It’s 11am and before he starts his long restaurant shift, Ioan has a couple of hours to play with his three-year-old son, among whose main loves are his toy cars and Spider-Man.
The 22-year-old father – who had previously lived in a flat with a prepayment meter – didn’t understand that because he was not providing his energy company with readings, his bills were under-estimated. Earlier
this year it emerged the family owed £2,200 – an impossible sum to pay on their household income.
Friends put him in touch with South Seeds – a community organisation in Glasgow’s Southside neighbourhood of Govanhill – which provides an energy advice service.
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