I am experiencing very severe financial difficulties. I am not able to adequately feed myself and even with the foodbank there is only have a limit of 3 vouchers even though I’m bulimic which is an eating disorder. The foodbank is also very far even though it’s my nearest one.
I’ve applied for majority charity grants
I’m on universal credit
Spoken to stepchange
used my uni hardship funds etc
I’m unfit to work as I am bulimic
I have also applied to my professional association for hardship grants on what they have said is 6 previous times . In the last one they commented that I had applied that many times and that they think my financial situation is not really improving. But they wanted to help me so that I could finish my course.
I felt really grateful for the support and though that When I finish my exams in august I would work full time. I was so determined to finished. However I failed one of my exams which I will now need to retake in April next year plus another one in March.
Which means my financial difficulties will keep going on for another 5 months.
I’m struggling a lot with the feelings of isolation, food insecurity, money insecurity and not being able to afford basic things.
I feel afraid of applying to the fund again as I feel like they might judge me that I didn’t pass my exams and that I’ve applied up to six times before and things aren’t really improving.
I also feel the knock to my self esteem because it feels like I’m begging but my situation is really bad.
do you think I should apply again?