People living below the breadline in Trafford have shared ‘harrowing’ stories about their experiences.
Describing everything from grief and mental health battles to huge debts from benefit overpayments and homelessness, residents fought back their own tears and anxiety to speak publicly about their experiences for the first time.
One resident opened with a poem she wrote, summing up the stigma and the reality faced by those living in poverty. She said: “I am lazy, I am a freeloader, I have never worked a day in my life, I’m a bit of a chav.
