Thats what its like for me if Im lucky. Being a single mother of 3 with no help or family I just live in guilt and misery knowing my children deserve better. Its heartbreaking
I think ppl understand this wrong. I think what they mean is that money s not nessesary gonna make you happy. Rich ppl also sometimes commit suicide because of depression etc. They dont say that being poor will make you happy, because it s pretty obv it wont when you are hungry all the time
Money makes you happier if you are already happy . If you are an unhappy human it will make you happy for a short while then you drop back to being a misery
No one no idea you should go to bed hungry. It is just so shameful with all the money in the world that the 1% and 10% don’t help their employees more!! Don’t pay them a living wage and instead of a minimum wage!!!
How hard does she work? Does she train in her spare time to become a care manager in order to progress her career so she can feed and secure her child? Are the fake nails a struggle to pay for? Is all the extra fat she's carrying a symptom of missing meals for her child to eat? Lots and lots of questions
@@barrett7893 This isn't poverty, clean running water, electricity, safe clean home, fancy nails, Heinz ketchup, Nutella!!! name brand breakfast cereals, the fat around her mid-rift.. it's BS - if you've ever traveled to a third world country you know what poverty looks like.... This is BS
.. and churches gain and horde millions or more. Look at the 80 BILLION $ empire the Mormons built. With all that why are there homeless or struggling Mormons???? Because the ' leaders' keep the money for themselves.
I know! and she probably only gets her fake nails done once every few weeks🤣 Whys she got a large layer if fat around her mid-rift and on her arms? Is that from going hungry feeding her child?
@@weeblywinkleman6410 why don’t you show some compassion you honestly think people would let there children starve but feed themselves or do there nails . Maybe you haven’t bee a single parent and haven’t struggled financially to put food in your belly
I think that the problem also lies in many people having relied on takeaways, processed and packaged food for so long and have no clue how to whip up healthy and hearty meals on a budget.
At least there are foodbanks these days. When my children were small, we went through a period from September to January where my wages did not come through. We collected the wilting vegetables from the tray outside the greengrocers at the end of the day, scavenged for hazel nuts, blackberries and other free growing fruits in the woods and fields, grew what we could in the back garden. The child benefit gave us a little money for limited electricity, and whatever was over bought mostly flour, eggs , and dried pulses.
Food banks are a blessing in disguise. As long as we have food banks then the Government of the day will not do anything. That's the trouble with food banks, the Government have passed the buck onto the ordinary poor citizens. If we had no food banks imagine how many people would die from either starvation or committing crimes in order to try and survive and that would not look good for the Government now would it.
Actually the government are using poverty as a political tool according to the UN so even if food banks did not exist they would do nothing. This is borne out by the fact that "care in the Community" and "big society" have proven to not work yet the cuts to provision for disabled are radical and getting worse.
Food bank are the lifeline before benefits can start. They are also free to be more flexible than the gov can be. To be fair sometimes you are just living in the wrong area.
It's not the government fault you voted for this and now food prices have gone up because of less farmers. This wouldn't have happened if brexit didn't happen. This is the result of brexit
When I was working on dialysis with 8 other medical issues my wages for the local labour council went down too less than 10k per year. Travel to work and medical appointments cost me £1500 a year. Food became hard to afford but luckily for me I was able to eat out of next doors bin when it was financially hardest. The people next door hadn't worked for 20 years. Both fit.. and luckily got enough benefits to throw half freshly cooked eaten joints of pork into the bin. I luckily ate out of it a few times until they caught me and threatened to inform the police and council for Trespass. I worked for the local labour council at the time doing very long shifts in a children's home. The manager new what i was going through so made sure any time I attempted to eat at work would make me stop eating. Laughing and make me have a meeting as each shift why I needed dialysis. Laughing whilst doing so.
the society and services you receive are the ones the nation gets when it votes for conservatives government. Expect it to get much worse there's couple years before the next election
It gives an idea why Many European countries went on to invade other countries. Cold climate and Lack of agricultural land are a liability when a country has to survive by importing foods.
Nope that is simply not true. The population of Europe 100 years ago was far smaller than it is now. IE near 750 Million now compared to 300 million in 1900 and less than 150 million in 1800. Most of the European wars were fought over two factors, dynastic control (EG the 100 years war) and in the case of Napoleon the belif that France was superior and therefore deserved to rule the world (Survival of the fittest from Darwinism). The rest were purely over control of spice routes and silk routes.
When my daughter was small, I didnt have much and didnt overspend on Christmas. She knew that I would give her what I could (without getting into masses of debt). The best gift I gave her was love, not material things. To this day she is a responsible person, grateful for what she gets.
God bless this mother and watch over her. She is the most amazing mother just like other mothers that do the same. They do with out so their children can have. That is the true love only a mothers can give!! 💯
@@barrett7893 That is an amazing take on poverty and producing progeny regardless of circumstance and I commend your outlook because I too believe ALL have the right to reproduce.
@@pw4259 there would be plenty to go around if there wasn’t so much greed from the richest tier of society. Many of these people were born poor, they are just ordinary people, not particularly bright or talented. They make mistakes because they are human, do they deserve to starve for that?
I do the same … once bills are paid there’s barely enough left to eat . I’m a single mum just came out of a horendous domestic violence marriage . He left me with no home no car nothing . I’m struggling to get in my feet not to mention my and my sons mental health . I have a casual job and still have no money . My son won’t have a Xmas or Xmas food . I go home and cry after iv don’t the shopping cause I know I have to struggle till next week 😢😭
@@AfricancoolChic Good grief! Luxury nails? Normalcy is when you don't need to be on the dole to feed your family. She should have ripped off those fake nails and used her hands to dig into the soil and plant a garden.
She just has them painted... 🙄 Probably dollar nail polish she's had for years. Guess that's too "fancy". Next you'll demand mothers go without panties and bras, because you know, too "fancy".
@@RR-on4sk Mothers and fathers need to get their hands dirty and grow food--not "paint their nails". She was wearing artificials nails. No excuses while you are on the dole. Sorry, not sorry!
