Deserving cases
Case 1 – Mandy

You are a single mother, 24, with three small children aged 3 – 7. You left school at 16 with poor grades and got married. Your husband was a violent heavy drinker and left you last year. Your parents are dead and you get no support from your husband who has disappeared. You work part-time as a cleaner but struggle to make ends meet.	Case 2 - Wilson

You are a former stock-broker, 29. You were very successful in the past, made a lot of money and enjoyed the high life but two years ago you lost everything on some risky stock. You started drinking heavily and now you have been out of work for 18 months and cannot find a job even though you have applied to hundreds of companies.	
Case 3 – Carol

You are an unemployed woman, 40.  Until five years ago, you worked in IT. Then you left because you wanted to make a complete change and start your own business selling pictures. Unfortunately this didn’t work out and you used up all your savings. Now you can’t get back into IT as everyone says you are out of touch with the latest developments.	Case 4 – Thomas

You are a skilled engineer, 53, with over 25 years’ experience servicing and repairing machines relating to the garment industry. But now all the factories have moved to China and you can’t find work. You are too old to retrain and too young to retire. You have been unemployed for three years and have used up all your savings	

Case 1 – Mandy

You are a single mother, 24, with three small children aged 3 – 7. You left school at 16 with poor grades and got married. Your husband was a violent heavy drinker and left you last year. Your parents are dead and you get no support from your husband who has disappeared. You work part-time as a cleaner but struggle to make ends meet.	Case 2 - Wilson

You are a former stock-broker, 29. You were very successful in the past, made a lot of money and enjoyed the high life but two years ago you lost everything on some risky stock. You started drinking heavily and now you have been out of work for 18 months and cannot find a job even though you have applied to hundreds of companies.	
Case 3 – Carol

You are an unemployed woman, 40.  Until five years ago, you worked in IT. Then you left because you wanted to make a complete change and start your own business selling pictures. Unfortunately this didn’t work out and you used up all your savings. Now you can’t get back into IT as everyone says you are out of touch with the latest developments.	Case 4 – Thomas

You are a skilled engineer, 53, with over 25 years’ experience servicing and repairing machines relating to the garment industry. But now all the factories have moved to China and you can’t find work. You are too old to retrain and too young to retire. You have been unemployed for three years and have used up all your savings