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This donation is for £200, which we have sent to someone who has been through a series of extremely tough events. She unfortunately caught Covid just as she was moving from one job to another and her new job couldn’t be kept open for her. She therefore had no access to furlough help and on top of all this, she was in difficult personal circumstances, and there was a serious illness in her close family, and sadly a death in her close family too.   Despite all of this, this person has picked herself up and gone out and got herself a new job, but just needed a bit of help to buy some specific uniform requirements for her new job and help for transport costs to tide her over until her first paycheck. 500 Together are very pleased to be able to step in and help this person. When we spoke to her, we heard how hardworking and determined she is to get back on her feet. She has consistently worked since she was 16 and has never before had such a combination of things happen to her that meant sh

For our latest donation we are sending £500 to Francine at  Rehouse to Rehome , a Sheffield based charity supporting and empowering victims and survivors of Domestic Abuse. Our £500 will go towards buying a cooker/fridge/ washing machine for a family that Francine is helping to rehome.  Francine tells us that she has seen a significant rise in requests for help since the beginning of the pandemic. Our donation has been very gratefully received and Francine has kindly sent us this powerful message explaining why: Not having essential household goods often becomes a real and practical barrier that prevents a survivor from leaving an abusive relationship. Even when individuals gather up the immense courage it takes to flee an abusive relationship and, if they are lucky enough to be re-housed by the authorities, there is a strong possibility that they will not get the financial support required to furnish that property with even the most basic of household goods which are a necessity in or