The Mums of Family Friends… (a snapshot)

• The mum who is judged because her child will not go to school.

• The mum who is a listening ear for another mum.

• The mum whose teenager hates her.

• The mum who helps to fund our work.

• The mum who is navigating her child's drug addiction.

• The mum who comes along to our group work and makes a cup of tea for another.

• The mum who has children with undiagnosed autism and ADHD.

• The mum who helps her neighbour with his shopping.

• The mum who recently left a domestic abusive home.

• The mum who volunteers to be a befriender.

• The mum who has to walk the long way home to avoid the corner shop where she is in debt.

• The mum who is a charity trustee

• The mum whose child will not leave their bedroom.

• The mum who rang us to tell us that she had got the job!

• The mum who is intimidated by schoolteachers and finds it hard to make her point.

• The mum who is a GP and is passionate about helping families.

• The mum who is living in a hotel room with her two children, on £9 a week.

• The mum whose personal story makes her perfect for her job at Family Friends

• The mum who does not understand much English and must use her daughter as an interpreter.

• The mum who is recently divorced so really gets it.

• The mum whose life has just nose-dived after a divorce.

• The mum who was once a service user and now volunteers as a befriender

• The mum who must watch her child rigorously due to their suicidal ideation.

• The mum who won the appeal to have her sons Disability benefit reinstated

• The mum who is not too sure if her son is in a gang.

• The mum who sends in a donation of a toy that her son doesn't need.

• The mum who is scared to leave her home because of threats from her neighbout

• The mum who helps another mum declutter their home

• The mum whose physical disability means her children are her carers

• The mum who stops by to thank us for helping her 15 years ago.

• The mum not turning on her heating due to the cost.

• The mum who founded this charity because she knew there were mums that needed help.

We are always asked about the people in our eco-system, their story is our story.