I have gotten help from a man who works for a company in Edinburgh called Partners in Advocacy. He has prepared letters before and attended appointments with me. There is not a great deal more he can actually do for my case, though. Although he was present when I saw the guy at the council about my housing situation.

My family's house is very cluttered, overcrowded and stuffy. It is gonna be even more messy soon, because my sister has to move her things out of her flat because she has not been able to pay the rent. Her landlord came to the door a few days ago wanting the keys for the flat when she was out at the time.

When the law took her youngest son off of her due to ongoing custody issues, he was placed with temporary carers until his dad recently got to keep him. My sister started getting less money because when you are no longer caring for a child, you lose that type of benefit. She has not been in her flat staying there for a long time now, and if she cannot pay her due rent arrears, there is only one option left, and that is to give up the tenancy.

My sister suffers from celiac disease, and so she had not been able to do much for a long time because of her low immunity making her feel weak. Currently, she is doing a course so she can get a job as a legal aid assistant. Her former partner and his family have basically stolen her children. My nephews were born in 2008 and 2010 respectively, but she has not had a good time having to type a lot of lengthy reports for her lawyer, and it all seems to be in vain because they keep adding more problems to the huge stack of problems she already must face.