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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From my 'Food Banks' Project - Nathan
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 06:18:11 +0100
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Thank you for looking and commenting. This woman was so depressed that this 
was happening to her that I felt really sorry for her. Some of the stories I 
hear are very unfortunate, other not so.

Gerry

Gerry Walden LRPS
www.gwpics.com
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932






> On 9 Sep 2015, at 05:55, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The second one I found especially strong, Gerry.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 03 Sep 2015, at 07:43, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> I have posted two new images from the ?Food Poverty? project on the my 
>> gallery at:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000257.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000262.jpg.html
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>> This young woman has just moved into the area from living in a woman?s 
>> refuge. She has two children (10 and 2) and has been working in the 
>> National Health Service through an agency but has just had her contract 
>> terminated because of government cut-backs. She declared her work hours 
>> to not include her lunch breaks as that was her registered hours with the 
>> agency, but the Benefits Agency do consider her lunch break as working 
>> time. She has therefore, in their eyes, under-declared her work and 
>> therefore they have stopped all her top-up family benefits as a 
>> ?punishment? leaving her with no job and no state aid. Suddenly she just 
>> can?t make ends meet. The food bank will give her enough food for her 
>> family once a week for three weeks by which time she hopes to get another 
>> job.
>> 
>> Gerry
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>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] IMG: From my 'Food Banks' Project - Nathan)
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Message from nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: From my 'Food Poverty' Project)