MARION Forsyth fell into crippling debt and was only able to get her head above water with help from a crisis charity, despite working all her life.
The grandmother of three hopes a new website launched on Wednesday by the Scottish Government can help other people like her, who are struggling or unable to make ends meet because of the cost-of-living crisis, to find financial stability through a network of support.
A divorce which ended up in court and illness forcing her to leave her cleaning job landed Marion, 63, from Edinburgh, in arrears because she was unable to keep up payments on her old home which she had to leave in the aftermath of her break-up.