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Nov 2021
A single mum with four children from Harrogate has opened up about her experience of struggling to pay the bills to try and break the stigma around poverty.
Kayleigh Cooper lost her job manning the phones in the evenings at a taxi company early in the coronavirus pandemic.
So overnight, after never worrying about money, she started to wonder how she could afford her rising living costs while also feeding her children.
She gets Universal Credit and food vouchers but they have not been able to cover her costs.
It has a wide range of tinned, fresh food and frozen food. The shop also stocks toiletries, sanitary products and nappies in various sizes.
The shop, which can be found in one of the school’s separate buildings on West Street, just off Skipton Road, is open daily every Tuesday and Thursday between 9.30am and 3.30pm. Ms Cooper added:
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