The cupboards are bare, she has no money for food and debt collectors are set to visit any day

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Going to bed hungry isn’t out of the ordinary for Wendy Poole. In fact, the gran can go without food for several days. It’s not something she does out of choice.

The cupboards are bare, she has no money for food and debt collectors are set to visit her home any day now. It’s a never-ending struggle that has seen the 51-year-old spiral into a desperate pit of despair. “I try and take every day as it comes, but I’ve found myself where I’ve not been able to get out of bed because I can’t see past anything other than the situation I’m in,” Wendy, who has 23 grandchildren, told the Manchester Evening News. READ MORE: 'I was watching a film with my son, then in 20 minutes our lives changed forever' “I can’t do that because I have a grandson to support.

I try and face every struggle as it comes. When I think about these things, I just break down, because I don’t know what else to do.” Wendy, who lives in the Leigh area of Wigan, says she first started really struggling financially last year.

Despite cutting back on everything she could, from walking everywhere to only buying the absolute necessities, the gran soon found herself unable to afford her bills. “We were really struggling,” Wendy, who cares for one of her grandchildren, said. “Things were getting really hard.