after waiting ages for my pre-settlement status...
🌦 Politics & stigma
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👦 Single parenting
Alex R
16 May 2021
Back in the town centre for free Wi-Fi Lots of men sitting outside the pubs in the sunshine enjoying company and a drink. I haven't been to the pub in years No idea how much a drink costs...
👦 Single parenting
Meg T
16 May 2021
Feeling in a reflective mood today after completing the big question of the week. Not only that but I have been doing some antipoverty campaigning and it's reminded me of the fact that when I started campaigning back in 2018, but I actually thought poverty was a personal failing...
👦 Single parenting
💛 Health + disability
🗳 Benefits
Elizabeth A
10 May 2021
I think all the strain and stress of the lockdowns have put extra strain on an already full plate. I was a struggling single parent having escaped domestic violence...
Children's wellbeing
🕰 Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
🌦 Mental health
👦 Single parenting
Destiny K
10 May 2021
There will now be ways to keep my little one entertained aside from parks and nature walks which are not suitable with wet weather. The hardest part of lockdown has been trying to keep my kid from getting bored but now I have other places to go!...
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