I'm raising £1,500 for an emergency, i am currently homeless, have nowhere to stay and need my own rented accommodation. I will be using the money to pay a deposit costing 4/5weeks rent, a holding deposit and the 1st months rent.
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I am currently homeless, i do not have anywhere to stay on a night by night basis. I have severe mental health issues. I was diagnosed with Severe Anxiety and Manic depression 18 years ago. This was due to my mother having multiple strokes and the hardship it caused my family. More recently i have been diagnosed with Ego Dystonic Intrusive Thoughts, OCD and audio hallucinations, they were diagnosed in April 2024. All of these recently diagnosed mental health problems came about from an incredible amount of stress due to looking after my severely disabled mother for the last 10 years. I had little to no support for myself or mental wellbeing and everything just broke down very suddenly.
I was made homeless on the 15th September 2024, the Councils homeless team did nothing at all to prevent my homelessness. I found shared temporary supported accommodation through support workers. I stayed at this shared accommodation until the 25/10/2024 when i was evicted, with no notice at all due to not attending drug and alcohol rehab meetings even though im not an alcoholic or drug addict. I could not attend these meetings due to it effecting my mental health so much. Since 25/10/2024 i have been street homeless, i was able to stay with a friend for a few days, slept in a bush for a night and then have been able to stay with another friends family for a few days. They have only been able to help me, to keep me from sleeping in an old tent, in the Winter. They cannot help me much more and i need to get my own suitable accommodation ASAP. Staying on the streets in northern England in the winter is a pretty scary thing to go through.
The homeless team cannot help me find suitable accommodation in a quick time frame, they have done basically nothing to help me and offer completely unsuitable accommodation which i have explained that makes all my mental health issues far more worse. I have looked down every path i can for help, help from the council and local authority, with no avail. They cannot offer me suitable social housing quickly. I have been looking for that for 6months and i will still be waiting for months to come.
I cannot work at the moment due to my mental health illnesses, i have no money at all to even pay for food. I do not have money to pay any upfront costs for housing. If anybody can help me, that would be absolutely amazing. I would forever be in your debt. I have never asked for financial support. I do not like asking for funding or to ask for help as i normally just get on with things, but due to my life and mental health having a nuclear bomb dropped on it, i am in this position and reluctantly asking for some help to get me back on my feet.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and thankyou for your help. You are all legends!