Guidance and Signposting for Life's Challenges
When someone talks about being miserable at work, the advice often comes fast: “Just leave.”“Find another job.”“Know your worth.” It sounds simple. But for many people, leaving a bad job isn’t a choice – it’s a risk they can’t afford to take. When Income Is Survival, Not Lifestyle For people living paycheque to paycheque, work […]
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There’s something deeply wrong with a system where people have to prove their pain before they’re allowed support. Not explain it.Not share it.Prove it. With paperwork.With evidence.With repeated retelling of the worst moments of their lives. For many people, asking for help doesn’t bring relief.It brings another exhausting fight. The Paperwork of Survival If you’ve […]
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We’re taught to believe that home is where you’re safe. Where you rest.Where you recover.Where you breathe. But for many people, home isn’t safe at all. Sometimes there isn’t a home.Sometimes there is – but it’s unstable, overcrowded, temporary, unsafe or emotionally harmful. And most of the time, nobody sees it. Homelessness Isn’t Always Sleeping […]
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If you’ve just left care — or you’re about to — let me say this first:You’re not alone, and you’re not expected to have it all figured out. I won’t lie — the moment you turn 18, the world expects a lot from you. One minute you’re in foster care, a residential home, or supported […]
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At the Mark Hewitson Foundation, we see it all the time — someone comes to us for support after a traumatic event or diagnosis, but the truth is, they’ve often been holding it together long before things fell apart. We know that mental and physical health don’t live in separate boxes. They are tangled, messy, […]
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