@@AfricancoolChic The semblance of normality🤣 What about the Heinz ketchup which is just sugar, or the breakfast cereals which literally have so little nutrition in them, they have to be "fortified".. If she didn't get her nails, the ketchup and cereal she'd already have £46 extra in her pocket, that buys a lot of pasta and vegetables, but from the look of the fat on her arms and mid-rift - I imagine there's a Mc Donald's near by
Its not right for mums to worry about food in britain. There should be enough for all.the shame is on the capitalist system that allows this while others have way too much
Do you donate to food banks, and or check in on neighbours to make sure they have enough to eat. The government wastes whopping amounts of money, I don't want them taking more under the guise of feeding people, whilst making more governmental jobs, waste, and red tape. It's our job to help those in need💗
Don't get your nails done, stop buying branded items. Get access to a wholesale card, buy specific items in bulk. Pasta is super cheap, even bigger super markets are selling sacks of pasty for way cheaper than the smaller ones. Get chopped tomatoes, make health soups with cheap individual vegetables that can be discounted or sold on the cheaper side.
quite right . surely she can afford to buy beans to put on toast < even with the nails done if it is so important but should not be > which is very nice and healthy we like it and add curry powder or cheese to the beans when she does not eat the same as her son . there are plenty of healthy cheap quick foods she can make .
I feel so sorry for this lady trying to do the best for her son. She’s a real hero..it’s disgusting in this day and age in the UK that a lot of us are living like this.
@@MatthewChapmanYT I can actually see that people protesting on the streets because the prices are ridiculous it’s going to get to a point where whole of Britain is in poverty.
Ill let you in on a secret. we vastly overpopulated the planet and for many decades it was ok because we simply plundered the planet but now its catching up with us. so now sadly we stand on the brink of a horrible sudden depopulation event. physics unfortunately writes the rules. what goes up must come down
Thats a good question...People would be surprised at how in Brazil, a so-called 3rd world country fathers are made to pay or they could face jail...Im really not sure how the system is in the UK but from the comments it seems these mothers cant really rely on that? If so that really is backward of the UK!!
They pay like 18% of their wage total for any kids they have but the government hasn't increased it because they said it would mean more fathers would stop working if too much of their purse went on child support because many fathers resent paying that money to their ex wife or former girlfriend etc.
It's a disgrace in this country people are living in such insecurity. A particular disgrace is food insecurity. Let's not delude ourselves that families were not struggling before energy and gas price rises and inflation.
It's the same in the States and nit sure now but around 5byears ago, Germany had more food banks than the UK. Its a problem in many first world countries sadly.
Well it's their own fault that they don't have food they voted for brexit kicking out eu farm labour's now food are rooting in fields and can't bring in food because of custom check so they brought in upon themselves and comes and cry about it what a cry baby.
@@ben8878 nope it hasn't the British kicked out farmers now they come on the news and cry while it's their fault. Before brexit the price was OK why the prices are rising after brexit. Also if brexit didn't happen you had option to move to another country now you are trapped in the UK so basically you voted to become a prisoner meaning you can't leave the UK
I go without food because I’m vain. My self induced torture aside... I’m seeing an incongruence with her cupboards being fuller than mine and herself being a far heavier lady than I am as a man.
I wonder what she is doing with her £77 a week JSA/IS/UC benefit plus £20 Child benefit plus other child benefits? She also gets housing benefit and council tax reduction benefits I assume? Gas isn't all that expensive. I carried out a little experiment yesterday, I left my heating on at 20 degrees for 24 hours and used up 24kwh of gas which at 9p each plus 27p standing charge cost me £2.46 I was blooming freezing though. That is £17.22 a week or £447.72 for the coldest 6 months of the year(October to March). Do what I am going to do and put extra credit on the gas meter over the summer months. Even if you use £5 per day in gas that will cost you about £900 or so which building up a credit at £200 a month is doable between now and September. Go without now so you don't have to later.
Utterly shameless these foodbanks should be banned, respectable people have to find £200 a week for there groceries yet thieving scum like this get it for nothing. She should not have children if she is not prepared to pay for them.
I do feel for this woman, but I cant help thimking, why do people have kids if they cant afford them. Theres a reason I drive a Ford and not a Rolls Royce. Kids are expensive and then they turn into teenagers.
I give to the food banks. It is very sad, when one looks at the money spent on the pandemic, if the news is reliable, many millions has been wasted, despite government mandate good intentions. One hopes that soon, the situation will be resolved, whereby people don’t have to rely on food banks. The present laws, sadly are failing these vulnerable people. In 2022 everyone on the planet, should have clothing, shelter, food and a environment that is caring, sharing, loving. Hopefully things will improve for everyone soon.
You would shocked at the amount of food that is actually thrown away...from grocery stores to restaurants.!!! I just watched a documentary about this..my jaw dropped open...I couldn't believe that just 1 Apple farmer has to throw away up to 7 tons of apples every week because stores won't buy them because they are not perfectly round.!! The couple who did the documentary went to several restaurants and stores and received so much food...they themselves almost had to throw food out..!! I am still shaking my head in disbelief...so sad this world is so out of whack...
It should be obligatory for all food selling chains not to destroy food but to automatically donate it to food banks in each country. There is no planet B, food production and farming is a source of global pollution. No food already produced should ever simply go to waste if Earth is supposed to continue being habitable for humans. Period.
@@femmeNikita27 FINALLY...Some who knows and speaks the TRUTH.!!! THANK YOU FemmeNikita27.!!! Go watch the documentary film about food wasted...I was in shock for 3 days afterwards..Farmers throwing 3 to 5 tons of apples every week because they are NOT PERFECTLY ROUND so grocery stores won't accept them..!! 1 farmer has a several hundred acre farm of celery and throws away half because stores don't want the outside stalks!!! The couple who did the documentary went to stores,restaurants etc and the amount of waste was just ..just un-believable...smh
So only have kids when you can afford them?? You do realise very very few people can afford children, sadly when I retire in 30 years I’m gonna need young people working to pay my pension…. :(
people DO empathise, where there’s a genuine need to! I saw one person being interviewed, hadn’t a job in 14 years, had 4 kids, 5th on the way! Was interviewed outside a food bank! How long did you want the empathy to stretch, no, seriously! Why breed if you can’t feed? Why ask fo empathy when half get into a situation of their making? Education for unemployed is FREE! The only thing the government doesn’t provide is a a 6 AM alarm call so people could attend Adult Education classes! Why is it ALWAYS someone else’s fault for EVERY bad decision/choice in your life? When do people take ownership of their actions? Serious questions need serious answers! And there is always a portion if society which refuses advice! Go figure!
