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'My house in Ipswich was out of control and I felt ashamed'

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76% Informative

Kirstie 's house in Ipswich , Suffolk , was out of control after a traumatic event left her bedbound.

The mother-of-three's house was full of broken furniture, broken furniture and clutter.

Kirstie knew it was time to ask for help, but she was scared.

The Suffolk charity Dora Brown has 80 volunteers who transform homes free of charge.

"My daughter is learning an instrument and now she has her own bedroom she can go there and practise. We spend a lot of time in the living room together. It's so much easier to maintain now," she says. They recently celebrated their son's first birthday with a party at home and this is the first Christmas for several years that they have got space to put up a Christmas tree. "We're in a really good place now and I'm so grateful to the charity for taking away the constant shame and worry.".

VR Score

73

Informative language

67

Neutral language

81

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

29

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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