{"id":5013,"date":"2022-08-19T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/?post_type=stories&p=5013"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:02:42","slug":"jos-story","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/stories\/jos-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo’s story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a teenager Jo was forced to leave home, where she was suffering emotional and sexual abuse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was 18, living at home with my mum, my younger brothers and my stepdad when I went to university. However, my stepdad was quite abusive, it was emotional and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to the point where I thought \u2018I can\u2019t do this anymore\u2019. I reported the abuse to the police, my stepdad was arrested. It made things really difficult at home and my relationship with my mum deteriorated. She said I should just go, leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to go and live with a friend, and we had to share a bed. I completed two years of the degree course but my mental health was a mess. I felt so low, I just could not deal with being at uni anymore, so I left.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that I was living with another friend, who had a pull-out sofa bed. I was living on Universal Credit and spending the days job hunting. When the pandemic started, I could no longer stay with my friend so I got in contact with Nightstop.<\/p>\n

“I was really nervous about staying with Nightstop for the first time, wondering what the hosts be like. They were so nice. I couldn\u2019t believe how nice they were.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t think people could be this nice. I got there, we had dinner at 6pm, together. I slept really well the first night, it was dead comfortable.<\/p>\n

“My plan is to get a job, and find somewhere to live, privately. A little one bed flat would be good.”<\/p>\n

Nightstop UK<\/a> is a national network of trained and vetted volunteer hosts who open their doors to young people. When we refer a young person to Nightstop, they are in crisis, often facing a night on the street.<\/p>\n

Depaul UK run Nightstop, a national network of trained and vetted volunteer hosts who open their doors to young people. When we refer a young person to Nightstop, they are in crisis, often facing a night on the street.<\/p>\n

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