Hi - IM FIONA , MY YOUNGER SISTER AND 2 YOUNG NIECES WERE VICTIMS OF A TERRIBLE HOUSE FIRE - IM TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO OFFER THEM A FRESH START .

THE FAMILY HOME SINCE 1963 WAS LOST IN THE DEVASTATING FIRE ON EASTER MONDAY IN THE MORNING, OUR MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED CLOTHING INTO AN OPEN COAL FIRE - OUR MOTHER WAS THANKFULLY SAVED BY OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR LOUISE .

MY SISTER AND THE 13 AND 14YR OLD GIRLS WERE PLUCKED TO SAFETY BY LOUISE SOURCING A LADDER , SIMON CLIMBING UP TO TOP WINDOWS RESCUING THEM AND KIRK HOLDING THE LADDER FIRM AND HELPING THEM DOWN -ALL AT GREAT RISK TO THEMSELVES. THE SMOKE WAS SO THICK THE FIREMEN COULD NOT PICK OUT WHICH HOUSE WAS ON FIRE WHEN THEY ARRIVED - VERY SCARY AND ALL LUCKY TOO BE STILL HERE.

AFTER FLEEING DOMESTIC ABUSE AND FINDING A SAFE HAVEN THIS HAS REALLY ROCKED THEM AS THEY HAVE LOST WHAT LITTLE THEY HAD. UNFORTUNATELY WITH SO MUCH ON HER MIND THE INSURANCE WAS NOT CHANGED AND I HAD BUILDINGS ONLY ON MY LANDLORDS INSURANCE FOR MY MOTHER. A DREADFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM - WE ARE ALL SO THANKFUL EVEN THOUGH SO MUCH GONE.

THE FIRE WAS SEVERE AND ALL IS LOST -BURNT OR SMOKE DAMAGED AND THE SMELL NEVER GOES.

FORTUNATELY NO LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE -MY SISTER WAS AWARE OF SMOKE ALARMS GOING OFF AND THICK BLACK SMOKE BLOCKING THE STAIRS AS THEY WERE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE HOUSE - MY SISTER CALLED 999 AND ASTUTELY FOLLOWED THE OPERATORS INSTRUCTIONS GIVING THEM VITAL EXTRA MOMENTS - THIS IS WHERE THE NEIGHBOURS USED THE TIME AND WORKING TOGETHER SAVED MY MOTHER, SISTER AND 13 AND 14 YR OLD GIRLS, BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED.

THEY HAVE RECOVERED PHYSICALLY AND ARE THANKFUL TO THE FIRE DEPT AND THE WONDERFUL NEIGHBOURS .

THE COUNCIL WILL NOT RE HOUSE HER AS SHE WORKS FULL TIME AND SHE DOES NOT RECEIVE BENEFITS.

I HAVE ASSISTED AS MUCH AS I CAN BUT I AM ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT AS I HAVE A LONG TERM CONDITION AND RECEIVE LITTLE HELP EITHER - I WORKED ALL MY LIFE , PRIOR .

OUR MOTHER HAS HAD TO GO INTO CARE AS SHE IS HOMELESS ALSO.

MY SISTER HAS MANAGED AFTER 2 LONG HARD WEEKS OF SEARCHING EVENTUALLY FOUND AN UNFURNISHED FLAT BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOTHING MUCH TO PUT IN IT,

CAN YOU HELP WITH ANY AMOUNT HOWEVER SMALL IT MAY SEEM - TO OFFER THEM HOPE, THANK YOU FROM MYSELF -MY SISTER AND GIRLS.