Sian Lewis - Way Forward

Marianne

Debt: $216,300

Medical expenses

My Story

I work 3 jobs to support my family of 5. My husband is unable to work due to a severe health issue and medical costs for my son who is disabled are increasing. With the reduction of income and the high level of debt, I was struggling to maintain all our commitments and relied on credit to pay credit. I just couldn’t keep paying everybody.

What do I think of Way Forward

Thank you for giving me back my life and getting me out of depression and mental torture. Now, I can spend more time with my family and go back to what we use to do like going out on the weekends and visiting friends and relatives. Life is indeed great! Thank you very much and my big salute to Way Forward. Please go on and continue helping Australians that are trapped with the maze of debts. More power to the team! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Dolly

Debt: $61,000

Health challenges

My Story

I’m 48, earning $2200 a fortnight working in retail
My husband fell ill and left work to go onto the aged pension. He requires several hospital stays yearly, which means I need to take time off work to care for him. With the reduction in income and 3 dependent children, I obtained a credit card to keep up with living expenses. I was overcommitted and unable to keep up with the minimum instalments.

What do I think of Way Forward

We can't thank you enough for all that you have done for us. We feel like we can breathe again knowing that we’re heading in the right direction. We’ll be forever grateful. We are very grateful for what Way Forward has done for us and still cannot believe that an organization dedicated to help people like us in our situation exist.

Gary

Debt: $155,545

Change in family circumstance

My Story

55 year old Manager earning $2660 a fortnight. I went through a separation and with the reduction of my wife’s income supporting household expenses, I struggled to keep up with the repayments across all my facilities. I eventually started using credit to pay credit and was in an endless cycle. This large amount of debt has caused additional stress, its affected my health and struggled to find support to manage my finances.

What do I think of Way Forward

All I want to do is get this happening and work my way out of this. It’s definitely 100% better than where I was, I was just getting further and further behind. You probably will never fully appreciate how much I appreciate what you have done for me and how much of a difference this has made. Do not be afraid to contact Way Forward, their staff were extremely understanding, supportive and reassuring in assisting with managing what had become an extremely difficult and embarrassing situation for me.

Stephen

Debt: $95,200

Reduction in income

My Story

I’m a 51 year old truck driver earning $1300 a week I fell into hardship when my wife was let go from her job of 12 years after an injury. Whilst she’s been looking for work it’s been a struggle due to her injury. With only the one income and the additional 5 debts under my wife’s name, we’ve found it tough to maintain all the minimum installments. We’ve been under an enormous stress trying to manage all the payments and have been going without food to try and put money towards the debts.

What do I think of Way Forward

This has been a huge weight lifted. I was in a pretty bad place. There are other services like Way Forward, but they cost money, and when you’re in a situation like this you just can’t afford it.

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