My daughter was drawn out of the hat to be the free mascot today and I wanted to say:
BHAFC were brilliant - 8 other mascots were paying and yet all treated the same
Andrea Orlandi was lovely spoke to her throughout
My other daughter was too ill to go so the club sent her a goodie bag and kit...
Many people having their housing benefit cut who started off working but lost jobs only to then get jobs that paid less. one such example I am working with is a family on a low wage who will lose £14 a week of their housing benefit whilst in work because their 7 year old daughter died of cancer...
This benefit is to cover living expenses including food and fuel and spending money inc 20% council tax. Those who think it includes bills are wrong. It is after housing costs. I currently spend (hat on food OR fuel. It is not possible or funny
This affects the disabled very badly and there are some horrible cases from where I work:
Man who is very ill - coughs at night until he vomits - wife has to sleep in the spare bedroom (must be a number of these)
Family whose small daughter recently died of cancer - her bedroom suddenly seen as...
At the last housing association I worked at, we had 80 volunteers for board member so we invited them to interview and then once we selected a pool of 12 they went out for election. They serve for 3 years - not sure why this is not workable at the club!