That's terrible. We live in a world with so much. We should be able to give our people the basics, in every country, everywhere. Call me a socialist, I don't care. No one in this world should be going hungry.
I used to get my lump sum at Christmas. 500 extra at Christmas. It's a small loan the government gives every year I'm sure it's doubled now. I just don't understand this, I was a single mother also. I never went without food because cooking up a meal dosnt cost much. Also I developed extra skills to earn extra.
I did the same thing as a mother of two, I was around 90 lb it would never eat because I knew I couldn't afford it, my daughters are grown now, and now they have their own issues with food
She is obviously using food banks that's why cupboards are, full. With all the other expenses like heating, rent and bills not much left for food. Feel sorry must be a struggle. Yet some spend £30 a, day on fast food don't think about the unfortunate needy people.
Very poignant. Thanks to food banks people like Tara can cope with a tough life! The British welfare is getting worse just like the Italian one, unfortunately.
It's admirable that this mother is willing to go without food so that her son can eat. One thing I might suggest for this mother to do is to forgo getting her nails done so that she might be able to have fewer times of her going hungry. I mean no malice; it's just a suggestion to her be able to eat.
Why shouldn't she get her nails done? I can imagine it's an extremely miserable situation she's in and you're suggesting she deprive herself of even more. It does a lot for people self esteem and mood to be able to have a few nice things.
@@fn716 Of course, she should be able to get her nails done if that means more to her than feeding herself. Please don't be defensive...I was making a suggestion that if she doesn't have enough food for herself, giving up having her nails done is a way for her to eat. If she'd rather do without eating, so be it.
@@jimmiepatrum the last thing she needs is your condescending suggestion. The only way to alleviate the poverty she and millions of other people are is to fix the massive economic equality that exists in this country. Her nails probably one of the very few things that makes her some happiness. Its like telling someone to go without a haircut because they technically don't need it.
@@fn716 It's very different going without a haircut than going without food...not a true comparison! No condenscending attitude on my part - I guess you think she should stare at her beautiful nails while her stomach growls for food because having beautiful nails does a lot for her self esteem and mood, huh? Get real: if a person truly is hungry, self esteem is the least of her worries. Indeed, the poverty problems do need to be fixed, but in the meanwhile, I have enough sense to know that luxuries have to go in order to survive. Maybe you've never been truly hungry and didn't know how you were going to feed yourself. That's not a good place to be. Not going hungry trumps self esteem everytime.
@@fn716 because she is saying she doesn't have food, but is getting her nails done. It's all about priorities. I wouldn't dream of getting my nails done, as I don't have the money. However, I wear mascara in an obsessive way, as my eyelashes are literally invisible without it! However, if I had to choose between basic makeup, and food, the food would win every time! People in the west don't know we are born. Look at places like the Philippines, where they literally have a cup of rice to share between two children for lunch. There are loads of places where they only eat once, or twice a day. I'm not suggesting she does that, but since she doesn't have a baby/toddler (so no nappies, formula, or wipes to buy) she could totally feed them both on a shoestring. Atomic Shrimp has loads of ideas on how to do it.
Poverty has always existed in the middle of apparent affluence, even in the West. What is sad is that the politicians I'm charge could care very little for the wellbeing of a child that goes without, in a London full of wealth. Having a full tummy and shelter is the least we could do for a child, but there is so much more that a child needs
all those brand labels, not exactly cheap - cant be that fussy. so why not get up a real job that actually pays? oh no, easier to blame it on the government, benefit cuts and brexit
الاعتماد على الشراء اليومي من البقالات مخيف !! ماذا لو حصل فوضى او انقطاع للإمدادات !! لابد ان يكون لدينا بعض الطعام الجانبي للطوارئ ..الخبز الجاف لايلقى في القمامة يحفظ ويؤكل مع شوربة او حليب او مكرونة اندومي .. الخبز المجفف (وجبة الطوارئ) !! يضل صالح للاكل خاصة لو كان محمص قليلا .. يحفظ في قطع قماش مثل ( كيس المخدة) خارج الثلاجة والفريزر ولمدة طويلة لايتلف .
we keep hearing western countries are very rich then how come they are in debts of 1-2 triliens and things like this carry on and countries keep giving aid to everywhere else then they say no money for their citizens even basic things .
I never felt ashamed of any resources that I sought out, in order to provide safe housing, food, or clothing for my children while bringing them up! Today, they are all well and I give back wherever I can.
She has varnish on she may have had for a long time, and you can get a bottle for less than £1, hardly an extravagance. Should she wear sack cloth and ashes too, or is she allowed one thing that will make her feel attractive?
Crazy how the most poverty stricken areas I see in London have about 15-20 Deliveroo drivers at every fast food joint - not only can the poor afford takeaway but they can pay twice to get it delivered
It's ashame that even the help from the food bank is lackluster. None of those foods were worth a damn nutrition wise. Unfortunately food banks can only work with what's donated and try to give out filling foods vs healthiest foods. That's why there's so many starving people that don't look like skeletons. Think of the kids on charity commercials with huge bloated bellies. It's from empty foods, that just cause distention. You'll notice it on farms too, where animals (esp horses) get "hay belly" when there's just straw to eat instead of a varied diet. I was saying in another comment that I really feel that kids of the depression had one advantage over kids now a days -- natural foods. Parents hunted, made broths, they foraged dandelions, wild herbs, etc. Much better than pastas or carb fillers (breads). There's a reason that generation set records for longevity for life, despite chemicals, -- good foundation.
Help me out. A loaf of bread containing about 20 slices is 36p at Aldi. So 2 slices would be 7.29. Add some spread and round up to 10p. Then add a glass of milk for another 5 p. That's 15p. A coupl of slices of toast and some milk is a normal breakfast isn't it? So if any child is going to bed hungry it's a matter for social services. If you want to tell me people are suffering then I accept that but this doesn't really add up does it?
