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Name: | Sam Womack |
Age: | 21 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Clitheroe, Lancashire |
Campaign: | To help prepare care leavers for living independently |
When I was 14 I went to live in a children’s home for four years.
I struggled with finance when I first moved in to my own place; I didn’t know how to manage my money at first and I was sometimes a bit daft with it. I gambled with it and I was a bit silly.
I was gambling about every other week. I was using arcade machines – slot machines and things like that.
I realised I had bills to pay and that was more important, so I made the decision to stop.
Now I have got to grips with living independently. Everything has fallen into place and it’s all going great.
I’m part of a group of young people from across the county of Lancashire who are all care leavers.
With Fixers we have created a booklet to help young people who are preparing to leave the care system.
We know first-hand how difficult the change can be and we want to use our experiences to make it a smoother transition for others.
The following Fixers helped me with this Fix:
Bradley Wilson
Lauren Glover
Callum Griffin
Kristal Seed
Angelica Briggs
Chelsea Quarrie
Jamie Higginson
Kayleigh Harrison
Lauren Glover
Sophie Barry
Kirsty Clarke, from The Children's Society, supported this Fix.
Ben Simms
Liam Thomas
Mason Latey
Shannon Rawlings
Jade Kingdom
Hannah Baker
Chelsie Brown
Jack H
Kiki
Shano
Hannah Carter
Olivia G
Jo Quinn
Timothy Cranfield
Fern Lulham
Becky
'Kate'
Macauley Collinson
Becky Thorn
Lauren Taylor