#Chances4Children: CYP Now’s Covid-19 heroes revealed Fiona Simpson Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Professionals working with vulnerable children have gone above and beyond to support families during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Forced to move out of her home in West Sussex and into her in-laws’ house in an isolated village in Berkshire to save money during the pandemic, George could suddenly only see brick walls ahead of her.
“I want to work and be a good example to my daughter,” she says. “But because of the pandemic it seemed impossible. I sent out hundreds of CVs and spent days trawling the internet for jobs but I just couldn’t find anything in this part of the world. Within a few months of moving here, I’d sunk. I lost all my confidence, began suffering from anxiety, put on weight and stopped going out. It felt like it was all over.”