I feel like I am right at the end of the line but I am a fighter and I will not give up. I am so very close to securing my future and that of my daughter.
I need to pay two months rent to avoid eviction and some funding to complete my project that is 99% ready to go and will bring a steady passive income in.
I am a 64 year old highly-skilled massage therapist of 40 years, very popular and a single mother to a home-schooled talented daughter. I have a lot to give in terms of teaching and compassion.
For the past ten years I have miraculously managed to keep a roof over our heads and to pay for tuition and examination fees etc. for my daughter who has recently got straight A’s (8’s & 9’s) in her GCSE’s and is now studying fr her A levels.
Her father did not pay any maintenance to us and as classed as “retired” we were not able to secure any.
I have (and am) worked extremely hard writing courses to be put online for qualified therapists to buy and download as part of their cntinuing professional development. I had a mentor who is a sucessful entrepreneur with hugely successful ventures look over my work and mastermind with me and it is very clear that the specific topics I cover are highly sought after by new and returning therapists in particular and currently not offered anywhere so I am very keen to put them live. I even have an ever-growing waiting list for them.
My monthly outgoings (which include subscriptions to Canva for my illustrating and Freshlearn platform where my courses will be) far outweigh my income and I just need to pay a freelancer on Fivrr to set my page up to receive payments and one or two other technical things.
Two weeks ago our house was flooded and as I see clients at home I could not earn money and am only restarting this week. The money I would have earned would have paid my rent which was due yesterday (which also happened to be my birthday)
I find myself in a situation where to stop being evicted I need to pay this last months rent urgently and also be able to pay next months rent. I am desperately needing to pay for my courses to go live to ensure more income.
Once this is happening and I can re-coup I want t be able to help others and “pay it forward” I have always helped others where I can and have given to strangers and I didn’t ever want t be in the position of asking for the same for myself but I guess it is what keeps us humble.
Anything you can give t help my situation will be so gratefully received and I promise to pay it forward when I can.
With very grateful thanks.