Help im almost homeless!

Hi my name is George, I am a 17 year old boy who is an apprentice mechanic with unfortunately very poor pay. I have 2 younger sisters and a little brother. My parents divorced when I was 10 because my dad was unfaithful and cheated on my mum. This sent my mum down a very dark road but she tried to keep a brave face for us. However, my dad leaving caused my mum to be very upset and so after a short while she sent me to live with my dad as I had a better relationship with him. So I went to live with my dad at my nans house, where I slept on the floor in his room for 2 years. Then he decided to move into his girlfriend’s house and I went with him. But she didn’t take to me very well, and we were constantly arguing with my dad taking her side. I managed to stay for two years until my dad decided to get a small place of his own to separate us. Since it was a 1 bedroom house and we built a temporary wall in the bedroom so we each had our own spaces and a bit of privacy. In the end I pretty much lived there on my own as he stayed with his girlfriend. After two years my dad found the house unnecessary and just wanted to live with his girlfriend. So he sold the house, we moved back in with his girlfriend. This time I only lasted a couple of months with all the constant arguing and my only option was to move back in with my mum to get away. I thought she may be a little calmer and it would be a good time to try and gain a relationship with her since she didn’t contact me for the six years I was with my dad. A week after I moved in, my mum kicked my 15 year old sister out because she didn’t agree with my mum’s opinion. Now she is living with my dad and his girlfriend. From this I could see that my mum still wasn’t in a good place but I couldn’t go back to live with my dad as they have 5 people living in a 3 bedroom house, so I stayed with my mum. Our relationship wasn’t good as she resented me for staying with my dad, this made life difficult but I had nowhere to go. My mum was diagnosed with multiple problems and kept trying to kick me out because I reminded her of my dad and she blames me for him leaving. Luckily I managed to talk to the council and now I’m in temporary accommodation with the council. Soon after I moved in to my council room my mum tried kicking out my 7 year old brother on Christmas Eve. My dad accepted him but it wasn’t fair for my brother as my dad had already given his Christmas presents to my mum and she didn’t give them back when she kicked him out. Christmas was going to be very lonely for me but my best friends family that have tried to help me get through this invited me over and even gave me a little present. I suffer from depression and anxiety so living is hard. It’s tough but I’m trying to keep my life together with my education and job but its falling apart around me.

Since I moved in I have been trying to get benefits. A couple days ago I got a letter from the council saying that they will make my weekly rent £60 instead of the £158 before. But they still want me to pay the full price for the previous weeks before the price cut which I cannot afford. I get paid £400- £500 a month this goes towards everything just to keep me going. I work every day apart from Sunday from 8:30 to 6:00 on my apprenticeship wage. So as you can see I don't have a lot of free time and on only £400-£500 a month I am struggling to cope. While living with my mum I was able to afford a cheap bicycle to get to work and back. I now use it to go everywhere I need. Having only a bike limits me in terms of travel, especially for time and what I can carry. I have a lot of overdue rent which I need to clear ASAP or I will be kicked out and made homeless. I contacted my parents but they don’t want to help me as they seem to think that it’s my problem. At the moment the council are trying to move me to a hostel which has the same rent but is much further away from my work and realistically too far for me to cycle. If I do get moved to this hostel I will need another mode of transport like a car but I will never be able to afford that. Public transport will be similar to a bike as I cannot carry everything needed for work so I am stuck.

So please if you can help me raise some money, anything will help, to keep me going for a while longer until I can be a qualified mechanic and hopefully earn enough to live without struggling thank you so much it means the world to me and I appreciate every penny. Lastly if I ever get to fulfil my dream of being able to drive thank you from the bottom of my heart to anyone who has helped me and I hope to be able to help someone else out in the future.