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Sharon Morgan worked for over 30 years in Customer Relations; she raised a family and looked after a home. Her life seemed stable and secure. However, in the space of just a few short months, she was forced to sell her house and all her possessions and found herself without a home and sleeping on friends’ floors. How did this happen to someone like Sharon?
During a very difficult period for Sharon, when she was dealing with the breakdown of her marriage, the company she was working for were involved in a take-over. As a result she was made redundant, something that is unfortunately quite common at the current time. Sharon suddenly found herself alone and without a job. To add to this she suffers from Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic muscle and tissue pain as well as debilitating fatigue; it is so severe that she cannot walk further than a short distance and needs a walking stick to help her. As yet there is no know cure for Fibromyalgia.
The stress of being unemployed, after 30 years of hard work, made Sharon’s Fibromyalgia worse. She became increasingly depressed, making it harder and harder for her to care for herself and raise her son. It was at this point that Sharon had to sell the family home. She walked out of her house with “just a suitcase, a box of photographs and the clothes on her back”.
It would have been easy for Sharon to do what most people do and give up, but she didn’t. She decided to look for help. She eventually found the NHS Mental Health Crisis Team and with the help of a Housing Association now lives in a one bedroom house. The Mental Health Team put Sharon in touch with Elizabeth Finn Care and we provided her with financial support to help her get back on her feet.
The new flooring, bed and cooker in her house were paid for with a grant from Elizabeth Finn Care. These basic but vital things made such a difference to Sharon’s life.
“My faith in human kindness was restored, to think that other people out there want to help people like me.” Sharon also says she feels “over the moon” with her new life, in her new home, and the role Elizabeth Finn Care has played in helping her get there.