DhSS, special payments.

KimYeovil

But the original poster is not 'special' or 'different' or better than everyone else on benefits. The shoes have worn out - they do not no longer fit due to medical complications. There are no 'special' payments for footwear.

You are paid JSA or similar. Those are the payments that are used to provide free footwear and free clothing. The op only has to bother to go to a shop and buy a pair. (He has already suggested he has more than £150 each month after essential bills (except food) have been paid for.)

I agree with the OP about the social loan - that's a crazy suggestion - if he balks at paying £30 or £40 for one pair of shoes once a year (and twice every other year) then the last thing he should do is take out a budgeting loan that will have to be paid back from source at £35 per month. What's the sense in that?

alwaysonthego_2

KimYeovil wrote: »

But the original poster is not 'special' or 'different' or better than everyone else on benefits. The shoes have worn out - they do not no longer fit due to medical complications. There are no 'special' payments for footwear.

You are paid JSA or similar. Those are the payments that are used to provide free footwear and free clothing. The op only has to bother to go to a shop and buy a pair. (He has already suggested he has more than £150 each month after essential bills (except food) have been paid for.)

I agree with the OP about the social loan - that's a crazy suggestion - if he balks at paying £30 or £40 for one pair of shoes once a year (and twice every other year) then the last thing he should do is take out a budgeting loan that will have to be paid back from source at £35 per month. What's the sense in that?

Nobody suggested he was a special case, we were simply giving the op their options which included taking out a bugeting loan.

KimYeovil

His title suggests he thinks his need for shoes is somehow special.

And as I said, a budgeting loan has a monthly repayment level that is similar to the cost of a pair of shoes. So unless he insists on going to Jermyn Street for a pair there is little need or sense.

alwaysonthego_2

KimYeovil wrote: »

His title suggests he thinks his need for shoes is somehow special.

And as I said, a budgeting loan has a monthly repayment level that is similar to the cost of a pair of shoes. So unless he insists on going to Jermyn Street for a pair there is little need or sense.

but it is an option!