Week 1/52: When Caitlin, having moved away from family for work loses her job, applies for Universal Credit two weeks before Christmas and uses first payment to repay a loan she took out to pay for the Christmas dinner she ate alone #FacesBehindTheFigures
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Week 2/52: Sanctioned for arriving two mins late to sign on at Job Centre when his bus was diverted due to roadworks, Peter was @Dundee_Foodbank for food saying: "I've worked all my life. Now when I need the system, its let me down." #FacesBehindTheFigures
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Week 3/52: Three years ago, after a benefit delay, Alex from Glasgow was starving yet still required to walk 2.5 miles daily to work programme. One day, he collapsed on arrival. Instead of calling an ambulance, staff called Police #FacesBehindTheFigures
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Week 4/52: Suzanne, and her husband, could not pay their mortgage after losing well-paid jobs and their home was repossessed. She lost two stone and could not breastfeed their six week old because she was consuming too few calories #FacesBehindTheFigures
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Week 5/52: Last year, 61-year-old Dundonian grandmother Christine died weighing three stone when her benefits were stopped and mobility car removed for being "mobile enough" to open her front door to medical assessors
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Week 6/52: Two years ago, @LiamThorpEcho revealed 64-year-old Stephen ended up in hospital having lost two benefits when he was deemed fit for work. After appeal, he was remunerated £4,000 but lost his life before spending a penny #FacesBehindTheFigures https://ewangurr.scot/stories 
Week 7/52: Alex, from Hamilton, was a British boxing champion who competed in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games in the 1980s. Life turned when his marriage broke down, he became homeless and arrived at the foodbank feeling suicidal #FacesBehindTheFigures https://ewangurr.scot/stories 
Week 8/52: One year ago, Jenny - now 21 - talked publicly about her experience of serious sexual assault, trying to survive on a zero hour contract whilst earning minimum wage until she turns 25 and receives the national living wage #FacesBehindTheFigures http://ewangurr.scot/stories 
Week 9/52: Mary, from West Lothian, became a full-time unpaid carer after her husband had a stroke and had gave up work. Due to the loss of income they experienced, they lost their home and had to move into homeless accommodation #FacesBehindTheFigures http://ewangurr.scot/stories 
Week 10/52: Stephen is now a construction worker but missed the birth of his daughter eight years ago when a DWP receptionist said he may be sanctioned if he missed his Jobseekers appt. He told me this week: "Now I'd say 'go ahead'" #FacesBehindTheFigures
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Week 11/52: Errol died weighing 4.5 stone eight months after his disability benefits were stopped. He was found with two tins of fish, a lightbulb and a letter to DWP staff with a plea for compassion which he was never able to send
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Week 12/52: In 2010, Dave spent his last pound phoning a premium rate number only to be told he was not entitled to a crisis loan. I answered the foodbank door that day to a broken man who we managed to convince not to commit suicide #FacesBehindTheFigures http://ewangurr.scot/stories 
Week 13/52: Susan, now 62, worked since 13 years old but was told at her commitments meeting for Universal Credit she may have to pick up several jobs to add up to 35 hours per week. She said: "I just don't know if I have it in me."
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Week 14/52: Wilma worked as a single mum and saved a modest sum for her two girls. When she fell on hard times and applied for JSA, she was penalised and left with only £20 a week and forced to use the foodbank where she volunteered
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Week 15/52: Declan, a well-paid construction worker living in Peckham, lost his job aged 47 due to cutbacks. He applied for UC but could not afford rent and now sleeps in a park across the road from the house where he used to live #FacesBehindTheFigures http://ewangurr.scot/stories 
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