Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis Thanks for you latest comments. You are right about the title, and you will note from the heading of this email that I have changed it. Best wishes Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 > On 3 Sep 2015, at 06:43, 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/L1000257.jpg.html> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000262.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 <http://www.gwpics.com/> > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > >