Imogene is 24 she lives with her boyfriend Brodie across the street from his family and she is pregnant with their first child that is due in early October. She has a good relationship with her family as of her teen struggles, her family live in a nearby town and she visits them regularly. As a teenager she struggled with anorexia and depression after months of no one knowing she reached a critical state and ended up in hospital for a few months during all of this she was diagnosed with clinical depression, she has now recovered from the issues from her past. These struggles meant that Imogene was out of school an awful lot a though she did manage to get minimum qualifications after returning. She is now a hair dresser in a hair salon in town.
Her boyfriend and her managed too bond over their troubled school life a Brodie had issue with crime and alcohol when he was younger, they are both getting their lives back on track and take a lot of time to look after Brodie’s younger brother as his mother suffers from anxiety and panic attacks.
Mazy is 33 she is mother of Hugo and Brodie Williams, she divorced her husband after he left to live with woman he had and an affair with at the time Hugo was two and Brodie was 15. She now does not get on very well with her ex husband and the children rarely got too see him as they him growing up. She has been in a number of relationships since the divorce but none of them have worked out due to her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks this made looking after her children difficult. But as Brodie is now older he helps bring up his younger brother to relive stress from his mother.
She has very little contact with her family as they did not agree with her young pregnancy with Brodie and they also did not agree with the relationship she had with her now ex husband. Her relationship with them has somewhat improved now that she and her ex husband got divorced.
She used to work in the local nursery teacher but left soon after Hugo as born so she could devote more time looking after him. She now works short shift in the local super market to provide money for her family though they get benefits as the money made is not enough to support them
Hugo is 14 he lives with his mother mazy Williams and is looked after by his mum and older brother Brodie Williams who lives in a house across from Hugo with his pregnant girlfriend Imogene .Hugo’s dad left when he was 2 to go live with the woman he had had an affair with,his dad and the woman now have three children Cara, brooke and Isaac and got married when Hugo was little. Hugo has a very strained relationship with his father as his mother and father do not get along. He very rarely sees him and looks to his older brother as more of a father figure.
Hugo is dyslexic and was diagnosed when he as ten. It was noticed when he was unable to read or spell as well as the other children his age. He struggles in school but get a number of supports from teachers to help him keep up with class work.
he has found friendship with scarlet ross who is a 15 year old gypsy who moved too town a few year ago, they help each other through all their issues such as bullying or learning difficulties
Billy Green is 76 and lives at 25 Doolittle Crescent. He has recently had a stroke which has paralysed his right hand side. Billy is having 24 hour emergency care by the homecare team but is considering moving into Cariton care as a long term solution for his physical care needs and because he feels isolated in his house. He enjoys going to the coffee shop but only some of the taxis can accomodate his chair
Nora is ChristineThomasson’s grandmother. She is 83 and was a nurse before she married and had her family. Nora has a vascular dementia diagnosis and lives in Cariton care dementia unit.
This is Jon Macneice. He is 53 and diabetic. He lives alone in Cariton but enjoys socialising at The Cariton Arms where he is a member of the darts team. He works in Cariton chairs and sofas as a salesperson. Jon lives at 7 Doolittle Crescent
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