This is an exciting time for me as I will be getting help to provide for my baby. This is help and support I never had. Finally having someone to talk to regularly has been amazing. I don’t feel so alone in this. The support from the Beam team and others has given me a little light to succeed.
The biggest challenge I’m facing right now is that I’m pregnant and doing it alone. This makes it hard to get a house and baby items. To be completely honest, I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing a lot of the time. My housing situation has also been challenging for me because I’ve never had a permanent home. I’ve sofa surfed near enough of my whole life which has put me in situations I didn’t always like. I don’t have friends or family around me to turn to.
Now I’ve been given a chance to live somewhere of my own and, although I'll be alone, I will finally have a place to call my own. Somewhere I can build a life and somewhere that is safe. Even as a child, this is something I've never had. This is a very scary time but I believe I’m ready!
Tia's identity has been anonymised to protect her from past abusers.