Are we entitled to anything?

lesley2337

Me and my boyfriend moved into a rented room at the end of last month. We had been out of work since last august, and my boyfriend has recently started a new job (2 weeks ago) and doesn't get paid till the end of April. However we owe our next months rent on the 17th April. We managed to scrape and borrow money for the deposit and the first months rent, but we literally have no money until my boyfriend gets paid at the end of the month.

Are there any type of grants etc that we may be entitled to help us out until we have some money coming in?

SuziQ

I don't know about this but didn't want to read and run.Are you both under 25? Are you recieving any benefits?

lesley2337

yes we are both under 25, im 23 and my boyfriend is 22.
We're not receiving any benefits no, we have before and it takes so long to actually get the money, and we only have a few weeks

Nigella_2

You could try for a crisis loan

Did the job centre mention "Job Grant" when you / he signed off?

lesley2337

yes he was told about that but you have to have been out of work for 6 months or more, and he was just under

whats a crisis loan?

Valley's_girl

Hi lesley
Try here is this what you are looking for.
Best wishes
ally