Getting my feet back on the ground

hi everyone first a little about why I'm doing this!! I have been homeless for the past 17 years in France (and I have worked in that time as a cook) and now I have returned to England since January after being in calais helping refugees for a year cooking for them. I've come back to England and am finding it difficult to get on my feet after all that time homeless also I have had a hard time finding a job because of no flat situation. I also have two children witch I would love to send some prezents for Christmas because I have not seen them since a year