I have literally no money!

Annie021063

Brilliant, good things always come to those who wait (it helps if you have the law on your side too!!)

Katy83

Well done with the land lady - that's brilliant news! :j

prettypaula

have to say what a wonderful thread, i look forward to reading more about your exploits and journey and youve really made me rethinkalot of mine and hubbys spending...

property.advert

The obvious answer is a DSS Crisis Loan. Available to everyone, not just the unemployed. Freephone number.

Basically, they will help. You say your electric and gas are on a pre paid key card thing (or they won't include help for that) and they will easily (unless you are a right muppet and balls it up) advance the equivalent of your DSS daily rates until you next get paid. No evidence usually needed.

So, if you are single and over 21 you would get £64.30 a week income support or JSA so that is about £9.18 a day. If you had 15 more days until payday, then you could get 15*9.18=137.7. You would pay it back at some agreed figure per week, starting way way way into the future if their processing skills are the same as they used to be.

Sure it is more debt but you can't live on £3.

berkshirelady

wow, what an inspiring thread. BiW, you started something here, didn't you?! good luck with it all, there all lots of people here (including me) who are wishing you the best of luck...and I've picked up some new ideas from this thread too. thanks so much for sharing your story with us, keep us posted as to how you get on.

btw all the tips about eating porridge have reminded me of an incident from my home town in the 1980's, when we were yet again in a dark recession and loads of people were very skint. A local councillor 'lived' on benefits for a week, and pronounced that it was 'easy' (never mind that she owned a nice house, had no debts etc - it was purely a stunt for political purposes). She went on local radio and lectured that porridge was THE food for poor people. A completely skint constituent took offence at this posturing, mixed a huge bowl of porridge, and poured the lot through her letter box. So, next time you're eating oats, think about the surprise this smug lady had on her hallway carpet, grin to yourself, and carry on :-)

good luck!

kit

Hiya
Havent got time right now to read the whole thread so don't know if this has been mentioned but......
If you contact your local Salvation Army they should be able to provide you with a food parcel which contains at least one meals worth of food.... more if you use it MSE style. Details of your local sally army can be found on the main Salvation Army web site.

ZarZar1990

What an amazing thread, this is the thread that first inspired my LBM, and I just had to post now it's popped back up.
:beer:

Also, fantastic news on the LandLady, hope it works out for you!

Thankyou xxxx

claire0788

This thread made me cry. Im so pleased to see that a person asking for help and a bit of guiding can still get it from someplace.

mango850

oh my wot a good thread this is reminds me of a friend i had back in uni days good luck OP

mango850

u have boots near by? they throw alot a products away