needing help

Neil's knowledge and experience mean he is in high demand when it comes to the others needing help with their own schemes.

“I think some people viewed her as a hysterical woman. And she wasn’t. She was needing help,” Maxine told me.

Mr Ahmed says there is a "massive increase" in the number of children needing help with toilet training, which takes teachers away from teaching.

“The hardest part was seeing my 3-year-old son needing help to breathe, when five days earlier, he was doing front flips and everything,” Freeman said.

Homelessness services around Australia have reported a jump in demand amid a national housing crisis – with women and children the clear majority of those needing help.