I am struggling because I am an unpaid carer and have lack of support from services that are supposed to help. Today we had a meeting with the adult social worker but she didn’t turn up. I am currently in the process of complaining about everything but they don’t seem to care. They think a sorry is ok

I dont even know how to write this. So from Friday to the early hours of Monday I have been on a trip to Cumbria. 21 hours up on the bus and luckily 10 hours back on the bus and the rest by car as my lovely dad picked us up half way home.

There is alot to say about poverty meeting a better class.

Firstly everything was so expensive. At one point I had to buy a small bottle of drink for £2.50. I then didn't drink anything whilst on the bus journey so I didn't use the toilet on the bus once. At one of the bus stations it cost 30p for a wee! Crap I can't even afford to go toilet so maybe it's a good thing I. Ant afford more drink.

There was also the expectations of my daughter who I was taking to visit her Open Day University event. One bus station only had a Starbucks. So 2 drinks, a croissant and a cheese and ham toasty came to £20. I could have cried. I are my toasty with a feeling of sickness, all of me wanting to return it for a refund. I ate it with hatred. Outside of this same bus station were 2 homeless guys who had slept outside. Through the window I could see the security guard hassling them to move on. They packed up and then when the security guard was looking away 1 of them came in to Starbucks where the lady behind the till filled his refillable coffee cup with ice for FREE. I don't disagree with this. It costs nothing to be kind so it made me feel mildly less bitter about eating the toastie. Meanwhile the other homeless guy was squashing his sleeping bag and shoes into a gap between the Starbucks window and the pillar in front of the bus station. I understand why. He has nothing but these small items and he has nowhere safe to put them. The security guard only doing his job that he probably needs to feed his family went put and removed them. I wish I had asked him how he felt about what he was doing to the homeless guy but I was in a strange world caught between the rich and poor. My daughter is already showing signs that she is ashamed of her background. Even though it's cost us £700 to get touni and back (this includes main bus journeys, overnight stay for 2 nights at a b&b with breakfast) it has cost over £200 for food. I just want to cry but what good will that do? --- My daughter is being so horrid at the moment and while away she acted like she was ashamed of me. She didn't choose to sit with me on transport, waited a fair distance away at the bus stops and I kept being told to do less complaining. She was even saying nasty lies when we got home. Apparently I "Karen'd" some teens on the bus which wasn't true and then she started laughing when I got tipped out of my wheelchair. This isn't my daughter this is an imposter.

Ever since she has been able to earn her own money and spend it (rather recklessly) she has been different. At first she offered me some money for electric and picked up milk and bread etc from the shop when needed but now she is acting resentful, avoiding us. She has also removed a ton of her good old school friends from her social apps even thought some of these she still talks to. Having spoken to my dear friend she has experienced this class shame with 2 of her 3 children who have gone to university from a poor background. Not once did I ever predict that she would need to transition from.one class to another and reject us her family. She currently won't talk to me. Where is the caution warning that being poor may cause you to become so ashamed of your past and family when you suddenly improve your life? I wasn't brought up this way, I was always brought up to believe that we are all in this together. If one of us improves their life its something that will improve all of us in some way. Not this absolute destruction

Within a few hours of this week's Westminster announcement on billions of pounds more on military spending... my UC journal pings... would I be interested in a jobcentre course 'to get women into shipbuilding' for BAE Systems.... promising wages of 31.5K (which is v high for Glasgow)? Would I hell, you warmongers. As if it weren't bad enough to know our proximity to the Faslane Base means London believes we're acceptable 'collateral damage' in the event of a nuclear strike, now Glaswegian women are being coerced into becoming 'Rosie the Riveter' for a company which brings destruction and death all round the planet. Neither the quality, nor the length, of our lives will improve by returning to the days of the most dangerous jobs, for the poorest citizens. Get stuffed, Starmer.

More Prolonged heat on the way without the help or support desperately needed in order to stay cool and healthy.

Life has been difficult, extremely so. I had to take emergency custody for their safety of my nephew and twin nieces one of which has complex medical issues. I had the children for over 2 months and I begged for financial assistance as we are struggling on UC ourselves! All I was told was it was a kin placement and financial support wasn’t available as I wasn’t a registered foster carer. The children were ultimately removed by a judge order due to lack of space in my 3 bed home with 6 living in it already. Support for low income kin carers isn’t there and now my niece with complex medical issues has been moved to a residential home in Nottingham we live in north wales, and my other niece and nephew are with a foster family in Anglesey. The whole process was a farce. It has left me feeling like a failure. Why isn’t there support for low income kin carers? Why were we left in a position that was unfair to myself, my family and my nieces and nephew. The “wise” judge has ripped a family apart and the council offered no support whatsoever even after me completing all mandatory training and all but emptying my home of our possessions to make room for the kids. We had plans for all the children to have a bed in a bedroom but that wasn’t good enough. I even had a call asking me to pick one of the children to keep…….like they are pick and mix!! It’s been a horrific period and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone! Sorry for the downer entry.

I had £518 charged to my credit card that I only use for emergencies yesterday. I didn't authorise the payment but the company who charged me have said that theres no refunds, thats it. Despite this being a service I can't even make use of and haven't even logged into for nearly a year. I am positive that I cancelled it, but they are saying that because i'm not the "owner" of the website (I was, am, but someone else set it up for me) I couldn't have cancelled it anyway...I've gone to my card company to see if they can stop it but now i have to provide evidence and fill out more forms and it just makes me so upset. A loss of £500 is more than a month's worth of shopping for us. If they don't agree to cancel it I'm going to have to sell any remaining items I have, and not be able to buy a wheelchair that fits me - as the NHS refuse to give me any financial support with this. I've been a victim of financial abuse in the past and this situation is so triggering. My partner is very understanding of it all, and is being very supportive but I feel so angry and so on edge right now. This isn't money we can easily replace.

NOTE TO MYSELF: I must try to put 10 Pence a week aside, in the event of the next heat wave I will have enough money to buy myself and my daughter an ice cream and cold drink. This is the devastating effect of living on a low income in the UK!

Will be indoors today, not feeling okay because of the heat

The lack of support for people in the heatwave is driving me a bit mad. It's like we are ignoring the risk. People are pretty much forced to work even if they know they are not safe. There is not enough in place to help people to stay safe. Like covid, the heatwave shows that the people with the least are the most at risk.

Latest in media

A white man has stabbed 5 Muslims in Edinburgh. He is seen shouting as being arrested on video.. Shouting "enough is enough" and "Muslims are taking over".

The right wing politicians and press have a lot to answer to.

The ASB in our area is getting so bad it’s affecting almost every aspect of our lives. The council won’t get involved as it’s housing association tenants, the police aren’t recording reports properly, and the housing association have said they don’t have the powers to evict the tenants despite them breaking their agreement on a daily basis. So we keep being told “just move”, like it’s that easy! we can’t afford to rent an accessible bungalow on the private rental market, if there were even any accessible bungalows on the private market. We shouldn’t have to suffer like this because we don’t have the money to move to a better area.

Really disturbed by the actions of those in Glasgow Town centre. It worries me for my friends - they are scared to leave the house, receiving racist insults. It worries me for my children and what horrors may unfold and it worries me what will happen next.

I hate the uncertainty. I hate that the injustice is killing my son, who doesn't understand that there are horrible people in this world that judge people on the colour of others' skin. What happened in Belfast was horrific, but the comments I am seeing online and the hate, are abhorrent!