Just an observation and all that, don’t know if I’m blind but she says that she struggles to feed her son and herself but judging by the cupboards, THEY ARE ALL FULL. I volunteered at a food bank where a frequent visitor often get her supplies there. I noticed that when parking my car up to do Christmas shopping at a north Wales town this “struggling carer” who gets £100 worth of food was driving a brand new RANGE ROVER VOGUE, the Autobiography edition I think. That’s the type of people who go to food banks and scrounge in a false guise of misfortune. Stop deluding yourselves!!!
oh leave off. You don't know about that. She might even have been given a freebie by a friend because she was going to be on tv and, suprise surprise, wanted to look good. Why judge?
Totally with u on this pasta is £1.50 tins of tomato even cheaper dont tell me she can feed herself 3ven if its a flipping sandwich bread is £50p but she wants to look nice what the hell. Get a part time job when kids in school I got 2 jobs! She has one child who goes school what does she do all day self employed hcs u get an additional benefit if u can show u earn a little bit. Which is fine but get a part time job even doing deliveries she can join amazon whatever do deliveroo on a bike its flexible there many options
so that is live of STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMEN? wow, where is the father?????? why are you bringing new life to this world if you can not support yourself!!
She goes without food, yet chooses to buy rubbish like ketchup and breakfast cereals with literally zero nutrition in them.. she's also over weight, you can see the fat on her arms through that jumper. These people should be put on courses on how to buy and use the right foods, that don't cost much but which maximize nutrition per £ That women's generation, literally have lost the skill of cooking and preparing nutritious food
We have had to do this and it is possible. We go to tesco, and we can get tons for £20 with non branded food. Aldi and Lidl are brilliant too. With children though, it is a completely different ball game. Baby formula is so so expensive, nappies and child care costs.
£25 is actually quite a lot of your benefits if you're on universal credit and need to pay bills, and possibly top up housing benefit or pay back debts.
I cant believed this lady, she and her son living in a nice place, nice clothing, food are just at her reach and she's still complaining?I suggest for her to go here in the Philippines and see personally the family living in slum area, 12 children, shanty houses, food from garbage, no education, no future and yet surviving. I bet she will choose her present situation, all that she need is some dis karte as what we called in filipino.
My mother would do the same when we were growing up. If any food was left after the 4 of us children had eaten, then she would eat.
😢💔❤️
My mother would always eat the burnt piece or the smallest piece or just have a cup of coffee after the rest of us finished.
God bless your mother!! 💯
Thats what its like for me if Im lucky. Being a single mother of 3 with no help or family I just live in guilt and misery knowing my children deserve better. Its heartbreaking
Where u from
Those who say, " money doesn't buy happiness" should try living like this.
I think ppl understand this wrong. I think what they mean is that money s not nessesary gonna make you happy. Rich ppl also sometimes commit suicide because of depression etc.
They dont say that being poor will make you happy, because it s pretty obv it wont when you are hungry all the time
Having no money is the root of all evil
Xristina absolutely agree, but I'd sooner be down with money than down with no money. People commit suicide because of poverty too.
@@stargazingdaydreamer I agree. That's how the rich get richer: By taking the money of others via politics and business.
Money makes you happier if you are already happy . If you are an unhappy human it will make you happy for a short while then you drop back to being a misery
Nothing wrong about asking for help, ever !
It's tragic to see parents who have to resort to using food banks and struggling no matter how hard they work 😔❤❤❤
There's always something to be happy about😊
No one no idea you should go to bed hungry. It is just so shameful with all the money in the world that the 1% and 10% don’t help their employees more!! Don’t pay them a living wage and instead of a minimum wage!!!
Makes you wonder why anyone should get off benefits into work. Work doesn't pay.
How hard does she work? Does she train in her spare time to become a care manager in order to progress her career so she can feed and secure her child? Are the fake nails a struggle to pay for?
Is all the extra fat she's carrying a symptom of missing meals for her child to eat?
Lots and lots of questions
@@barrett7893
This isn't poverty, clean running water, electricity, safe clean home, fancy nails, Heinz ketchup, Nutella!!! name brand breakfast cereals, the fat around her mid-rift.. it's BS - if you've ever traveled to a third world country you know what poverty looks like.... This is BS
This is so heartbreaking. That in the 21st-century people are still going without food!! 😢 😭
.. and churches gain and horde millions or more. Look at the 80 BILLION $ empire the Mormons built. With all that why are there homeless or struggling Mormons???? Because the ' leaders' keep the money for themselves.
I know! and she probably only gets her fake nails done once every few weeks🤣
Whys she got a large layer if fat around her mid-rift and on her arms? Is that from going hungry feeding her child?
@@weeblywinkleman6410 maybe it’s genetic show some respect
@@equalitypeace1695 maybes it's genetic... Wouldn't that be convenient
@@weeblywinkleman6410 why don’t you show some compassion you honestly think people would let there children starve but feed themselves or do there nails . Maybe you haven’t bee a single parent and haven’t struggled financially to put food in your belly
I think that the problem also lies in many people having relied on takeaways, processed and packaged food for so long and have no clue how to whip up healthy and hearty meals on a budget.
She's got a nice set of false nails - surely food comes first?
I think the answer you're looking for is in the tart's hands.
Is she allowed to have glasses surely their a luxury
At least there are foodbanks these days. When my children were small, we went through a period from September to January where my wages did not come through. We collected the wilting vegetables from the tray outside the greengrocers at the end of the day, scavenged for hazel nuts, blackberries and other free growing fruits in the woods and fields, grew what we could in the back garden. The child benefit gave us a little money for limited electricity, and whatever was over bought mostly flour, eggs , and dried pulses.
BBC should give advertising money from this video to her.
Why?
Used to do the very same thing when my kids were little , no food banks then , but how on earth do we need it now? , this country is going baciwards
Foodbanks are in most of EU and USA.
Amen! And God bless you and God watch over you. You are the best mother. You put your children before yourself. I hope God blesses you!!
Food banks are a blessing in disguise. As long as we have food banks then the Government of the day will not do anything. That's the trouble with food banks, the Government have passed the buck onto the ordinary poor citizens. If we had no food banks imagine how many people would die from either starvation or committing crimes in order to try and survive and that would not look good for the Government now would it.
Actually the government are using poverty as a political tool according to the UN so even if food banks did not exist they would do nothing. This is borne out by the fact that "care in the Community" and "big society" have proven to not work yet the cuts to provision for disabled are radical and getting worse.
Many first world countries are in a similar position. A few years back, Germany had more food banks than the UK. Inequality is rife.
