Nightmare benefits! :(

johnhorne2017

yes medication twice a day for hiv which need to be taken at particular times, and I need access to water!!?!?

princess_loki

Is there not an emergency nightshelter? There should be some outreach workers that can help you. Surely the Salvation Army can put you in touch with the correct people.

If you need water then ask Salvation Army for some bottles - you can always refil

Murphybear

Can the GP surgery that you sent to (to get the meds) or the pharmacy that dispensed the prescription help with water?

I agree that in the 21st C it seems odd that in a first world country you can't get the most basic need of life.:(

IAmWales

johnhorne2017 wrote: »

yes medication twice a day for hiv which need to be taken at particular times, and I need access to water!!?!?

Most shopping centres will have water fountains. Also many public toilets. Not ideal but it's a short term solution.

AndyPix

Did you not get a discharge grant ?? I know its not a lot but surely that should keep you in food ??
And do you have a probation officer , or did you serve your full term ?


I would'nt have thought probation would leave you in this situation , Its just asking for a recall

poppy12345

Just curious how you've got access to the internet in your situation?

dippy3103

johnhorne2017 wrote: »

yes medication twice a day for hiv which need to be taken at particular times, and I need access to water!!?!?

Which must make you "vulnerable"..

johnhorne2017

hey sorry, right I got internet access at Norwich library its free all day I could try filling my bottles at a shopping centre toilet or something just hope its safe to drink, I am not on license so no probation officer, this is just one big mess, the council said they have NO DUTY TO HELP even tho they know the ins and outs of everything including health and yes 21st century England and we can struggle to get water

sangie595

You've been asked twice now about what happened to the discharge grant, and also how come you didn't engage in one of the pre-release programmes that, amongst other things, ensure that benefits are claimed before you are discharged.

If you are currently in a public library, don't they have a toilet? And whatever comes out of the taps in the public toilets is the same water you get out of a tap in a home or a hostel.

And what about NACRO?

Bogof_Babe

Is there nothing left of the £20 emergency payment? What are you doing for food?

Some of the big supermarkets do 2-litre bottles of non-branded (probably tap, but obviously drinkable) water for about 17p. Keep your eyes peeled on the ground for dropped coins. Buy one bottle and refill whenever you get the chance.