studying and getting a benefits?

jo81_2

I am a full time student who will graduate in the end of May, I also have a casual job . I have started to work there in October 2007; usually I work 1 or more times a week/ 4h shifts/. The company is closed for nearly 2 months every summer. I got pregnant recently and I am worry about my financial situation/benefits when the baby is due. Will I be eligible for any financial help/benefits?

karenx

When baby is born you will get child benefit of £20 per week and child tax credits. You won't qualify for working tax credits as need to be working 16 hours plus. Unsure if you will get maternity pay from your work, and unsure if you will get maternity allowance as need to be earning at least £30 per week.

DX2

Financial help from the father.

bunny999

contact the csa

Tiddlywinks

jo81 wrote: »

I am a full time student who will graduate in the end of May, I also have a casual job . I have started to work there in October 2007; usually I work 1 or more times a week/ 4h shifts/. The company is closed for nearly 2 months every summer. I got pregnant recently and I am worry about my financial situation/benefits when the baby is due. Will I be eligible for any financial help/benefits?

This is surely a wind-up to get our juices flowing.......... because, really, it should be common knowledge by now that it is better to plan finances and finish full time education before getting pregnant.

In the event of a failure to plan, a nifty idea would be to ask the father to support the child and then get a job :T.

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Tiddlywinks wrote: »

This is surely a wind-up to get our juices flowing.......... because, really, it should be common knowledge by now that it is better to plan finances and finish full time education before getting pregnant.

In the event of a failure to plan, a nifty idea would be to ask the father to support the child and then get a job :T.

see my siggy :rotfl:

PaisleyPPL

if ur still a student i think u should go and see student services ,they are there for situations like this ,they can give u financial advice and put u in touch with ppl who can help .Ignore the idiots on here ,good luck

robpw2

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

This is surely a wind-up to get our juices flowing.......... because, really, it should be common knowledge by now that it is better to plan finances and finish full time education before getting pregnant.

In the event of a failure to plan, a nifty idea would be to ask the father to support the child and then get a job :T.

is it sunny there? in your perfect little world?

accidents do happen and if the fathers a student too he isnt going to be any more or less able to support the child either

viktory

I am constantly amazed at the number of women who 'accidentally' fall pregnant. When asked, it is inevitably contraception failure - but never that they forgot to take it! If you take the pill exactly as prescribed, then its effectiveness is likely to be almost 100 per cent.

PaisleyPPL

and i suppose uve never made a mistake

Oldernotwiser

PaisleyPPL wrote: »

and i suppose uve never made a mistake

I've certainly never got "accidently" pregnant!