"being old and living alone. I am sick. I am afraid of loneliness … I cry a lot but try to look calm and collected when I go out." - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…"

"’Diary of a Jobseeker"

Friday 25 March 2011, by European Anti Poverty Network

Justine is sharing her experiences of looking for full-time work in recession hit North East Derbyshire. We hope to encourage other unemployed workers in recording thier experiences of living on benefits and dealing with the employment services, public and private.

Acces to the blog here: http://justine-diaryofajobseeker.blogspot.com/

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