Amen to that! As much money is in UK and America no one should go hungry at night!! 💯
Food bank are the lifeline before benefits can start. They are also free to be more flexible than the gov can be. To be fair sometimes you are just living in the wrong area.
It's not the government fault you voted for this and now food prices have gone up because of less farmers. This wouldn't have happened if brexit didn't happen. This is the result of brexit
When I was working on dialysis with 8 other medical issues my wages for the local labour council went down too less than 10k per year. Travel to work and medical appointments cost me £1500 a year. Food became hard to afford but luckily for me I was able to eat out of next doors bin when it was financially hardest. The people next door hadn't worked for 20 years. Both fit.. and luckily got enough benefits to throw half freshly cooked eaten joints of pork into the bin. I luckily ate out of it a few times until they caught me and threatened to inform the police and council for Trespass. I worked for the local labour council at the time doing very long shifts in a children's home. The manager new what i was going through so made sure any time I attempted to eat at work would make me stop eating. Laughing and make me have a meeting as each shift why I needed dialysis. Laughing whilst doing so.
Not just the basic food to survive also utility bills and others add up - so called ‘ cost of living’
She a Great Mom and Women doing her best! God Bless her and her Son.
the society and services you receive are the ones the nation gets when it votes for conservatives government. Expect it to get much worse there's couple years before the next election
It gives an idea why Many European countries went on to invade other countries. Cold climate and Lack of agricultural land are a liability when a country has to survive by importing foods.
Nope that is simply not true. The population of Europe 100 years ago was far smaller than it is now. IE near 750 Million now compared to 300 million in 1900 and less than 150 million in 1800. Most of the European wars were fought over two factors, dynastic control (EG the 100 years war) and in the case of Napoleon the belif that France was superior and therefore deserved to rule the world (Survival of the fittest from Darwinism). The rest were purely over control of spice routes and silk routes.
Makes one wonder why any population would settle in Northern Europe. It's practically unlivable. I guess the better parts were already taken lol.
She looks fed to me
When my daughter was small, I didnt have much and didnt overspend on Christmas. She knew that I would give her what I could (without getting into masses of debt). The best gift I gave her was love, not material things. To this day she is a responsible person, grateful for what she gets.
What a brave mom!
God bless this mother and watch over her. She is the most amazing mother just like other mothers that do the same. They do with out so their children can have. That is the true love only a mothers can give!! 💯
@@barrett7893 That is an amazing take on poverty and producing progeny regardless of circumstance and I commend your outlook because I too believe ALL have the right to reproduce.
Brave mum What is so brave about her the war 1945 mothers were brave then. These people always wanna blame the government for their mistakes 😊
@@pw4259 there would be plenty to go around if there wasn’t so much greed from the richest tier of society. Many of these people were born poor, they are just ordinary people, not particularly bright or talented. They make mistakes because they are human, do they deserve to starve for that?
@@pw4259 what did 1945 mothers do to be brave ?? they didn’t get sent to war, women always have it the easiest
One in three children in London are living in poverty?? What the hell is happening to this country?!!
I do the same … once bills are paid there’s barely enough left to eat . I’m a single mum just came out of a horendous domestic violence marriage . He left me with no home no car nothing . I’m struggling to get in my feet not to mention my and my sons mental health . I have a casual job and still have no money . My son won’t have a Xmas or Xmas food . I go home and cry after iv don’t the shopping cause I know I have to struggle till next week 😢😭
Poor people used to be skinny, now they are overweight. Food banks should hand out rice and potatoes but sugary, fatty junk food.
Gee, I would do without fancy nails before letting my child go hungry.
Those "fancy nails" probably give her a semblance of normality or luxury in what is otherwise a very deprived state of living.
@@AfricancoolChic Good grief! Luxury nails? Normalcy is when you don't need to be on the dole to feed your family. She should have ripped off those fake nails and used her hands to dig into the soil and plant a garden.
She just has them painted... 🙄 Probably dollar nail polish she's had for years. Guess that's too "fancy". Next you'll demand mothers go without panties and bras, because you know, too "fancy".
@@RR-on4sk Mothers and fathers need to get their hands dirty and grow food--not "paint their nails". She was wearing artificials nails. No excuses while you are on the dole. Sorry, not sorry!
@@AfricancoolChic
The semblance of normality🤣
What about the Heinz ketchup which is just sugar, or the breakfast cereals which literally have so little nutrition in them, they have to be "fortified"..
If she didn't get her nails, the ketchup and cereal she'd already have £46 extra in her pocket, that buys a lot of pasta and vegetables, but from the look of the fat on her arms and mid-rift - I imagine there's a Mc Donald's near by
Its not right for mums to worry about food in britain. There should be enough for all.the shame is on the capitalist system that allows this while others have way too much
Yeah
What u gonna do? Punish innovation, increase taxes so all the rich people fk off to Monaco or the cayman Islands?
Do you donate to food banks, and or check in on neighbours to make sure they have enough to eat. The government wastes whopping amounts of money, I don't want them taking more under the guise of feeding people, whilst making more governmental jobs, waste, and red tape. It's our job to help those in need💗
For Britain this is unacceptable!
It's unacceptable for people to suffer anywhere in the world, not just in Britain.
@@lighteningsnips
Oh for that, you win one Marta badge, but I can go one better, it's not acceptable for anyone in the universe!
@@weeblywinkleman6410 its acceptable for trolls like you
This is heartbreaking.
Don't get your nails done, stop buying branded items. Get access to a wholesale card, buy specific items in bulk. Pasta is super cheap, even bigger super markets are selling sacks of pasty for way cheaper than the smaller ones. Get chopped tomatoes, make health soups with cheap individual vegetables that can be discounted or sold on the cheaper side.
Her nails got me too! 🤔🤔🤔
She may have painted her nails herself you know. Is she supposed to wear 'sackcloth and ashes' to look the part in your mind.
@@margaretzoheir4468 they looked done to me
@@margaretzoheir4468 Mate she's not eating over getting/doing her nails done? Even one off costs at nail equipment can cost a small amount.
quite right . surely she can afford to buy beans to put on toast < even with the nails done if it is so important but should not be > which is very nice and healthy we like it and add curry powder or cheese to the beans when she does not eat the same as her son . there are plenty of healthy cheap quick foods she can make .
