Help pay the bills and buy food!

Hi! My name is Andy Foster, I'm a miniatures sculptor who has run a tiny indie wargames miniatures maker for the last 23 years. Unfortunately, this means I can't afford to buy a home in the UK because our housing market is nuts, and the average starter home costs over 10 times what I make in a good year, so I am only able to rent.

And because the housing market IS so insane, rental property prices are also incredibly high, and I was abruptly told on the 4th of January that the house we have lived in for the last 10 years was having its rent increased by the landlord from £800 a month to £1175, which I absolutely couldn't afford to cover.

Thanks to your generous donations on this campaign so far, I was able to move myself and my wife to a smaller house that still costs £795 a month, which we love. It took 4 months to sort out the move from finding a house to dealing with the arguing over the deposit and it cost every penny raised on here, plus a loan had to be aranged. I could literally not have coped without you guys chipping in, and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

But thanks to a further 3 months of chaos caused by the panic to find a new place, add to that a massive downturn in sales from my business and I am already struggling to find the money to cover the interest payments and loan repayments, so please help out if you possibly can! Any amount helps, no matter how small - if it buys a box of eggs, we can eat eggs!

IMPORTANT: the total raised previously has all gone, on the cost of moving, and on bills and of course, interest on the huge overdraft I have incurred this year with the combination of moving costs and downturn in sales. I NEED your help if you possibly can - any amount you can spare will help me find money for food and electricity, or help towards the monthly rent, even if it's just a few pounds!

So in summary, this vital fundraiser helps pay the rent, the bills or unforeseen expenses such as finding safe tmeporary accommodation for my wife after her recent mental health crisis