'Channel 4 survival show changed my life - I quit my job and live in a caravan'

'Channel 4 survival show changed my life - I quit my job and live in a caravan'Eva Outram, 28, was a project manager with the NHS - but her TV experience changed her life foreverCommentsNewsHoward Lloyd Regional content editor05:15, 21 Apr 2026I quit my NHS job to live in a caravanA woman quit her job in the NHS and saves £2,500 a month living in a van on farmland for free - in exchange for working up to six hours a week. Eva Outram, 28, was working as a project manager for the NHS, earning £38,000 a year.‌At the time, she was living in a two-bedroom flat in Leeds, paying £1,300 a month - including bills and mortgage. But after appearing on Channel 4's survival series Alone, where 11 people were dropped in the wilderness in Canada to survive as long as possible, she decided city living was not for her.‌After lasting 23 days in the wild, Eva, decided to quit her NHS job, rent out her flat and moved into a £4,800 caravan with her boyfriend, Tom Park, 33, a stone mason. Eva said the pair save £2,500 a month and live on farmland for free in return for working on the land they are living on - with the only outgoing they have is £40 every few months for gas and their £85 weekly food shop.‌She said the work can vary from general maintenance to face-painting - and they can work anywhere between three or six hours a week. Eva, a content creator, and outdoor business owner, from Leeds, said: "We have a total sense of freedom.View 3 ImagesEva Outram during her NHS days(Image: SWNS)"We have freedom to do whatever we want with our money, we have so much more disposable income - between us we are saving £2.5k a month.‌"We don't have any accommodation-associated costs; we have our electric and water bills sorted for us where we work. We can move around whenever; we are not tied down to one location."After buying her two-bedroom flat in Leeds in October 2022, Eva said she was fed up with the "hamster wheel" of working to pay a mortg...