brooke and djemilah have built something special.hem, they said they thought they'd been lucky. that was also a word my mum used, so i wanted to speak to someone who helps mums that aren't so lucky. you work with single mums, right? and what kind of things do you help them with with this charity? so the main thing that's coming up a lot is housing. so i get enquiries from like the perinatal teams, the community midwives. a number of mothers on their caseload that are homeless are in temporary accommodation, unsuitable accommodation as well. to me, like your basic need is food, shelter and water. like you need a roof over your head or somewhere to lay your head, especially if you've got children or a child. isolation as well. mothers are very, very isolated. everybody needs a network. and i think in the times that we're living in now, parenting doesn't come with a manual, so it's important to find a mother, even if it's just to bounce things off to say, "yeah, me too." setting up communal living like what mum and vicky did, but maybe

i caught up with brooke and herfriend djemilah, two mums who literally built their mum—une with theirt, then? how did you guys meet and how did you decide to set up living together? so it was kind of like an organic thing - that we weren't expecting to really be _ a long—term thing either. actually, brooke used to have a coffee shop in town, - and my partner at the time, which i was living with in texas, _ he had sold her some services for her coffee shop. _ shortly after that, we separated - and i was like, _ "i can't do this anymore." it was a very toxic environment. - and then he tells me, "i'm leaving. - "you could tell that - brooke lady that i'm not "going to fulfil the work that i charged her for." _ and so i reached out| to her and i was like, "hey, so i will fulfil the work for you, just if you can, - "like, give me a second because i don't have i "anywhere to live. " yeah. and that was kind of something that i had personal experience with. when i was younger, i was in a really, really abusive relationship and was able to get out through some social services. and after that,

i caught up with brooke and herfriend djemilah, two mums who literally built their mum—une with theirt all start, then? how did you guys meet and how did you decide to set up living together? so it was kind of like an organic thing - that we weren't expecting to really be _ a long—term thing either. actually, brooke used to have a coffee shop in town, - and my partner at the time, which i was living with in texas, _ he had sold her some services for her coffee shop. _ shortly after that, we separated - and i was like, _ "i can't do this anymore." it was a very toxic environment. - and then he tells me, "i'm leaving. - you could tell that brooke lady that i'm not going to _ fulfil the work that i charged her for."j and so i reached out| to her and i was like, "hey, so i will fulfil the work for you, just if you can, - like, give me a second because i don't have . anywhere to live. " yeah. and that was kind of something that i had personal experience with. when i was younger, i was in a really, really abusive relationship and was able to get out through some social services. and after t