Godfrey, 77, and his wife Jeanette Ward, 69, have worked hard all their lives to afford their own home in Wigan. Now retired, their combined weekly pensions cannot stretch to cover the rising cost of bills and the urgent repairs they need in their home.
The couple has to travel to the house of a nearby relative to get a hot shower but Jeanette says they"don't like to trouble them" by going too often.
"But in the back of my mind, I keep on thinking that if we don't get help it'll end up being a care home for us both. But we don't want that.""No," she says,"no, we don't want that. We want to stay in our own home, and we couldn't afford it anyway." Jeanette has asthma and believes living in a cold house over winter contributed to her getting pneumonia twice this year.She says she feels"bitter" and"angry" that after a life of work, the couple now find themselves struggling."We'll have this soup and sandwich," Godfrey tells us,"and then just something small for our tea - something from the chippy or a pie.""We're just about coping," she says,"but it's not easy".
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