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.

I am only able to rent, which is what this fund was originally for, to help my wife and I move to a cheaper rented house after our old Landlord decided to up the rent by 50% overnight.

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 getting the deposit back from the old landlord and it cost every penny raised on here, plus a loan had to be arranged. 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 in the wake of my beloved wife's recent mental health crisis caused by Complex PTSD, a result of old trauma and recent stalking by a birth family who decided she should be part of their family when she wanted to cut off all contact.

Currently, my life revolves around caring for my wife as she tries to put some sort of life back together following a terrible incident where she entered a disassociative state, scared the neighbours, got beaten up by half a dozen massive policemen and was later convicted of assault by beating (a flailing arm caught one of them in the face whilst he was kneeling on her after bursting into our house through the back door). She is currently going through Probation and rehabilitation treatment sessions, but I have to be with her most each day as she has panic attacks etc, which has smashed my work routine apart.

The bank, meanwhile, is annoyed with me because I haven't miraculously paid off the huge overdraft they let me have, or the huge credit card they willingly offered me; they've taken the card facility away as I type this, so this fund is vital for buying food and paying the bills. help out if you can!