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This week our £500 donation has gone to a single mum of an 11 year old boy C who has  ASD/ADHD and Demand Avoidance.  Times have been incredibly hard for them. Parenting this type of neurodiversity can be extremely challenging. C has struggled at school, masking his distress as he tried to cope being in the school environment.  He has been bullied and suffers separation anxiety. Eventually it all became too much and he got to a point when he just could no longer attend and has not been in school since April 2022. It will have been a traumatic and damaging time for C and his mum. They are battling to get C a place in a specialist school that will hopefully be more suited to his needs, but that is a tough fight and it is likely C will be at home for the coming months with very little alternative provision available. Whilst being out of school, C & his mum have been researching support dogs - they can make such transformative differences when properly trained.   We were asked if we co

Once again a member has drawn our attention to someone who will really benefit from a bit of unconditional support from all of us here at 500 Together . These donations make such a difference beyond the financial gift - being able to remind people, like this week's recipient, that strangers care is a wonderful thing. This donation of £500 goes to a Mum who has two very young children, who it's fair to say has had a horrendous 18 months through no fault of her own. She has had to leave an abusive relationship, navigate some very difficult and complicated family situations and she is currently in and out of a Mother and Baby Unit but is being passed from pillar to post on housing even though she is effectively homeless. Despite this, she pours all of her energy and love into raising her children and caring for them, and had this message to share: "I just wanted to thank 500 Together again from me and the children. So far I've bought school uniform, some new watercolour