Alice with Little Village CEO Sophie Livingstone
(Picture: ES Composite)Alice had her phone at the ready, waiting for the NHS to call back about her dental problems. The 37-year-old was in excruciating discomfort and hoping the NHS could sort it out. She prided herself, though, on being appreciative for what she had despite going days without food and sitting in the dark at night to cut down on bills. Yet today she was tearful because of what her seven-year-old daughter had been saying.
The single mother from Wembley, who worked as a manager at McDonald’s and quit her job to have a second child five months ago, said: “We went to a party at my aunt’s last night and my daughter blurted out to everyone, ‘Mum doesn’t buy me things anymore’.”
