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Week 1/52: When a single mum on a zero hours contract applies for Universal Credit two weeks before Christmas and spends three out of the five week wait for payment with lights out, heating off and blankets on to keep her and her six year old son warm #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 2/52: When a lady fleeing a decade of domestic violence and relocated in a new location by Women's Aid applies for Universal Credit and is told at her first meeting she will not be able to claim because she left behind all evidence of her identity #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 3/52: When a young woman refuses the offer of sanitary items at a foodbank saying she has not had a period for several months having been informed by her GP earlier that day that she is undernourished due to a persistent lack of calories #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 1/52: When a young single lady with no family is made redundant, applies for Universal Credit three weeks before Christmas and uses her first payment in January to repay a loan she took out to pay for the Christmas dinner she ate alone #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 2/52: When a single mum loses her leg in a car accident, forcing her to give up her third floor tenancy and her three children have to move in with gran, while she spends over a year in a homeless unit waiting for suitable accommodation
#StoriesBehindTheStatistics
#StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 3/52: When a working father on a low income arrives at the foodbank looking for cereal when the head teacher tells him his two girls were struggling to concentrate at school because they said there was no breakfast in the house
#StoriesBehindTheStatistics
#StoriesBehindTheStatistics
