How do you get enough money to leave an abusive relationship? What financial help is there and how do you access it? ***Trigger warning*** I have personally experienced domestic violence. This article contains some of my personal experience along with that of others who have shared with me. It may cause triggers, although I have […]
Category: Homeless
What to do if you become or are close to becoming homeless
What would you do if you found yourself homeless? The past 12 months I have done a lot of work with the homeless and it has been truly eye opening. Homelessness impacts on everyone and anyone can end up homeless. I’ve been homeless, twice. Both times I had my daughters and fortunately we weren’t ‘rough […]
Complete list of things you can use your Australian health care/pension concession/senior cards for
What help such as discounts can you get with a pension or health care card in Australia? Each state in Australia has different concessions based on the type of card you have and it is not determined by Centrelink, rather it is at the discretion of local providers. The PBS is about the only consistent discount, where […]