Hello

I am writing the petition as a cry for help. 

The home me and my children are in is my home of 20+ years. Its a council home and a 3 bedroom. But because i have two girls under the age of 10 years old the council are adamant that they can share.

However, my dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer in nov 2019 and had a kidney out and my mum was struggling to care for him being unwell herself. Little did we know mum had pancreatic cancer herself. So myself and my 2 girls moved in to help mum care for dad. Then my mum was diagnosed in january 2020 as my dad was recovering and mum passed in February 2020 with pancreatic cancer having just 3 weeks to live after she was diagnosed.

Then when mum passed, dad was rediagnosed just 6 weeks after mum passed away, with bone cancer and myself and my children cared for him, meanwhile we had lockdown and i was homeschooling my eldest daughter while caring full time for my father. My father then passed away in September 2020 and my children geard every scream, cry and battle of confusion, and each attack he made on their mummy while knowing bampy didnt mean it because his meds confused him and he thought i was out to kill him because the cancer had reached his brain, until they each said their goodbye to him, and lost both grandparents within a space of 6 months of eachother.

My eldest daughter and myself are suffering with our mental health. And i am fighting that my daughter gets her own room in our 3 bedroom home because its her safe space. Its where she can wake up, cry, write and remember her grandparents.

My daughter wakes up and disturbs her younger sister all upset and has days where shes so much more emotional than others and turns to pen and paper. Shes currwntly undergoing  mental health help programmes through barnados and i have done parent Nurturing Programmes to try and get a better understanding while me and her both have bad days.

Our family are and have been going through enough, never mind move of schools and losing all the family we had close. Not to mention worrying about the stability of losing our home aswell.

Please sign to help us help keep our home.

I couldnt imagine having to move again and move schools again for my daughter all because the council appear to be so heartless about all me and my children have been through.

Weve still got mum and dad in their special vases, as Bethan calls them. Their urns. Because we cant let them go yet. And most certainly don't want to lose our home.

*Just to make everyone clear, this petition is because the council say im underoccupying a 3 bed house although my daughters each need their own room due to mental health with my eldest needing space. And they are wanting to move us to a 2 bed or even hostel and not give me a chance in hell to keep my family home. We have gp evidence and medical referals... Means nothing. If we move we leave our family home behimd and my dsughter share a room,where my eldest has her own room as her space to cry and grieve for space and time to write. A gp has advised with her mental health she needs the space. 

Thankyou for taking your time time to help us and sign this petition. 

Laura x