145 - Help to make garden safe for family - Dec 2023

This is a donation of £500 for garden clearance and safety cameras for a food bank client who was recently rehoused with her 2 children. The youngest child is autistic and needs care as he has no regard for safety. The house they have been allocated is great, and she has proudly made the house a home over the last 6 months being very careful with her money and saving up for things even though she has extremely limited income. 


However when she moved in, the garden was in a terrible state.  She has had to pay for rubbish removal but she is worried about the children hurting themselves on things she hasn't uncovered yet - there were old bikes and bits of metal everywhere. The food bank are supporting her in applying to the Council for an application for fencing as the garden isn't secure and she has to keep the doors locked and the keys hidden otherwise her son lets himself out and runs to the park, as he has no regard for road safety and she is scared he will get hurt. She has also had to have cameras installed as there was a dubious person who kept coming onto the garden. She felt extremely intimidated and there is a worry that this is racial motivated. 

Our £500 will help her finish sorting the garden out and will help with a few months of payments for the cameras she has had installed as she couldn't afford this so has a monthly plan to pay off the loan. If she can get the garden safe, it will be ready for when the fencing is done and will help this house finally feel like the home she has so desperately needed. 

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