I feel so sorry for this lady trying to do the best for her son. She’s a real hero..it’s disgusting in this day and age in the UK that a lot of us are living like this.
It’s insane the prices go up and everyone gets less
Until it gets so bad and thousands take to the streets for what they need
Amen! And there’s no real living wage. What they pay you nowadays you can’t live on that. Unless you work two or three jobs!!
@@barrett7893 and then they wonder why we have a problem in this country with homelessness
@@MatthewChapmanYT I can actually see that people protesting on the streets because the prices are ridiculous it’s going to get to a point where whole of Britain is in poverty.
Ill let you in on a secret. we vastly overpopulated the planet and for many decades it was ok because we simply plundered the planet but now its catching up with us. so now sadly we stand on the brink of a horrible sudden depopulation event. physics unfortunately writes the rules. what goes up must come down
Most adults only really need to eat 2 meals, breakfast and dinner. A third meal isn't essential unless you do heavy manual labour.
I only eat lunch and for dinner vegetables because it is filling. Lots of water to hydrate me. I am 70.
Very true. I only ever have 2 meals a day. 3 is too much.
Who is eating 3 meals these days 🤣
Do they make fathers pay child support in the UK?
They do, if they are on the birth certificate or not, 🙄
No, it's very easy to dodge child support. I used to receive £4 a week.
@@OrthodoxChristian809 was it his kid tho..
Thats a good question...People would be surprised at how in Brazil, a so-called 3rd world country fathers are made to pay or they could face jail...Im really not sure how the system is in the UK but from the comments it seems these mothers cant really rely on that? If so that really is backward of the UK!!
They pay like 18% of their wage total for any kids they have but the government hasn't increased it because they said it would mean more fathers would stop working if too much of their purse went on child support because many fathers resent paying that money to their ex wife or former girlfriend etc.
It's a disgrace in this country people are living in such insecurity. A particular disgrace is food insecurity. Let's not delude ourselves that families were not struggling before energy and gas price rises and inflation.
It's the same in the States and nit sure now but around 5byears ago, Germany had more food banks than the UK. Its a problem in many first world countries sadly.
Amen 💯
Well it's their own fault that they don't have food they voted for brexit kicking out eu farm labour's now food are rooting in fields and can't bring in food because of custom check so they brought in upon themselves and comes and cry about it what a cry baby.
@@cliffsofmoher4220 what are you talking about. This has been going on well before brexit.
@@ben8878 nope it hasn't the British kicked out farmers now they come on the news and cry while it's their fault. Before brexit the price was OK why the prices are rising after brexit. Also if brexit didn't happen you had option to move to another country now you are trapped in the UK so basically you voted to become a prisoner meaning you can't leave the UK
I go without food because I’m vain. My self induced torture aside...
I’m seeing an incongruence with her cupboards being fuller than mine and herself being a far heavier lady than I am as a man.
High processed foods cause bloating. Not necessarily living the good life.
Open your eyes, this free food bank user is a walking skeleton and her cupboards are empty. 😔
I wonder what she is doing with her £77 a week JSA/IS/UC benefit plus £20 Child benefit plus other child benefits? She also gets housing benefit and council tax reduction benefits I assume?
Gas isn't all that expensive. I carried out a little experiment yesterday, I left my heating on at 20 degrees for 24 hours and used up 24kwh of gas which at 9p each plus 27p standing charge cost me £2.46 I was blooming freezing though. That is £17.22 a week or £447.72 for the coldest 6 months of the year(October to March). Do what I am going to do and put extra credit on the gas meter over the summer months. Even if you use £5 per day in gas that will cost you about £900 or so which building up a credit at £200 a month is doable between now and September. Go without now so you don't have to later.
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them nails ain’t cheap them cigarettes ain’t cheap
My dear mum used to do this in the 70s how sad to see things haven't changed
Im full of joy I have no children that rely on me. I am struggling.
Utterly shameless these foodbanks should be banned, respectable people have to find £200 a week for there groceries yet thieving scum like this get it for nothing. She should not have children if she is not prepared to pay for them.
I think it's disgusting that a rich country like the UK has to have food banks, COME ON BORIS SORT IT OUT😠
I do feel for this woman, but I cant help thimking, why do people have kids if they cant afford them. Theres a reason I drive a Ford and not a Rolls Royce. Kids are expensive and then they turn into teenagers.
You are the big hero Tara - I know that I can not really understand - but I know that this too will pass. Sending you a rich life in every aspect.
hero??
I’ve been watching all of these BBC clips avd they are heartbreaking. Why is this happening in the UK right now? Is this Brexit-related?
God Bless this Mom. We should not have to make these choices. I am very glad to hear that she is a good Mom and cares about her son. So many won't.
I give to the food banks. It is very sad, when one looks at the money spent on the pandemic, if the news is reliable, many millions has been wasted, despite government mandate good intentions. One hopes that soon, the situation will be resolved, whereby people don’t have to rely on food banks. The present laws, sadly are failing these vulnerable people. In 2022 everyone on the planet, should have clothing, shelter, food and a environment that is caring, sharing, loving. Hopefully things will improve for everyone soon.
You would shocked at the amount of food that is actually thrown away...from grocery stores to restaurants.!!! I just watched a documentary about this..my jaw dropped open...I couldn't believe that just 1 Apple farmer has to throw away up to 7 tons of apples every week because stores won't buy them because they are not perfectly round.!! The couple who did the documentary went to several restaurants and stores and received so much food...they themselves almost had to throw food out..!! I am still shaking my head in disbelief...so sad this world is so out of whack...
It should be obligatory for all food selling chains not to destroy food but to automatically donate it to food banks in each country. There is no planet B, food production and farming is a source of global pollution. No food already produced should ever simply go to waste if Earth is supposed to continue being habitable for humans. Period.
@@femmeNikita27 FINALLY...Some who knows and speaks the TRUTH.!!! THANK YOU FemmeNikita27.!!! Go watch the documentary film about food wasted...I was in shock for 3 days afterwards..Farmers throwing 3 to 5 tons of apples every week because they are NOT PERFECTLY ROUND so grocery stores won't accept them..!! 1 farmer has a several hundred acre farm of celery and throws away half because stores don't want the outside stalks!!! The couple who did the documentary went to stores,restaurants etc and the amount of waste was just ..just un-believable...smh
You might as well donate to the nail salon directly as that is where your money is going.
