I'm making a post on mutual aid too, but sometimes I make posts on there, even up to three over a week or so, and get no response. I understand there are so many people needing help there and so I am making one here too for extra visibility. My last request on here asking for help with medical supplies didn't get a response, I really hope this one does.
A couple of people on here over the past few months have helped me out before, and I am so grateful. There is no way I could have managed without your help. For those who haven't seen my posts before, I'm in the UK and going through a disability benefit appeal. I've been unable to buy food due to lack of money and all the people who are supposed to help - the food bank, citizens advice, macmillan etc, haven't given me the help I need.
The food bank can take up to two weeks to access and then give only three days of "food," and the food mostly consists of tea, coffee, milk, sugar, doritos and similar things that are non-nutritious and non-filling. Organisations like macmillan and the citizens advice just keep fobbing me off and passing me to each other. No-one wants to take responsibility. The good social worker I had who used to help me moved to London and the social work department is now staffed by bureaucrats who do the bare minimum to get their paycheque. So I had no-one to help me until I found this site. I was starving for a while and ended up being diagnosed with several deficiencies but all they did was prescribe me iron and a few other supplements on the NHS. I still didn't get any food.
In fact I had thought I was going through an early menopause as my periods had slowed down so much it got to the stage I hadn't had one in months. But this month - after being able to eat normally for a while thanks to the help I've received on here - I got a normal period and realised that my periods had actually stopped due to malnutrition. Thanks to people on this site I am no longer amenorrheic.
I received a letter from the DWP (British benefit nazis) recently, saying that my benefit appeal is still in the queue, they have a backlog to get through before me. Which is their own fault, because they re-assess people too frequently. So this will be dragging on a while longer.
My grocery bills are also more expensive at the moment. I had foot surgery 5 weeks ago and I've been unable to wear shoes so I've had to order groceries for delivery, which costs more. I'm having another foot surgery on 24th April so it'll be like this for a while yet. I also need to use these vouchers for other things like toilet paper, literally everything I need.
As mentioned before, I would prefer not to take money because of the DWP. So if anyone is able to help me out with some food vouchers, I would be extremely grateful. Sainsburys supermarket gift cards are easy to order, and several supermarkets local to me are also on justeat. They can be ordered on various different ways and sent to my email address.
This site takes debit card, credit card and google pay:
https://www.sainsburysgiftcard.co.uk/
These sites take debit, credit card and paypal:
https://www.prezzee.uk/store/sainsburys-uk-gift-card/
https://www.prezzee.uk/store/just-eat-uk-gift-card/
This one takes crypto:
https://www.bitrefill.com/gb/en/gift-cards/sainsburys-in-store-digital-uk/
https://www.bitrefill.com/gb/en/gift-cards/just-eat-uk/
I would be so grateful for any help at all.
What is the meaning of life?