No Village
When life expects you to have help and you don’t.
No Village is a practical support brand for people navigating life without enough safe, reliable or accessible backup.Starting with the book When You Don’t Have a Village, this space will offer tools, scripts and resources for people trying to survive, organise and build support when family, services, partners or community are not enough.When You Don’t Have a Village is now available to pre-order on Kindle.A practical guide for anyone trying to survive, organise and keep going when life expects them to have support and they don’t.Release date: 23 July 2026
Who this is for
No Village is for unsupported parents, carers, people without safe family support, disabled or chronically ill people, people navigating services alone, and anyone doing life without enough backup.It is not about becoming endlessly independent. It is about building practical scaffolding when the village is missing.
The book
When You Don’t Have a Village is for people who are tired of being told to “just ask for help” when the help is not simple, safe or there.Inside, you’ll find practical tools for naming the support gap, organising daily life, asking for specific help, using formal and community support without shame, keeping records, navigating systems and building routines that reduce decision fatigue.It is not a lecture about positive thinking. It is not a parenting manual, although parents will find much here. It is a guide to building scaffolding when the village is missing.Kindle pre-order is live now. Paperback & Hardcover release date: 23 July 2026.Further No Village resources are coming soon.
Inside the book
• Name the support gap without blaming yourself
• Build a minimum viable life
• Ask for specific, bounded help
• Identify safe people and refuse wrong help
• Navigate services, records and escalation
• Build routines that reduce avoidable collapse
About Abigail
No Village was created by Abigail Daniels, author of When You Don’t Have a Village.Abigail has worked across financial inclusion, housing, welfare rights, mental health, homelessness and community support. Her work has focused on helping people navigate difficult systems, access practical help and build more secure lives when support is limited, unsafe or hard to find.No Village brings together professional insight, lived experience and practical tools for people who are doing life without enough reliable help.It is not about pretending everyone can build a perfect village. It is about naming the gap, reducing self-blame and creating small, realistic scaffolding where support is missing.
Free resources
No Village will be creating practical tools, prompts and printables for people doing life without enough reliable support.The first resource will be the No Village Support Map: a one-page tool to help you identify what support you already have, what is missing, who is safe for what, and what small scaffold to build next.Free resources are coming soon.
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Contact
For questions, collaborations or future resources, email:[email protected]
Disclaimer
No Village provides general information, practical tools and reflective resources. It is not legal, financial, medical, safeguarding, therapeutic or crisis advice. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent help, contact emergency services or an appropriate professional service.
No Village cannot provide emergency support, casework or crisis intervention. If you are at immediate risk, contact emergency services or a relevant local support service.
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