This is so heart-breaking....
@@Craig121000 Pity your Mum didn't have you.
@@Craig121000 This country would be a much better place if so many plebs stopped having kids
So only have kids when you can afford them??
You do realise very very few people can afford children, sadly when I retire in 30 years I’m gonna need young people working to pay my pension…. :(
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@@MatthewChapmanYT correct
This hunger crisis needs to be covered by every major news outlet.
The love n care of a mom is forever great n selfless. God bless
people DO empathise, where there’s a genuine need to! I saw one person being interviewed, hadn’t a job in 14 years, had 4 kids, 5th on the way! Was interviewed outside a food bank! How long did you want the empathy to stretch, no, seriously! Why breed if you can’t feed? Why ask fo empathy when half get into a situation of their making? Education for unemployed is FREE! The only thing the government doesn’t provide is a a 6 AM alarm call so people could attend Adult Education classes! Why is it ALWAYS someone else’s fault for EVERY bad decision/choice in your life? When do people take ownership of their actions? Serious questions need serious answers!
And there is always a portion if society which refuses advice! Go figure!
That's terrible. We live in a world with so much. We should be able to give our people the basics, in every country, everywhere. Call me a socialist, I don't care. No one in this world should be going hungry.
I'm proud to call myself a socialist. Being a socialist means you care for the welfare of others over profit motif.
Its badly managed for ulteria motives....yes
Where's his Dad?
I used to get my lump sum at Christmas. 500 extra at Christmas. It's a small loan the government gives every year I'm sure it's doubled now. I just don't understand this, I was a single mother also. I never went without food because cooking up a meal dosnt cost much. Also I developed extra skills to earn extra.
I did the same thing as a mother of two, I was around 90 lb it would never eat because I knew I couldn't afford it, my daughters are grown now, and now they have their own issues with food
I know quite a few poor people and every single one of them smoke or vape and as soon as they get paid they will order takeaways and waste it all
One-third of the children in London are living in poverty! What is wrong with the UK?
nothing. Its the useless parents and media propaganda.
She is so right . Do not be afraid to tap into resources in your area . She looks and sounds like a very good mother .
Nobody deserve to be in this position
It's what happens when rich uncaring people who have never have money problems and who look down on the poor are in power
We put them in power so we get what we deserve
@@iangreen1719 Ok, cannot argue with that. people fall for their lying promises
@@Craig121000 But unkind to say the poor cant have children
Nice kitchen. Full cupboards
What a lovely woman
god i hope you don't have kids if you consider this a good mum
@@scruffylee Better than you. The best thing we can teach our children is empathy/humanity
she’s lovely cuz she’s broke?
Tara is a hero 🦸♀️ .All moms are . ❤️🙏
Cant believe the crap in the cupboard..she can make some good healthy stews in a pressure cooker
She is obviously using food banks that's why cupboards are, full.
With all the other expenses like heating, rent and bills not much left for food. Feel sorry must be a struggle. Yet some spend £30 a, day on fast food don't think about the unfortunate needy people.
so do many people and taxis - s.phones ( even latest ones ) etc on benefits as plenty of docus have showed .
Thank u, she is my aunt, can u believe that, she goes out with friends everyone weekend and lies to bbc, so sad to do such a thing.
@@ulty1395 Did she offer the BBC to do this interview or did they ask her?
Do food banks give Heinz ketchup?
@@Landis_Grant Yes, and chocolate and the most expensive rice.
UK people should avoid carbs and save money 🤑
So much obesity in UK...
GB & N Ireland - A member of the exclusive G7 club and one of the richest countries by GDP - Something's wrong.
Very poignant. Thanks to food banks people like Tara can cope with a tough life! The British welfare is getting worse just like the Italian one, unfortunately.
And Germany and US
Strong mom.
ponce
It's admirable that this mother is willing to go without food so that her son can eat. One thing I might suggest for this mother to do is to forgo getting her nails done so that she might be able to have fewer times of her going hungry. I mean no malice; it's just a suggestion to her be able to eat.
Why shouldn't she get her nails done? I can imagine it's an extremely miserable situation she's in and you're suggesting she deprive herself of even more. It does a lot for people self esteem and mood to be able to have a few nice things.
@@fn716 Of course, she should be able to get her nails done if that means more to her than feeding herself. Please don't be defensive...I was making a suggestion that if she doesn't have enough food for herself, giving up having her nails done is a way for her to eat. If she'd rather do without eating, so be it.
@@jimmiepatrum the last thing she needs is your condescending suggestion. The only way to alleviate the poverty she and millions of other people are is to fix the massive economic equality that exists in this country. Her nails probably one of the very few things that makes her some happiness. Its like telling someone to go without a haircut because they technically don't need it.
@@fn716 It's very different going without a haircut than going without food...not a true comparison! No condenscending attitude on my part - I guess you think she should stare at her beautiful nails while her stomach growls for food because having beautiful nails does a lot for her self esteem and mood, huh? Get real: if a person truly is hungry, self esteem is the least of her worries. Indeed, the poverty problems do need to be fixed, but in the meanwhile, I have enough sense to know that luxuries have to go in order to survive. Maybe you've never been truly hungry and didn't know how you were going to feed yourself. That's not a good place to be. Not going hungry trumps self esteem everytime.
@@fn716 because she is saying she doesn't have food, but is getting her nails done. It's all about priorities. I wouldn't dream of getting my nails done, as I don't have the money. However, I wear mascara in an obsessive way, as my eyelashes are literally invisible without it! However, if I had to choose between basic makeup, and food, the food would win every time!
People in the west don't know we are born. Look at places like the Philippines, where they literally have a cup of rice to share between two children for lunch. There are loads of places where they only eat once, or twice a day. I'm not suggesting she does that, but since she doesn't have a baby/toddler (so no nappies, formula, or wipes to buy) she could totally feed them both on a shoestring. Atomic Shrimp has loads of ideas on how to do it.
Poverty has always existed in the middle of apparent affluence, even in the West. What is sad is that the politicians I'm charge could care very little for the wellbeing of a child that goes without, in a London full of wealth. Having a full tummy and shelter is the least we could do for a child, but there is so much more that a child needs
i spy all the branded stuff....heinz ketchup, cheerios and kellogs cereals etc ..this is bollocks....get unbranded and then you can afford to eat ..
