'Once I’ve paid rent, council tax, gas, electricity and other bills, there’s virtually nothing left'
The charity, which runs a food kitchen, an outreach support arm and supplies over 130,000 meals to the homeless and vulnerable each year, were moved by the family’s story and stepped in to offer fuel vouchers andMohamed says the organisation has been a lifeline to his family over the last few months, and to thank them for their support, the kind dad is now volunteering his own time at their shop in Govan and their hot meals service for the homeless in Glasgow while he tries to restart his...
“It is Abdulmalek’s birthday this week and I haven’t been able to buy him a present yet. I told him that things as hard for us as a family just now, but as soon as I am allowed to work, I will buy him everything that he wants. It is very difficult not being able to do something as simple as make a birthday special for your son.”
He said: “As soon as we realised they had no heating or electricity, we knew we had to step in. Mohamed and his family are struggling to survive on benefits and unfortunately this is something we are hearing a lot of now.
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