‘Christine’s Story’

‘Christine’ “would have been on the streets without Nugent Care” and wanted us to tell her story.

‘Christine’ is in her mid 50’s, she has worked since she was 16 and is still working. she has a couple of low paid part time jobs. christine has some debt problems.

‘Christine’ helps her daughter who is bringing up 2 girls ages 6 and 13. christine’s daughter has been involved in a very violent relationship; her partner is now in prison because of the violence.

On several occasions the violence was towards ‘christine’, because of this she fled her house and ended up sofa surfing.
A local charity re-housed ‘christine’ but found her accommodation that she couldn’t afford.
‘christine’ has to leave this accommodation as it was putting her more in debt.

During all this, ‘christine’ was at a very low point in her life, she relied on local food banks and the support from epsom street.

The new flat ‘christine’ moved into did not have a cooker, nugent care supplied a new cooker, food, bedding, and duvets ‘christine’ and toys for her granddaughters.

‘Christine’ said;

“I would have been on the streets without nugent care, at my age, i was sofa surfing. “

“There is no way i could have ever paid for a new cooker, you have saved my life and my sanity, i was going under with the stress of everything, you even gave me new pyjama’s for my granddaughters for christmas”
eve , thank you, i am now getting back on my feet because of your help”

‘Christine’ is beginning to get her life back on track, she is volunteering with a local community centre and working towards achieving her level 3 in play work.

“I am getting my life back bit, by bit and couldn’t have done it without the help from Nugent Care”