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Jan 26, 2022, 10 tweets

16 yr girl B moved near me

Mum has brain tumour,op next week. Dad NHS care assistant. B has to look after young sis & study GCSE this yr

5pm B “hello, someone said you’d be a good person to chat to. I have no school, haven’t started GCSE work & fail everything”.

*long chat*

8pm “You’ve inspired me to study but I have no laptop, pens or paper”

8:15pm I turn up with books and pens

B “you really believe in me? I have never seen kindness like this”

Me “yes I do & one day you will be in a position to inspire the next person”

B sent this. 🙏encourage

And B sent this too…

And B has started Maths revision too int he notebook. 🙏 send encouragement.

Poverty is closer to home than we might like to think so let’s support each other, encourage one another and build each other up.

Spare a thought for the families of #ourNHSPeople. They’re not all rich. They are facing their own challenges in life. #Bekind

This morning from B. Thanks for all of your encouragement. 🙏

More from B!!

If you’d like to support B, here’s the crowdfunding link gofundme.com/f/help-b-throu…

The power of your encouragement ❤️

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