Calling all you night owls part 2

ikkle87

Gun when you win will you share it with me hunni xxx pweaaaaseeeee

I have been doing a lot of thinking past few days - well since Friday. Not sure I like the outcome x

GunJack

care to elaborate, ikkle, hun ???

...and okay, if I win mega-loads

Herewegoagain

yea ikkle, spill the beans hon

ikkle87

Well you know I said recently that I hadn't been able to make my CCCS payment well after looking at it I realise that I may have been a bit tight on my budget and not left myself enough lee way. I start college in 11 days which is going to mean an extra £16.50 a week in busfares alone, not to mention needing stationary and books etc. I only get £100 a week and I have to pay rent and food and a loan my nan got me out of that as well as all the other bills so it looks like I am going to have no other option to go bankrupt and I didnt really wanna do that. xx

Herewegoagain

oh ikkle hon, you sure there's not another way, can't you get help as student?
HWGA xx

ikkle87

no hun cos I am on benefits I dont get any extra help. so now I need to try and save up £345 to pay to go bankrupt x

GunJack

awww...carp....BUT...on the bright side !!! :-

1. can you get a student buspass/travelcard/thing which reduces the cost of the journeys??

2. find someone on the course who may be willing to give you a lift for a small petrol contribution? (or someone in the same college, but as 2nd choice-same course = same attendance hours in theory)

3. use a USB stick to take your work into college and print out on their printers

4. lots of people used to sell their textbooks on to future students...can you finfd out if the college operate a kind of book exchange/second-hand scheme??

These may not add up to much, but anything may help stave off the bankrupcy...gotta be worth a look

Herewegoagain

OMG, ikkle I don't know much to help you but can give (((love))) ((( hugs))) and great big (((((cuddles))))) if that'll make you feel better hon
HWGA xxxx

ikkle87

GunJack wrote: »

awww...carp....BUT...on the bright side !!! :-

1. can you get a student buspass/travelcard/thing which reduces the cost of the journeys?? - At 21 I am too old for any half fare pass or anything, however the £16.50 is including a discounted student monthly card.

2. find someone on the course who may be willing to give you a lift for a small petrol contribution? (or someone in the same college, but as 2nd choice-same course = same attendance hours in theory) I am doing 3 different courses so this won't really work. Some days I am in until 6pm other days I finish by 11am.

3. use a USB stick to take your work into college and print out on their printers They charge you to print out in the college library!!!!

4. lots of people used to sell their textbooks on to future students...can you finfd out if the college operate a kind of book exchange/second-hand scheme?? The books I need for my english course needs to be brand new really as I need to make my own notes in them.

These may not add up to much, but anything may help stave off the bankrupcy...gotta be worth a look

I originally was advised I needed to go bankrupt by national debtline but I really wanted to avoid it so had a play with figures and ended up getting figures that cccs deemed acceptable.

GunJack

sorry if it was old ground hun, just trying to help..maybe calling cccs and having a chat with them might be the best option, then?