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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

‘I left the care system with little support – but £2,000 changed everything’

On receiving the phone call to inform her that she would be given £2,000 cash as part of a no-strings-attached payment, Aeryn was shocked.

“My partner and I were just staring at each other. I was speechless for a good 10 minutes,” she said. “These things don’t happen often to me; I’m not a very lucky person.”

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