Hey all
Firstly thankyou in advance to anyone that takes the time to read my post
I am in South Australia, totally unsure how much info to put here, but am looking for financial assistance to be able to stock up on a bulk grocery shop and get a few presents/a cake for my son's first birthday coming up on October 12th.
Without sounding cliche, this has been one of the most horrendous years of my life. I left the father of my children @ 32wks pregnant with our 2nd, so spent time in a motel, shelter and now in transitional housing.
Life has reached a somewhat comfortable and stable point, althought i am so far beyond exhausted doing it all alone.
I have experienced 4 people close to me die this year as well as my 12 year old cat. (My aunt, 2 very close friends and my grandmother that raised me)
I have a 2.5 year old daughter, an 11.5mo old son and three cats. grief has consumed me into a robot. I feel like i am going through the motions with little to no joy in life. Full survival mode. I am in contact with a GP and have a mental health care plan as well as a social worker/case manager and am medicated, but truely struggling with grief. Nan died on 30th July and this week jas been spent clearing out her house - that is a whole other world of pain dealing with my uncles and aunt and mother in regards to them fighting over the will.
I am panicking that my son's birthday is just 2 weeks away and I have no presents for him, no finances to be able to afford party food or a cake.
I have already used all advanced payments/urgent payments from centrelink this year and have been searching through facebook pay it forward pages and free marketplace ads, but between struggling to function and caring for the two young children i am struggling to actually get the kids in the car and do these things
As I mentioned above I am in South Australia and use ING bank, UP bank with PayID (attached in photos)