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Click here to support Help us move away together by Brontë Schiltz

vivahate1988:

vivahate1988:

Please help us to move away for the sake of our mental health!

As some of you may know, my girlfriend Chloe and I have been together for just over a year, and during that time we’ve been planning to move out together. Due to unforeseen circumstances, this has taken much longer than expected, and is now a matter of urgency owing to Chloe’s mental health.

Further details and evidence is available on our GoFundMe page, but to put it briefly:

  • Chloe’s mental health deteriorated significantly at the end of last year, leading to her attempting suicide and having to quit her job. She is now taking medication which we’ve had to pay for.
  • One of Chloe’s dogs has cancer and severe arthritis, which requires expensive operations and medication which we can’t afford.
  • I recently had my wallet (containing £70 and cards) stolen from me and had to pay for replacement tickets for a trip to Manchester for an interview Chloe had for a relocation job which she was led to believe she’d get and then didn’t which cost £80 each. I’m also owed a £500 housing deposit which I have no way of getting back.
  • My contract for my previous job recently came to an end and I’m now on two zero hours contracts, which means I have no guaranteed work, and I have to pay for my own transport which I can’t currently afford as I won’t be paid until May.
  • Chloe’s mum very recently attempted suicide and is now in a mental health hospital far from where Chloe lives, making it really difficult for her to visit with the little money we have, and meaning that Chloe is now living alone, which is very difficult for her to cope with, and I’m unable to visit her as much as I’d like to.

I cannot stress enough how vital this move is to us. Chloe’s mental health has recently suffered a severe deterioration, and coping with it is very difficult due to our current living situation. Living at home is extremely stressful, and we have a support network of friends in Manchester which we don’t have here due to our university friends coming from all over the country and not living nearby, as well as better job opportunities, a chance to study the Masters we’re interested in, and access to cheaper housing. We also want to find a home with a garden so that Alice doesn’t have to go up and down the stairs every day while Chloe’s still living in a top storey flat with no lift.

I would never usually ask for this kind of help but I’m honestly desperate. I recently found out that my grandad is very ill and I’m really struggling to cope with that on top of worrying about money, when we’ll be able to move and how Chloe’s coping, and the stress is taking a toll on both of us. 

We are willing to do whatever we can in exchange for donations!

Here’s a list of what we’re offering, but if there’s anything else you’d like which you think we can provide, please contact me and I’ll see what I can do!

For £5: I will promo you and write you a ficlet about the fandom, pairing and theme of your choice (providing I’m aware of the fandom) of between 500 and 1000 words, or Chloe will write you a poem about the subject of your choice.

For £10: I will promo you and write you a ficlet of between 1000 and 1500 words, or Chloe will write you three poems about the subject/s of your choice. Alternatively, one of us will also edit an essay of up to 3000 words for you (we both have honours degrees, mine in English literature & creative writing and hers in psychology & criminology).

For £15: I will promo you and write a ficlet of between 1500 and 2000 words, or I will offer you one hour of one-to-one tutoring on any subject related to English literature or creative writing over skype. I am employed by a tutoring agency which charges £50 per hour long session so this is a 70% discount! Alternatively, one of us will also edit an essay of up to 5000 words for you, or Chloe will draw a portrait for you (examples below). This can be of anyone you choose, and will be provided digitally, and we can also send it to you if you’re able to pay the postage & packaging.

For £25: I will promo you and write a ficlet of between 2000 and 2500 words, or I will offer you 2 one hour long one-to-one tutoring session on any subject related to English literature or creative writing over skype. Alternatively, Chloe will paint a portrait for you, one of us will edit an essay of up to 10000 words for you, or we will give you research assistance for a shorter essay (up to 5000 words). We will help you to find academic sources which are reliable, interesting and relevant to your topic, and edit the essay for you.

For £50: I will promo you and offer you 6 weeks of one-to-one hour long English literature or creative writing related tutoring sessions and Chloe will paint two portraits for you. Alternatively, one of us will give you research assistance for an essay of up to 12000 words. 

For £100: I will promo you and offer you 14 weeks of one-to-one hour long English literature or creative writing related tutoring sessions and Chloe will paint four portraits for you and cover the postage and packaging. Alternatively, one of us will give you research assistance for two essays of up to 15000 words each.

Here are some unfinished examples of Chloe’s portraits (more, including of paintings, will be added soon!):

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You can also find examples of my creative writing here and my academic writing here, and Chloe’s academic writing here. As stated above, we both have honours degrees in our relevant fields (English literature & creative writing in my case and psychology & criminology in Chloe’s) and I have won awards for my writing and wrote the original work with the most kudos on AO3, a play which has been translated into 7 languages and is currently being produced and adapted into a short film which is followed by Film 4.

Once you have selected a reward, please message me via tumblr or twitter  to provide details of your request. If you have any other requests other than what we’ve listed here, please please let us know and we’ll do our best!

Thank you so much for reading, and so so much if you’re able to donate - it means the world to us both.

EDIT: If you can’t use GoFundMe, Chloe also has PayPal at chloers@hotmail.com - thank you so much!!

If anyone who would like to donate sees this, PayPal donations would be especially appreciated at the moment! We just realised that it takes 7 days to be able to withdraw funds from GoFundMe so having more to rely on until then would be amazingly helpful. Thank you so so much to everyone who’s helped us out, both by donating and reblogging - it means more to us than we can express. ❤️

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