I’ve found a new job and my life is back on track
Junaid came to the Law Centre for help after his employer stopped paying him properly – and then not at all – after Junaid tried to defend his team when their employer threatened…
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We’re looking for Housing solicitors/caseworkers to join our friendly and expert team. The roles will be based in either our Wandsworth or Kingston office, with travel to our other branch…
If I didn’t have this support, I would have been evicted
‘My rent arrears had built up because of Universal Credit problems. When I moved into my current property, I tried to change my address with Universal Credit, but they kept sending payments to my…
From the time I knew I could get this help, I’m feeling good
‘Before I came to the Law Centre, I was feeling destitute with a lot of debts. I wasn’t very well, and I had a big money problem. I was very stressed. ‘I found the team very helpful –…
I felt like an alien. I’d never want to feel like that again.
‘I applied for a new passport and the Home Office came back to me saying they couldn’t find anything to prove who I am or that I’d been here since I…
It would have been impossible for me to defend myself, without your help
‘I went to the supermarket one weekend and when I got back, I found my landlady was changing the locks of my door. I asked her what was going on and she said she didn’t want me to stay in the house, so she…
I was drowning in debt and she helped me sort it out
‘After my contract work finished, I had an eleven months’ wait to get my benefits sorted, which was a very long period with no income. I didn’t have any savings because I’d been living on breadline anyway, and I started getting into…
I felt like the weight of the world had been lifted off of my shoulders
‘Before I came to the Law Centre, I was seriously suicidal. I could not bear the thought of me and my son being on the street, but I didn’t think…
Everything was like a puzzle I couldn’t sort out
‘It was terrifying being in debt because I kept getting all these texts saying if I don’t pay they’ll send enforcement to us. I was so afraid. I couldn’t handle it anymore because we’d lost our home and…
My kids had to struggle, they had to go hungry sometimes
‘I used to be very independent. I had a very happy family; I had a good job that looked after the family. Before the troubles started, I had no intention…