KAYE Townsend is a qualified, BACP registered, person-centred counsellor with a private practice in Flackwell Heath, Bucks. She is currently writing a self-help book, write articles for various publications & work as a volunteer counsellor for a local charity.

Here she answers letters in her Bucks Free Press agony aunt column.

 

Dear Kaye,

I have been very unhappy living in Marlow & I have finally found someone to exchange with through the HomeSwapper website but I don’ think I can afford the removal costs. I’m a single parent with a part-time job & benefits so money is tight & I have no family to help me with the removals & van. Jenny, 27, Marlow.

Dear Jenny,

Moving home is a stressful situation at the best of times but when you have to organise this on your own, it can seem like a massive task. A local company may be able to offer both van & driver for a reasonable price or if you contact your local benefits office they may be able to suggest a low cost way to move or perhaps even help with the costs, depending on your circumstances.

There is a Community Care Grant which you don’t pay back or Budgeting Loans which offer interest free borrowing. I have added recommended contacts below.

Good luck Jenny & wish you all the best in your new home,

Kaye.

Wiles Removals www.wilesremovals.co.uk Tel: 07858 685066 Directgov www.direct.gov.uk Money, Tax & Benefits / Community Care Grants