The 36-year-old, from Leicester, was a full-time mum at the time - meaning her only income was £36-a-week in child benefits.Estelle Keeber was jobless, penniless and forced to go to food banks when she became a single mum four years agoAt her lowest moments Estelle, who's mum to Jed, now 10, and Obi, eight, was forced to visit food banks to feed her family - but she was determined to turn things around.
"We'd been together for 10 years, I'd never been on my own with children and I had no access to benefits, other than my child benefit which was £36 per week.I risked my house being taken away from me, I had no way to support the children, it was a very stressful and upsetting time"I'd been a care assistant before having kids, but I couldn't maintain those hours as a single mum.
Estelle said: "I was finding it really difficult. I had no idea about the actual business side of things. "We realised we just didn't feel supported as mums or women in business, on lots of different levels.