
Help me out of my abusive home and train to teach
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I'm a final year English and Creative Writing university student who is desperate for funds to try and move out of their abusive, smoke-filled, drunken home and get away from their transphobic parents. I struggle to focus in the current environment and go to university in order to focus, which is sometimes inaccessible due to my controlling parents.
My dad, when he gets drunk bursts into my room and tries to touch me even though I reinforce him not to, and argues that I am 'a waste of space'. This is one of the main reasons I want to try to get out of this environment, for myself, my future students, and any family I go on to have.
I want to go and train to be an Further Education English teacher in the Midlands, as I feel it will provide me a new challenge and I need your help to raise money, as I don't know if I'm going to get a bursary and want to ensure that I have enough money to leave this place. I have been offered a place on the University of Derby's course, and I am so excited to get going with it. The only way I can do that, though, is with your help!
I first wanted to teach after doing a shadowing placement in a local college and thrived in that environment but I don't feel as though the higher living costs of this part of the country will benefit me in the long run. For context I'm severely partially sighted and so struggle getting around, which for me the interconnectivity of the Midlands region serves me nicely.
I want to start a new life away from my parents as their smoking and drinking are damaging my mental health. I feel like moving away is the right choice here and that I can make a difference to the lives of the future students I teach, but to do that I need to first leave this toxic environment.
I am doing my best to try and find well-paid employment to help, but as of yet I haven't gotten anywhere. I really want to make a difference elsewhere in the country and my family will not financially support me if I go, and have told me I'm ruining my life by 'abandoning' them.
COST BREAKDOWN
Now I have told my story, I think is important to have a cost breakdown.
- £8,438.50 will be used for costs associated with accommodation
- £4,061.50 will be used for food costs
If you can spare any money in these financially tough times, then it would be very much appreciated.
Organizer

Eri Foster
Organizer
England