Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The second one I found especially strong, Gerry. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 03 Sep 2015, at 07:43, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > > 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 > www.gwpics.com > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information