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

"Listen to users", stories about the use of social services

Monday 17 May 2010, by European Anti Poverty Network

The European Social Network wants to contribute to the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion with this film about different experiences in the use of social services. It’s available in English, French and Spanish in their website, where you can also find a collection of stories from people using social services. A new story each month!

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