TV star Gail Porter shares turbulent life to help people living in poverty to turn their lives around

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Scots TV star Gail Porter is using her turbulent life story to help those struggling with dire poverty turn their lives around.The resilient former presenter believes her own struggles qualify her to inspire struggling families to come back from the brink during this current cost of living crisis.She spoke out after new findings show 1.6m Scots are dicing with poverty.

And 29 per cent of Scots have zero savings.Gail she is spreading a message of hope that she hopes will allow others bounce back from the despair caused by homelessness, bankruptcy and mental health trauma - all of which she’s survived.

She is fronting a campaign by Fair for You, a reputable, not for profit lender, which helps seal credit for those with poor credit ratings.Gail said: “Once you’ve gone through quite a lot of negativity, like I have, you’re qualified to tell people who find themselves in abject poverty: ‘You’re not alone - this could happen to any one of us.’“We could all lose our homes, especially nowadays, with the cost of living crisis.“So many people are worried about whether they will have a roof over their head by the end of the year.

Will they be able to afford the bills?“People have to know that it’s ok to ask for help.”Gail, from Edinburgh, became one of the 1990s most visible icons and an image of her naked body was beamed onto the House of Commons building in a stunt by lads magazine FHM in 1999.The years after that saw a spiral of decline where she lost virtually everything - her home, her mental health, her marriage and all possessions.She ended up in bankruptcy and being sectioned after a mental breakdown.And she was finally reduced to owning nothing but one black bin bag of personal suggestions, as she sofa-surfed from one