[Leica] IMG: From my 'Food Poverty' Project

[Gerry Walden]

I have posted two new images from the ‘Food Poverty’ project on the my gallery at:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000257.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000262.jpg.html

This young woman has just moved into the area from living in a woman’s refuge. She has two children (10 and 2) and has been working in the National Health Service through an agency but has just had her contract terminated because of government cut-backs. She declared her work hours to not include her lunch breaks as that was her registered hours with the agency, but the Benefits Agency do consider her lunch break as working time. She has therefore, in their eyes, under-declared her work and therefore they have stopped all her top-up family benefits as a ‘punishment’ leaving her with no job and no state aid. Suddenly she just can’t make ends meet. The food bank will give her enough food for her family once a week for three weeks by which time she hopes to get another job.

Gerry

Gerry Walden LRPS
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