If u can't feed your children. Then u shouldn't have kids in the first place
Why was she "unable to work?" Real fancy, expensive manicure there? Is everybody in Britain on the welfare dole?
all those brand labels, not exactly cheap - cant be that fussy. so why not get up a real job that actually pays? oh no, easier to blame it on the government, benefit cuts and brexit
No one should be without food it’s disgusting
No one should be without false nails it's disgusting
@@TaxingIsThieving hahahaha loool
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She doesn't look "going without food" not like african countries where people really starve...
Does this count as intermittent fasting?
She does not appear to be starving does she?
She actually cannot go without because it will eventually destroy her health.
This is so wrong in a western world that is so rich.
People should be ashamed of themselves.
Where is the caring government?
Such a digrace!
Where is her caring family?
we keep hearing western countries are very rich then how come they are in debts of 1-2 triliens and things like this carry on and countries keep giving aid to everywhere else then they say no money for their citizens even basic things .
She should be ashamed of herself
I never felt ashamed of any resources that I sought out, in order to provide safe housing, food, or clothing for my children while bringing them up! Today, they are all well and I give back wherever I can.
Why does she go hungry? Her cupboard was full of food.
Yet she has fully done nails that cost atleast 20£
Give the lady a brake
She may have done them herself
She has varnish on she may have had for a long time, and you can get a bottle for less than £1, hardly an extravagance. Should she wear sack cloth and ashes too, or is she allowed one thing that will make her feel attractive?
@@greenknitter she doesn’t look like he missed a meal either just being real
Where are our brilliant well fed politicians looking somewhere else?
It's going to get so much worse
Wheres the Father?
In Heaven.
I’m a nurse in the Nhs I go without meals so my kids get the foods they like our wages can’t keep up with inflation
Why dont they make a meal program and your food stamps don't go up ?
Crazy how the most poverty stricken areas I see in London have about 15-20 Deliveroo drivers at every fast food joint - not only can the poor afford takeaway but they can pay twice to get it delivered
YET ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE FULL BOARD
So have many millions before you.
It's ashame that even the help from the food bank is lackluster. None of those foods were worth a damn nutrition wise. Unfortunately food banks can only work with what's donated and try to give out filling foods vs healthiest foods. That's why there's so many starving people that don't look like skeletons. Think of the kids on charity commercials with huge bloated bellies. It's from empty foods, that just cause distention. You'll notice it on farms too, where animals (esp horses) get "hay belly" when there's just straw to eat instead of a varied diet.
I was saying in another comment that I really feel that kids of the depression had one advantage over kids now a days -- natural foods. Parents hunted, made broths, they foraged dandelions, wild herbs, etc. Much better than pastas or carb fillers (breads). There's a reason that generation set records for longevity for life, despite chemicals, -- good foundation.
did the foodbank give her expensive heinz ketchup !?. i get asda’s own brand nothing wrong w it.
She's actually claiming that she "goes without food so her son can eat". So, presumably, the food "bank" refuses to feed her.
Is there a gofundme
Help me out. A loaf of bread containing about 20 slices is 36p at Aldi. So 2 slices would be 7.29. Add some spread and round up to 10p. Then add a glass of milk for another 5 p. That's 15p. A coupl of slices of toast and some milk is a normal breakfast isn't it? So if any child is going to bed hungry it's a matter for social services. If you want to tell me people are suffering then I accept that but this doesn't really add up does it?
Just an observation and all that, don’t know if I’m blind but she says that she struggles to feed her son and herself but judging by the cupboards, THEY ARE ALL FULL. I volunteered at a food bank where a frequent visitor often get her supplies there. I noticed that when parking my car up to do Christmas shopping at a north Wales town this “struggling carer” who gets £100 worth of food was driving a brand new RANGE ROVER VOGUE, the Autobiography edition I think. That’s the type of people who go to food banks and scrounge in a false guise of misfortune. Stop deluding yourselves!!!
Victim mentality but money for a manicure.
Not once did she say she went to a salon and paid … for a manicure.
Clearly a DIY Job..
You bitter horse faced Tory
oh leave off. You don't know about that. She might even have been given a freebie by a friend because she was going to be on tv and, suprise surprise, wanted to look good. Why judge?
Totally with u on this pasta is £1.50 tins of tomato even cheaper dont tell me she can feed herself 3ven if its a flipping sandwich bread is £50p but she wants to look nice what the hell. Get a part time job when kids in school I got 2 jobs! She has one child who goes school what does she do all day self employed hcs u get an additional benefit if u can show u earn a little bit. Which is fine but get a part time job even doing deliveries she can join amazon whatever do deliveroo on a bike its flexible there many options
@@ramochai freebie by a friend lol not even you believe that
The lies lefties tell themselves 🤣
so that is live of STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMEN? wow, where is the father?????? why are you bringing new life to this world if you can not support yourself!!
Father not helping out!
She goes without food, yet chooses to buy rubbish like ketchup and breakfast cereals with literally zero nutrition in them.. she's also over weight, you can see the fat on her arms through that jumper. These people should be put on courses on how to buy and use the right foods, that don't cost much but which maximize nutrition per £
That women's generation, literally have lost the skill of cooking and preparing nutritious food
You can feed one adult for a week for under twenty five quid if you're careful about how you spend your money.
We have had to do this and it is possible. We go to tesco, and we can get tons for £20 with non branded food. Aldi and Lidl are brilliant too. With children though, it is a completely different ball game. Baby formula is so so expensive, nappies and child care costs.
Yeh people don't know how to budget ...because it's never taught ....I spent 70 pounds a week on myself without my son
Those yellow sticker tags saves a bundle.
£25 is actually quite a lot of your benefits if you're on universal credit and need to pay bills, and possibly top up housing benefit or pay back debts.
@@rainbowkitten8990 Breast feeding is free and better than formula, and cloth nappies are cheaper and better for the environment than plastic.
I cant believed this lady, she and her son living in a nice place, nice clothing, food are just at her reach and she's still complaining?I suggest for her to go here in the Philippines and see personally the family living in slum area, 12 children, shanty houses, food from garbage, no education, no future and yet surviving. I bet she will choose her present situation, all that she need is some dis
karte as what we called in filipino.