In the long run, I want to help people who are going through what I’ve been through, to give them the help that I wish I had received sooner. I want them to know that they are not alone and they are capable of doing anything they want.
My situation started when I was growing up in Hungary. I was put in a care home when I was 10, and went on to mix with the wrong people and to fail at school. At 18 I became homeless for the first time after I left the care system. I made my way to Amsterdam where I worked in warehouses for two years. I loved it at first, but over time felt I wasn't improving; my life had stopped moving forward.
One day, I decided that I wanted to live more, so I came to England, the country of my dreams. Unfortunately I became homeless again after a friend I was living with passed away. Due to the lockdown I was given a place in an emergency shelter, which I'm using as an opportunity to get my life back on track.
Homelessness is like seeing life through dark lenses. It creates a mindset in which you feel like there is no hope and there is nothing you can do. It breaks you and prevents you from being your best self, but homeless people are just as worthy as others.
Beam are supporting me into work as a warehouse operative and they are funding me to train to drive forklifts. Forklift operators are a key component of the good functioning of a warehouse. I like the organisational and logistic skills the job requires and the responsibilities that come with it. I also like being part of a team, which becomes like a second family. In two years, I aim to be a warehouse supervisor, to be challenged by my work and to live in a quiet place where I can hear the birds.