I’m a single mum-of-3 and have been left with NOTHING after I suddenly lost my job – I don’t know how I’ll feed my kids
A SINGLE mum-of-three has been left battling to feed her kids after suddenly losing her job.
Rachel Hughes was left "with nothing" when Morlo Nursery in Holyhead, Wales - where she had worked for 17 years - suddenly went bust.
The mum has been forced to apply for help from a foodbank just to feed her kids Ava, four, Isabella, nine, and Amelia, 10.
Rachel said she was told in an emergency meeting that there was no money to pay staff wages - and it could take nine months to get the money.
She said: "It's so upsetting because I'm single mother to three girls and the wages I'm supposed to get on Monday is supposed to cover my rent, my food, and now I have nothing.
"I've been crying all day because I don't know how I'm going to feed my kids.
"I've had to apply for the foodbank - which I've never done in my life - and I've had to apply for a gas voucher so I can keep my children warm.
"How can I possibly look after and bring up my children with no money?"
Rachel says the last-minute decision to close the nursery has left her with "nowhere to turn".
"How can they just drop that bombshell on us and leave us with nothing?
You might also be able to get assistance from your council's Household Support Fund.
Each authority decides the type and amount of support it will offer to families, with many councils opting to give out food or fuel vouchers.
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Families with young children might be able to get Healthy Start Vouchers worth up to £442.
You could also get support from other schemes, for example low income families can get free or cheap fridges, carpets and furniture.
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