Joanne and Ava, 15th October 2020

Joanne and her youngest daughter Ava hug in their living room after school, 15th October, 2020. Joanne is a single mother and has three children that live with her in a two bedroom flat. She has been sleeping on the sofa for the last six months so her eldest could have her bedroom with his girlfriend. Connecting All Communities founder Shukri Adan approached Joanne outside Tesco, offering to help her and they struck an immediate friendship. The food Shukri provides is an enormous financial relief as Joanne has had to resort to selling jewellery to provide for her children.

Part of a project by Grey Hutton documenting the founders, volunteers and users of a range of local charities and community organisations in the borough of Hackney during the Covid-19 pandemic.