and help with fuel. but we re here to see much more than that. there you go. of course, pat s work, handing out vouchers for access to the food bank, is crucial. oh, thank you. but then there s courtney. how much do you spend on public transport? i don t because i can t afford to. a benefits wizard who s here to give priceless advice. we re definitely getting all the details that we need, good lass. fantastic. then there s dara, a kurdish refugee who s always here, always smiling, always helping. the main thing that we can help you with is making sure you have food. i need support as well. and they are all driven people, like helen, who s a volunteer. you see me around in benwell, just say hello. people who are at their wit s end about how to cope. she wants and needs to help. i see struggle. i see embarrassment. i see guilt. i see shame. i see joy at small things.
the vicar, chris, knows benwell s reputation. he knows that some regard the situation as hopeless, but not him. people have real hope. they have real love in them. and the way that i ve seen people come together in crisis, the crisis shouldn t be happening. they shouldn t have to come together under those circumstances. but when they do, this incredible thing happens. i ve never seen anything like it. now i am three years volunteer in food bank. of all the people i ve met here, maybe it s dara who will stay with me the longest. i am finished accounting in my country. but in here, no have anyjob because no have any paper. he s been here for three years. a kurdish christian refugee escaping the murderous violence of northern iraq. i m so sorry, because i m no speaking english very well. he s happy to be here. i no need money, i need life.
this country is very safe. this country is very good for all people because help me. dara doesn t ask for much. as an asylum seeker, he certainly doesn t get much. and he s got his wife and two sons. his eldest, hani, is at school. hani is lovely, lovely boy. thank you for all teacher, because he is now speaking english, geordie! one thing i ve noticed about you, or two things, number one, you re so smart, your clothes are always perfect. yes, all second hand. me, my wife and my son. and number two, you re always smiling. thank you so much. it feels like dara s always here. he s so grateful to the country that s taken him in, but can t escape the cost of living crisis. the cost of baby milk for his boy. are you finding it hard to pay for what you need? about that. because.before it s often
on public transport? i don t because i can t afford to. a benefits wizard who s here to give priceless advice. we re definitely getting all the details that we need, good lass. fantastic. then there s dara, a kurdish refugee who s always here, always smiling, always helping. the main thing that we can help you with is making sure you have food. i need support as well. and they are all driven people, like helen, who s a volunteer. you see me around in benwell, just say hello. people who are at their wit s end about how to cope. she wants and needs to help. i see struggle. i see embarrassment. i see guilt. i see shame. i see joy at small things. it s november, and anita has come in for food. get your coat on, sweetie. it s november, and anita
he s happy to be here. i no need money, i need life. this country is very safe. this country is very good for all people because help me. dara doesn t ask for much. as an asylum seeker, he certainly doesn t get much. and he s got his wife and two sons. his eldest, hani, is at school. hani is lovely, lovely boy. thank you for all teacher, because he is now speaking english, geordie! one thing i ve noticed about you, ortwo things, number one, you re so smart, your clothes are always perfect. yes, all second hand. me, my wife and my son. and number two, you re always smiling. thank you so much. it feels like dara s always here. he s so grateful to the country that s taken him in, but can t escape the cost of living crisis. the cost of baby milk for his boy.